Looking at the framerates for the Crysis demo in the Hexus review of the HD3870 it seems that the HD3870 actually beats a factory overclocked 8800GT in 64 bit Vista !!
I noticed that they are using the latest 7.11 beta drivers!! Do any of the other reviews of the HD3870 use these drivers and see the same thing??
Is it even down to the state of Nvidia's 64 bit drivers??
I had my sights set on getting a 8800GT but due to the absolutely decrepit stock levels of this card I do not see it dropping down to below 150 quid before christmas.
Since my X1900gt(even when overclocked to x1950 pro levels) is clearly not fast enough to run the Crysis demo at XGA resolutions I do need to get a new card in the next few weeks if I hope to play it this year!!![]()


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There are several games that are more limited by branching shader performance than texture manipulations. As far as games I own are concerned, it's split about 50:50 between ones that favour ATi and ones that favour nVidia. The more demanding of those games tend to be the ones that favour ATi, so I'm doing the right thing by using a higher performance ATi card for the top rig.
