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General information Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce 8600 GTS
Launched Q4 2011 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Memory 512 MB 0 % 512 MB 0 %
DirectX DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 75 W 54.5 %
Performance Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce 8600 GTS
Overall Score 13535 0 % 6225 54 %
Future Proof 16 % 23.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1832 0 % 388 78.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 225.3 0 % 29.3 87 %
Average DirectX performance 5.5 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 63.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 19.9 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 64.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 2 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 50.1 %
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 8600 GTS.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce 8600 GTS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 19.8 FPS 7.7 FPS
High settings 35.6 FPS 13.8 FPS
Medium settings 42.7 FPS 16.6 FPS
Low settings 59.8 FPS 23.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 61.2 %

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 8600 GTS.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 3870 X2 GeForce 8600 GTS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 20.8 FPS 8.2 FPS
High settings 37.4 FPS 14.7 FPS
Medium settings 44.9 FPS 17.7 FPS
Low settings 62.9 FPS 24.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 60.6 %
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