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.
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 1280x1024 | |
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 2,048 x 1,536 (high quality) | |
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 1,920 x 1,440 (ultra quality, 4xaa) | |
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 1,920 x 1,440 (very high quality, 4xaa 4xaf) | |
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
| 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.