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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Higher clocked Mobilty Radeon HD 3850, also manufactured in 55 nm and with DirectX 10.1 support.The chip is compareable to the desktop HD 3850 / 70 but slower clocked and optimized for less current consumption.

The performance should be in the regions between 8800M GTX and GTS and therefore modern games (2008) like Call of Duty 4, Crysis, or World in Conflict should be playable in medium to high details.

The Avivo HD video engine helps the cpu in decoding HD videos (MPEG-2, H.264, VC-1).

ManufacturerATI
SeriesMobility Radeon HD 3000
CodenameM88-XT
Pipelines320 - unified
Core Speed *660 MHz
Shader Speed *660 MHz
Memory Speed *850 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory Type
Max. Amount of Memory
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Current Consumption55 Watt
Transistors666 Million
technology55 nm
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement01.03.2008
Information55nm, Display Port with external transmitter
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityrade...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

benchmarks

3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 21439, avg: 21439, max: 21439 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 28981, avg: 28981, max: 28981 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 12769, avg: 12885, max: 13000 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 8000, avg: 8421, max: 9200 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 3290, avg: 3290, max: 3290 Points
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3DMark Vantage: - P Result 1280x1024
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      min: 3458, avg: 3458, max: 3458 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 9 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

Supreme Commander - FA Bench
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
high:
30.8  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
high:
26  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
high:
25  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Call of Juarez Benchmark
Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006)
high:
33  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion (2006)
high:
64  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
high:
98  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
189  fps
high:
91  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
125  fps
ultra:
117  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Notebook reviews with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 graphics card

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Sa 3650 (AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86, 13.3")
» Review FSC Amilo SA3650 Notebook + Amilo Graphic Booster - Review
» Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Sa3650 - External Review

 

Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2009-09-24)