Bottomline: Sapphire have provided a nice overall package within the HD 3850 1GB, and im in no doubt this will appeal to the part-time gamer or indeed those looking for an efficient upgrade for their HTPC.. As an ex-clan leader myself, although the results are e...
Good: Performance easily outpaces typical HD3850, Runs cool and quiet, Single slot cooler design, Respectable bundle of accessories
Bad: More expensive than many HD3870 and HD4850 cards
Bottomline: While there have been many developments in the graphics card market since the ATI Radeon HD3850 was released, it still remains a viable option for those who dont care to layout the kind of money the truly high end cards command. By taking the decent f...
Bottomline: the Sapphire HD 3850 1GiBs framebuffer comes at too-high a cost, but the HD 3870 ULTIMATE is a good, sensible choice for a near-silent gaming card that will have framerates purring along at 1,680x1,050.Sapphire HD 3870 ULTIMATE 512 HEXUS.where2buy Th...
Abstract: Not too long ago, our very own Paul did a pretty intensive review of one of the latest ATi powered video cards to hit the market, the 3870 Toxic. Hot on the heels of that review, Sapphire sent us the 3870s little brother, the HD 3850 1GB. We alread...
Bottomline: Some might argue that the difference between one HD3850 and a pair of them being ran in a Crossfire configuration does not raise the performance level high enough to justify the added expense. To this I reply, just wait until ATI gets the drivers pe...
Good: Massive amount of memory, Future proof, Fair price
Bottomline: From the sub-prime to the ridiculous. That was our instinctive feeling when we realised that Asus 256MB 8800 GT board was priced to compete with a 1GB card, the HD 3850.Impressive memoryBut as conventional thinking on graphics memory is outdated, we m...
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