Typical price: £125
What is it: Super-fast 3D graphics card
What we think: Although this card is fast and solid, there are better alternatives on the way
ATI Radeon HD 3850 Review
Reviewed on: 11 December 2007
Performance
Along with those new features, the Radeon HD
3850 also retains all of the highlights of the Radeon 2900's core
technology, which makes sense, as the core design of the 3850 is a
derivation of that of the higher-end chips'. Mostly that refers to its
suitability as a home-theatre card.
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1280x1024 | |
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2,048 x 1,536 (high quality) | |
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1,920 x 1,440 (ultra quality, 4xaa) | |
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1,920 x 1,440 (very high quality, 4xaa 4xaf) | |
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1,600 x 1,200 (high quality) | |
Like the Radeon 2000 cards, the Radeon 3850 is HDCP compliant, which means it can display protected HD DVD and Blu-ray content at resolutions up to 2,560x1,600 pixels from your PC, if you have such an optical drive and a supporting monitor or TV.
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