I have a 3850 that I clock to 800 core, and 1000 memory, on a Q6600 @ 2.7.
So my CPU score is 10% down on their benchmark, clock for clock. My CPU score is 4040. You have to add 25% to get that CPU score they got. I think that's a bit high. That isnt accounted for in the relative clocks. I think the CPU score faked.
Then my SM2.0 is 4500 and my SM3.0 is 5000. They get 8845 and 10612. Thats exactly DOUBLE the performance. But there are only 480 shaders compared to my 320. Thats 50%. The texture units are up from 16 to 32. Thats 100%.
But this is a shader test not a texture fill test. Hence the SM2.0 scores and SM3.0 scores should be up somewhere BETWEEN 50% and 100%, but closer to the 50%. Yet higher than 50% due to faster memory and shader clock. My best guess is a rough average, ie 75%. I dont see how it can be the MAX, ie. 100%, but it should be better than 50%, given the extra RAM speed.
But they are reporting exactly 100% speed increase. I dont think it can be over 75% due to the "upgrade" being averages of 50%-100% improvement. You just cant get the max, max.
>> IMO, these results are BOGUS. F.A. K. E. Theyve taken 3870 figures in 3Dmark06, "doubled them", then used the 3Dmark06 calculator to come up with the scores.