Radeon HD 3850
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Release Period- Nov-2007
Radeon HD 3850 Review
Radeon HD 3850 is a high-end GPU based on the 55nm, second unified shader architecture, R600.
It's based on the RV670 PRO Core and offers 320 Shader Processing Units, 16 TMUs and 16 ROPs a 256-bit memory interface of standard GDDR3. The central unit runs at 668MHz and the memory clock runs at up to 830MHz.
It offers much better performance when compared to Radeon HD 3650, thanks to the extra Shaders and does not consume much more power.
Today's modern games should run fluently at medium settings but with modest resolutions only. DirectX 11 games aren't supported.
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Radeon HD 3850 Performance Specification
Core Speed
Architecture
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Memory Bandwidth
Technology
TMUs
Texture Rate
ROPs
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Shader
Processing Units
Direct X
Shader
Open GL
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PSU
GPU Details
668 MHz
RV670 PRO
256 MB
830 MHz
256 Bit
GDDR3
53.1GB/sec
55nm
16
10.688 GTexel/s
16
10.688 GPixel/s
320
DX 10.1
4.1
3.3
2560x1600
75 Watts
450 Watt & 28 Amps
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
VGA Connection
DVI Connection
HDMI Connection
Best CPU Match
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Best Screen Size
GPU Upgrade
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GPU Features
1
1
1
Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz
4 GB
1366 x 768
Radeon HD 5830
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5
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Well this is where my love affair with ATI started, bit of a budget user i was using onboard until i picked up a HD Radeon 3850 256MB for £20...

Well what can i say but WOW!

This little card changed my gaming life completely, since then ive looked into the HD 3000 series a lot. Wasnt long after that, that i got a HIS HD 3850 512MB Ltd Edition for £30.. and yet again WOW! Amazing!

All in all a love affair was started with these cards and ive got versions in different machines, but i couldnt recommend a better card for a budget builder.. It will be the best £30 you have ever spent..

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