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General information Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce GTS 250
Launched Q4 2011 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 512 MB 50 % 1024 MB 0 %
DirectX DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 150 W 9.1 %
Performance Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce GTS 250
Overall Score 13536 0 % 12462 7.9 %
Future Proof 16 % 23.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1832 0 % 1553 15.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 226 0 % 59.4 73.7 %
Average DirectX performance 5.5 FPS 11.3 % 6.2 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 20 FPS 12.3 % 22.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 2 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 0.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
Graphic card computing 0 operations/s NaN % 0 operations/s NaN %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 3870 X2, GeForce GTS 250.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 19.8 FPS 17.6 FPS
High settings 35.6 FPS 31.6 FPS
Medium settings 42.7 FPS 37.9 FPS
Low settings 59.8 FPS 53.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 3870 X2, GeForce GTS 250.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 20.9 FPS 19.0 FPS
High settings 37.6 FPS 34.3 FPS
Medium settings 45.1 FPS 41.1 FPS
Low settings 63.1 FPS 57.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.7 %
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