Hardware, Real World Statistics. Best prices.

[Sincreator]

These are not reviews/comparisons. These links show real world statistics using 3Dmark06 for todays hardware. Also there is a pretty cool (see how well your pc will handle the latest games) hardware test. Enjoy!

http://www.yougamers.com/hardware/st...ndperformance/
http://www.yougamers.com/hardware/st...ark06/alltime/

[Sincreator]

Oh yea! There are also alot of links to different prices throughout the web as well.(Most of the major ones)

I put up these links just to help people that may be looking into getting new hardware, get the best price, and see how others with the same hardware are getting.

[Mr Evil]

That's a bit of an oxymoron. 3DMark is a synthetic benchmark, and although it has it's uses, determining real-world performance is not one of them.

[Sincreator]

Well its not only the stats. I posted this for the prices/game test tool as well. All I want to do is help people get the best prices and see a few stats that may help them make a decision. I know that 3Dmark can be sketchy, but this info may be helpfull for some.

[bclagge]

It's appreciated. People you should always compare performance from reliable sources, not from opinions on a forum.

Another great resource is Tom's Hardware VGA comparison charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

Comparisons between all modern video cards and you can customize the chart by game/program and resolution, making it relevant to nearly everyone.

[Cenotaph]

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX - 4864
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT - 4865
ATI Radeon HD 3870 - 7051
ATI Radeon HD 3850 - 4936

These numbers don't reflect real performance, not even a bit.

[bclagge]

Of course they do. They represent real performance when running 3dmark06

[Sincreator]

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX - 4864
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT - 4865
ATI Radeon HD 3870 - 7051
ATI Radeon HD 3850 - 4936

These numbers don't reflect real performance, not even a bit.

Yea something is probaly wrong there. I bet the 7 should be a 5. Probaly a typo. The only reason I can see the 3870 getting higher than the GTX is the 10.1 DX, or maybe most of the people that ran 3Dmark with 3870's had them crossfired.

EDIT: It is 7000+ with crossfire. It should be around 5000 with just one. I just tested this myself. Funny though cuz at the bottom of the screen it says all tests are individual results.

[Sincreator]

It's appreciated. People you should always compare performance from reliable sources, not from opinions on a forum.

Another great resourcse is Tom's Hardware VGA comparison charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

Comparisons between all modern video cards and you can customize the chart by game/program and resolution, making it relevant to nearly everyone.

This is a cool link also. I wonder why they benched a Overclocked 8800gt rather than the normal. I just compared my 3870 with the 8800gt OC and of couse the 8800gt OC won. I wish they had done the regular one just to see.

[bclagge]

I wonder that myself. They have so many cards benchmarked, if you're gonna do the OC may as well do the regular as well.

[Sincreator]

Its probaly the only one they could get at the time due to the shortage. My younger Bro wanted a 8800gt for christmas, and the only one I could find was the evga 8800gt superclocked edition. It was a really good find cause the card was actualy cheaper than the normal 8800gt by around 20 bucks, so it was win,win.

[bclagge]

I know what you mean! Best buy had a post christmas deal for $30 bucks off, so rather than waiting for it to be delivered I was gonna pick it up. From Gainesville (central FL) where I was, and Boynton Beach where I was going, 5 hours away there were only two Best Buys that had a BFG 8800 GT left. When I got there they were gone . So I ordered an XFX 8800 GT. Took forever to get here, but it's great!

[Sincreator]

Kind of funny, how I have a complete AMD/ATI system, and my second youngest bro has a INTEL/Nvidia system and my youngest bro has a AMD/Nvidia system. We all had to be different. Either way the game runs great on all three.

[Harmatia]

Kind of funny, how I have a complete AMD/ATI system, and my second youngest bro has a INTEL/Nvidia system and my youngest bro has a AMD/Nvidia system. We all had to be different. Either way the game runs great on all three.

Having 3 PC gamers in the family must be heaven. Nothing can top LAN gaming.

[Sincreator]

Well only 2 of us live together, ATI/AMD(me) and INTEL/Nvidia(middle bro). The other brother lives on the other side of the country. When we're all online we have to look for a mutual 100ping somewhere in the middle.lol.