Description

Experience the Power of HD
Experience the power of HD with the ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series of GPUs - graphics processing designed for ultimate HD gaming.

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 DirectX® 10.1 Ping Pong Demo
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HD Video Beyond 1080p
The latest Blu-ray and HD DVD movies play smoothly at full 1080p and your CPU is unbound for other tasks thanks to the Unified Video Decoder and ATI Avivo™ HD video and display technology. Enjoy quality to spare with resolutions upscaled beyond 1080p for the most processing-intensive content. And with a choice of digital outputs, you have more options when enjoying your digital entertainment.2
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Break-through Efficiency
ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series graphics processors have break-through efficiency, with up to twice the processing performance per watt than previous generations of AMD GPUs. And thanks to the smaller, 55nm process technology that runs cool and quiet, you can pack more performance in your system at an extraordinary value.

ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series – Key Features

* Ultimate Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Performance – You’ll be blown away by life-like graphics from the latest DirectX® 10.1 games, with stunning 3D graphics and shading effects.
* Over 1 teraFLOPS of Compute Power – up to 640 stream processors (320 x 2) on a single card deliver the raw horsepower to attack the most demanding graphics applications
* ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU – Upgrade to even greater 3D performance quickly and easily thanks to plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX technology with up to quad-GPU support.
* PCI Express® 2.0 – Get ready for the most demanding graphics applications with PCI Express 2.0 support, which allows up to twice the throughput of current AMD PCI Express cards.
* Unified Video Decoder – View and manipulate the latest Blu-ray and HD DVD content with a dedicated hardware video decoder that leaves your CPU free to perform other tasks.
* Ultimate Image Quality – Performance that rivals high-end HD-DVD and Blu-ray players on displays with resolutions that exceed 1080p – up to 2560x1600.
* Integrated Digital Outputs – Enjoy your digital content the way you want to, with built-in HDMI that includes 5.1 surround audio for big screen entertainment.
* More Processing Performance per Watt – Get up to twice the Gigaflops per watt of previous generations of high-end AMD GPUs.
* ATI PowerPlay™ Technology – power saving features that reduce power consumption at idle or during low-usage
* Runs Cool and Quiet – With a smaller chip designed to use less power, your system can take advantage of high-end Windows Vista® features while running more efficiently and quieter than ever.

Specifications

General

 

Device Type

Graphics adapter

Enclosure Type

Plug-in card

Interface Type

PCI Express 2.0

Compatibility

PC

Processor / Memory

 

Graphics Processor / Vendor

ATI Radeon HD 3870

RAMDAC Clock Speed

400 MHz

Video Memory Installed

512 MB

Technology

GDDR4 SDRAM 256-bit

Video Output

 

Max Resolution (external)

2560 x 1600

Processor / Memory

 

Features

ATI CrossFireX™ Multi-GPU Technology

Video Output

 

API Supported

OpenGL 2.0, DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1

Expansion / Connectivity

 

Compatible Slots

1 x PCI Express x16

Video Output

 

HDCP compatible

Yes