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Not too long ago, our very own Paul did a pretty intensive review of one
of the latest ATi powered video cards to hit the market, the 3870 Toxic.
Hot on the heels of that review, Sapphire sent us the 3870's little
brother, the HD 3850 1GB. We already know that Paul loved the
3870, both for the performance, the price, and the sweet bundle, so will
the 3850 keep us satisfied as well, or leave us wanting for more?
Specifications and Features:
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Chipset: Radeon HD 3850
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Engine Clock: 703 MHz
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Video Memory: 1GB DDR3
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Memory Clock: 1.658 GHz
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Memory Interface: 256-bit GDDR3
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512-bit Ring Bus Memory Support
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Bus: PCI-Express x16 (Support PCI-Express 2.0)
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RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz
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Stream Processors: 320
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Connectors: Dual DVI (Support Dual VGA); TV-out
(HDTV ready)
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Thermal: Single Slot Fan Cooler
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Support ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
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ATI PowerPlay™
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ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform
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Support HDCP - High-bandwidth Digital Content
Protection
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Integrated HD audio controller with
multi-channel (5.1) AC3 support
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Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for
improved quality
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Hardware processed 1080p video playback of Blu-ray™
and HD DVDs
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Support Microsoft DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1
and OpenGL 2.0
The main differences between the 3850 and the 3870 Toxic can be
described as follows:
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Core clock has been reduced from 800MHz to 703MHz
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1GB of GDDR3 instead of 512MB of GDDR4
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Memory clock has been reduced from 2.3GHz to
1.658GHz
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Single slot fan cooler instead of the Toxic
Vapour Chamber cooler
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