Testseek.com have collected 30 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 3850 256MB PCIe and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 3850 256MB PCIe.
January 2008
(81%)
30 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Played games well at superhigh resolutions, Nearperfect video playback, Still quiet, CrossFire!
No longer a budget buy, Still not that great at antialiasing
Two cards dont add up to the same kind of value. Doubling the cards doesnt make each individual card magically better at anti-aliasing. The heart of the issue is bandwidth, and with only 256MBs of GDDR3 memory, running on a 256-bit bus, the limit is ...
Priced under $200, Played games well at superhigh resolutions, Nearperfect video playback, Low power consumption, Quiet
Other, faster options are available, Doesnt like too much antialiasing
This card really is the X1950 Pro remade. Games up to 1920x1200 played well, HQV score of 128 (out of 130), and a power consumption thats a fraction of the previous generation.The HD 3850 had no problems running this suite of tests, and while it didn...
Abstract: The Radeon HD3850 and HD3870 graphics cards finally put ATI in a competitive position against nVidia offerings in the all-important midrange market. Theyre also said to offer much improved power efficiency. We explore just how much, and the all import...
Abstract: Some nice chaps from ATI have informed us that the current Catalyst 8.1 supports a mixed HD3870/HD3850 Crossfire mode. We set about checking these claims as they will no doubt make for some very interesting reading for all owners of HD3800 series ca...
Pretty high performance in contemporary games, Wide range of supported FSAA modes, Excellent anisotropic filtering quality, Good start for the future: DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support, Fullyfledged hardware support for HD video decoding, Integrat...
Insufficient driver optimization, Texturing and raster processors could be too few.
ATI’s new graphics cards Radeon HD 3870 and HD 3850 seem to be very appealing for the end-user considering the price reduction AMD can go for. However, the overall trend shows the weakening position of AMD’s graphics department.The senior mode...
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Published: 2008-01-14, Author: Michael , review by: maximumpc.com
Unified Video Decoder, support for PCI Express 2.0 and DirectX 10.1.
Only 256MB GDDR3; laggy at 1920x1200; $70 more will get you a much faster Nvidia 8800 GT.
Abstract: Whether fashionably late or long overdue, ATI finally offers a GPU worth getting excited over. Today HardwareLogic spends some quality time with the HD 3850 videocard.
Abstract: As a final touch to this introduction, we are presenting a comparative table of specifications for video cards built on the new chips whose start of deliveries was promised to commence as of today onwards...
Fastest 3D card under $200; solid home-theater capabilities; supports multiple card configurations with up to four cards in the same PC.
CrossFire performance remains sketchy depending on the game; despite DirectX 10 support, actually switching those features on remains too challenging; newer, potentially faster Nvidia cards in the same price range are supposedly just around the corner.
Despite the usual caveats of an ever-fluctuating 3D market, for the moment, at least, ATIs new Radeon HD 3850 graphics card delivers the best bang-for-the buck in PC graphics hardware. Until now we havent had an acceptable sub-$200 option for PC gami...
The Radeon HD 3850 is an impressive product, much more so than the Radeon HD 3870, which is somewhat amusing given they are almost the same product. Although the Radeon HD 3870 comes with a 16% higher core clock speed, it costs over 20% more. Though co...
