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ATI Radeon HD 3850 review

Enthusiast DirectX 10 graphics at a mainstream price

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2008-03-02March 2nd 2008

Price at launch £100.00
MPN 111240020R
Features 666m Transistor count, 55nm, Single slot, single six-pin power connector
Interface PCI Express 2.0
API Support New DirectX 10.1
DVI Ports 2
Graphics Core Clockspeed 668
Graphics Memory (Mb) 256
Graphics Memory Speed (GHz) 1.66
Graphics Memory Type GDDR3
Video Output DVI

Product Summary

Radeon HD 3850

Price at launch

£100.00

For

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Unprecedented shader power at this price point

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Slim single-slot form factor and significantly reduced power consumption

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Added DX10.1 functionality

Against

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Anti-aliasing still performed in the shader units

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Quad-card Crossfire support a bit of a gimmick

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