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.
| Popular Game System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Min. | Rec. |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 495% | 999% |
| Borderlands 3 | 608% | 1060% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 578% | 1409% |
| FIFA 20 | 326% | 485% |
| eFootball PES 2020 | 434% | 649% |
| Gears 5 | 516% | 1871% |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 578% | 1563% |
| GreedFall | 403% | 1050% |
| Control | 649% | 999% |
| NBA 2K20 | 54% | 383% |
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..
