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Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 AGP DVI Retail
- Manufacturer: Sapphire
- Manf Code: 11124-00-20R
- Quick Code: S017401
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| Connectivity | |
|---|---|
| Interface Type | AGP 8x |
| Expansion / Connectivity | |
| Interfaces | 2 x DVI-I (dual link) - 29 pin combined DVI ¦ 1 x TV-out |
| General | |
| Device Type | Graphics adapter |
| Enclosure Type | Plug-in card |
| Memory | |
| Memory Interface (bits) | 256 |
| Memory | 512 |
| Graphics adapter memory type | GDDR3 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Certified for Windows Vista | Certified for Windows Vista |
| Compliant Standards | RoHS |
| Package Type | Lite retail |
| Processor | |
| Graphics Processor | Radeon HD 3850 |
| RAMDAC Clock Speed | 400 MHz |
| Features | Avivo HD Technology, ATI PowerPlay technology |
| Software / System Requirements | |
| System Requirements Details | - RAM 1 GB |
| Video | |
| Max Resolution (external) | 2560 x 1600 |
| API Supported | OpenGL 2.0, DirectX 10, DirectX 10.1 |
| HDCP compatible | Yes |
| Graphics Family | Radeon 3000 Series |
| TV Interface | HDTV out |
| Max Monitors Supported | 2 |
| Digital Video Standard | Digital Visual Interface (DVI) |
agp is not dead !
the trusty agp bus has been around for 12 years now since intel released it in 1997 and over the years theres been some excellent cards in this bus,these include the radeon 9250/9550 and the geforce fx5500,which all are too slow these days but excellent in their days then there was the radeon x800 series and the geforce 6800ultra which were awesome when released and capable of blinding frame rates however alot of people thought the agp bus had gone until sapphire released the radeon HD3850,this is a amazingly fast card and will run all of todays games at high detail and resolution my previous card the geforce 7900gs(agp) scored a respectable 14,612 on 3dmark03 however this was blown out of the water with the HD3850 which scored a massive 25,891 3dmarks,nearlly twice thats of the powerful geforce 7900gs as for the HD3850 specifications it has a 668mhz core clock and 512mb of gddr3 memory clocked at 828mhz(1656mhz ddr effective
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Delivering Mayhem to the Mainstream Long thought to be the market of the conservative gamer, the affordable mainstream products, which use to suffer only adequate performance, now experiences a frame rate revival with the SAPPHIRE HD 3850. Built upon ...
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| Title | Sapphire - HD3850 AGP |
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| Summary | You've read that right: a brand new graphics card with an AGP interface. Much as the big two in the dedicated graphics card market would have you think otherwise, AGP is still very much alive. In ... |
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| Verdict | Sapphire should be congratulated for not forgetting a sizeable chunk of the population who still own and use AGP-based systems. If you are one of that crowd, then Sapphire's HD3850 AGP will give your system an instant performance boost when gaming. |
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| Title | Sapphire - HD3850 Ultimate |
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| Summary | Not so long ago, adding a passively-cooled graphics card to your system meant sacrificing performance for quietness, with manufacturers only willing to use low powered components that were easy to cool without fans. Not so Sapphire. ... |
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| Verdict | If you are looking for silence as well as performance, then Sapphire's HD3850 Ultimate is right up your street, as it's one of the fastest silent cards around, capable of playing most of the current crop of games. |
| Rating | 100 |
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| Title | Review: Sapphire HD3850 AGP graphics card |
| Reviewed By | Simon Crisp |
| Summary | Proof that AGP is far from dead |
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| Verdict | Sapphire has used a single-slot cooler on the HD3850 AGP, with a passive heatsink over the power regulators. The AGP bus can't supply the voltage required by the RV670 core (this uses a eight-pin PCI Express power connector), although a six-pin cable ... |
| Rating | 92 |
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| Title | Review summary of Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 |
| Reviewed By | alaTest |
| Summary | alaTest has collected and analysed 104 reviews of Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 from international magazines and websites. |
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| Verdict | Experts rate this product 82/100 and users 88/100. Comparing these reviews to 28451 other Graphics Cards reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 92/100 = Excellent. |
| Rating | 80 |
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| Title | Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro graphics card |
| Reviewed By | Robin Morris |
| Summary | Sufficiently pricey to have some serious hardware but affordable enough to tempt most users, the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro provides enough performance to rip through some of todays games titles. |
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| Verdict | The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro's gaming performance speaks for itself. While not of the calibre of the £150+ cards, this is an impressive graphics card and should be a considerable success. |
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| Title | REVIEWS: Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 Ultimate Edition (2nd January 2008) |
| Reviewed By | Shane Baxtor |
| Summary | The HD 3850 offers good bang for buck as it stands. We see if this passive version from Sapphire warrants a higher cost. |
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| Verdict | Sapphire has done a good job with the HD 3850 and it clearly is deserving of the Ultimate name that it carries. The overclocked offering does give it a boost in performance at some stages, and not so much at others. There's no doubt that there are a ... |
| Rating | 84 |
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| Title | Sapphire HD 3850 1024 MB |
| Reviewed By | W1zzard |
| Summary | AMD's Radeon HD 3850 Series has been on the market for a while now. Add-in-Board Partners are constantly looking for ways to seperate themselves from the competition and that's why Sapphire has engineered a Radeon HD 3850 with 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory ... |
| Pros | 10% faster, Bragging rights, Nice overclocking headroom, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, Low temperatures, PCI-Express 2.0 support, Single slot design |
| Cons | Quadrupling memory size yields only about 10% extra performance, Worse price/performance ratio than HD 3850 256 MB, Noisy |
| Verdict | Overall the combination of 5% faster core clock and 768 MB of additional memory can yield a performance improvement of about 10% when comparing Sapphire's HD 3850 1 GB to the HD 3850 with 256 MB. In my opinion this is not worth the price premium of ... |
| Rating | 100 |
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| Title | Review: Sapphire HD3850 Ultimate graphics card |
| Reviewed By | Simon Crisp |
| Summary | Fast, quiet and passively cooled |
| Pros | Excellent picture and sound quality ; Clear screen ; Lots of features |
| Cons | No camera lens cover ; Screen gets smudged easily |
| Verdict | Sapphire's Ultimate range of passively cooled graphics cards provides decent performance with no noise. |
| Rating | 85 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 |
| Reviewed By | Clive Webster |
| Summary | Should you have scandalously not read last month's issue, you might be thinking, 'Uh oh, another mid-range ATI card to follow on from the unmitigated... |
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| Verdict | Overclocking the Sapphire's GPU to 743MHz and the memory to 922MHz (1.84GHz effective) gave the scores an extra nudge. This overclock is preferable to dropping the AA or AF in S.T.A.L.K.E.R., as it lets you keep the eye candy and still have a playable ... |
