HD3870 vs 8800GT Benchmarks @ Legion Hardware - FAKE?

wazzledoozle · Nov 15, 2007

trog100 said:
things cant sell like hotcakes when the stores dont have any.. its all fake.. for some reason they only released a few 8800gt cards.. mainly so websites like the above can torpedo the ati card i think..

the 3800 cards are real the 8800s are so few on the ground as to be fake.. nice one for the dirty tricks department i recon..

trog

I can't remember the last time Nvidia paper-launched a graphics card. I think it's a combination of high demand and low, but consistent supplies. Sometimes newegg has them in stock and most of the time they dont.

On the other hand, ATI paper launches pretty much every new series. I dont remember the last ATI series that wasn't paper launched, and then available in retail weeks later.

You dont have to look that hard to find a 8800GT anyways. What do you know? In stock online @ Frys. And Ewiz.

GLD · Nov 15, 2007

I think nVidia's first time at a non-paper gpu launch was 6-21-05, the day BF2 and the 7800 series, well the 7800 GTX was launched.

wazzledoozle · Nov 15, 2007

I dont remember there being shortages of the 6800 series?

The most likely reason the 8800GT is out of stock at most places right now is because retailers need to clear out GTS stock at reasonable prices before letting the GT take over sales.

EastCoasthandle · Nov 15, 2007

wazzledoozle · Nov 15, 2007

EastCoasthandle said:
Someone found something worth discussing regarding Techspot and Legionhardware review of the 3870/GT
Read it here, what's your opinion?

Hah! Busted.

jocksteeluk · Nov 15, 2007

i am surprised this review was even given the light of day considering how loaded and one-sided it seemingly was set up, a review like this really should have waited until the correct and valid drivers were available, by not doing so as a regular nvidia purchaser the review authoring website has pretty much dented their own credibility by putting out such a review.

Wile E · Nov 15, 2007

What I want to know is, why do reviewers bother to put out biased reviews, when the truth gets out eventually?

black light burns · Nov 15, 2007

i think it would be a GREAT card when the new drivers come out. It could be like the 2900 it sucked than when the new drivers came out it started to kick ass.

EastCoasthandle · Nov 15, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
Hah! Busted.

IMHO that is news worth information

Wile E · Nov 15, 2007

EastCoasthandle said:
IMHO that is news worth information

+1

black light burns · Nov 15, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
Hah! Busted.

agreed

wazzledoozle · Nov 15, 2007

Somebody write up something front-page worthy about this and I'll post it. Bit busy ATM but I'll be checking in.

nflesher87 · Nov 15, 2007

hopefully this sends legion hardware or at least the reviewer down the shitter for good
I doubt the money or parts nvidia gave him were worth all of this

Airbrushkid · Nov 15, 2007

You are saying they used older drivers but I just went to there website and they show this.

- ASUS GeForce 8800 GTX (768MB)
- Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT (512MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 2900XT (512MB) ATI Catalyst 7.10
- ASUS Radeon HD 3870 (512MB) ATI Catalyst 8.43

Airbrushkid · Nov 15, 2007

So are the 8.43 catalyst older drivers?

nflesher87 · Nov 15, 2007

that's been edited since release it initially said 7.8 or 7.9 I forget

wazzledoozle · Nov 15, 2007

According to the way ATI brands drivers... that would be the release from month 42 of 2008. :wtf:

nflesher87 · Nov 15, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
According to the way ATI brands drivers... that would be the release from month 42 of 2008.

Wile E · Nov 15, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
According to the way ATI brands drivers... that would be the release from month 42 of 2008.

Nah, it's showing the version number of the driver itself, not the version of the whole package. You can find it in the information panel of CCC.

Airbrushkid · Nov 15, 2007

It's all fine. You guys can have your Ati's. I did at one time have 2 but never again. Yes I'm a Nvidia fan boy and will always be. Not once have I had a problem with any of the Nvidia cards and my first one was TNT.

Pandaz3 · Nov 15, 2007

It was 7.8 I believe, .... 8.43's huh? wonder where they got those when I go to ATI's site all they have are 7.10's for the HD2900, no HD3XXX listed. I guess they could have been on the CD/DVD but that seems fishy to me as Cats haven't made that many big leaps before.

Wile E · Nov 15, 2007

Pandaz3 said:
It was 7.8 I believe, .... 8.43's huh? wonder where they got those when I go to ATI's site all they have are 7.10's for the HD2900, no HD3XXX listed. I guess they could have been on the CD/DVD but that seems fishy to me as Cats haven't made that many big leaps before.

Refer to my last post. It's the version of just the driver itself, not the whole Catalyst package.

DaMulta · Nov 15, 2007

It said 7.9

There is a beta driver from Sep that is for 8.0

I want to see some crossfire quad scores!!!!

niko084 · Nov 15, 2007

Airbrushkid said:
It's all fine. You guys can have your Ati's. I did at one time have 2 but never again. Yes I'm a Nvidia fan boy and will always be. Not once have I had a problem with any of the Nvidia cards and my first one was TNT.

You haven't owned enough cards.... LOL

Nvidia went through some SERIOUS hell days through the AGP era....
Ati has most definitely had the same.

Don't be a fan-boy... It's simply being naive.

Frick · Nov 15, 2007

niko084 said:
You haven't owned enough cards.... LOL

Nvidia went through some SERIOUS hell days through the AGP era....
Ati has most definitely had the same.

Don't be a fan-boy... It's simply being naive.

Also, the FX-series was pwnzd the shit out by ATi's cards..

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