Asus EAH3850 Trinity

**MIG-31** · Apr 27, 2008, 05:37 PM

Just over a month ago pictures of Asus' concept card, the "Trinity" started surfacing around the internet. With only 10 put into production, select few media publications have been given the honor of seeing one in the flesh. However, yesterday ASUS were kind enough to make their way down to Overclock3D HQ with the card for a quick benchmarking session coupled with a nice cuppa tea!
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**kris23** · Apr 27, 2008, 06:12 PM

holy crap....... that thing destroyed the 3870X2.....

IvanV · Apr 27, 2008, 07:02 PM

That was an HD 3850X2, so the test only shows how the performance scales with the addition of the third GPU, not how it compares to the current ATI's top of the line. A 3850X2 has it's GPUs at 668MHz and memory at 1.65GHz, while 3870X2 has GPUs at 825MHz and memory at 1.8GHz, so it should perform similarily to Trinity.

**Mousey** · Apr 27, 2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by IvanV

That was an HD 3850X2, so the test only shows how the performance scales with the addition of the third GPU, not how it compares to the current ATI's top of the line. A 3850X2 has it's GPUs at 668MHz and memory at 1.65GHz, while 3870X2 has GPUs at 825MHz and memory at 1.8GHz, so it should perform similarily to Trinity.

The only thing that seperates the 3850 and the 3870 is memory speed really, by a pretty large margin nontheless

I might try slapping a big heatsink on my 3850 and see how far i can push it

Apr 27, 2008, 05:37 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,834 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Asus EAH3850 Trinity Just over a month ago pictures of Asus' concept card, the "Trinity" started surfacing around the internet. With only 10 put into production, select few media publications have been given the honor of seeing one in the flesh. However, yesterday ASUS were kind enough to make their way down to Overclock3D HQ with the card for a quick benchmarking session coupled with a nice cuppa tea! ___________ Review: OC3D __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 27, 2008, 06:12 PM	#2
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	holy crap....... that thing destroyed the 3870X2..... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Apr 27, 2008, 07:02 PM	#3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,917 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	That was an HD 3850X2, so the test only shows how the performance scales with the addition of the third GPU, not how it compares to the current ATI's top of the line. A 3850X2 has it's GPUs at 668MHz and memory at 1.65GHz, while 3870X2 has GPUs at 825MHz and memory at 1.8GHz, so it should perform similarily to Trinity. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).