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Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon HD 3800 series is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 10.

How many years will the Radeon HD 3800 series graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 3800 series in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon HD 3800 series, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 3800 series? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 1534% better and can meet 773 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon HD 3800 series then a good choice would be R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB as this is better than 675 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 1233% better performance as well.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

High

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Radeon HD 3800 series is released on 01 Nov 2007

Radeon HD 3800 series Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

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GPU

Architecture

RV670

Process

55nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

320

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10.1

Shader

4.1

Open GL

3.2

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon HD 3800 series graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

512 MB

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

DDR3

Memory Bandwidth

L2 Cache

0KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

Power

Max Power

None

PSU

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Resolution

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GD Value

Game-Debate Value Rating A standardised value score that gives an indication of GPU price to performance. Each score will adjust over time as prices change and performance expectations shift in todays marketplace.

GD RATING

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Radeon HD 3800 series Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 3800 Series is not a GPU but instead a combination between Radeon HD 3830, Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon HD 3870 whose rank is a balance between the three and that exists for System Requirements purposes only.

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CPU

Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

1406%

RAM

13GB

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