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Sapphire HD 3850 Ultimate Edition | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 PCS 512MB GDDR3 | 720 | 900 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 Xtreme PCS 512MB G... | 720 | 900 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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ASUS EAH3850/G/HTDI/512M | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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ASUS EAH3850 TOP/HTDI/512M | 730 | 950 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 PCS 1GB GDDR3 | 720 | 900 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
| ASUS EAH3850 MAGIC/HTDP/512M DDR2 | 668 | 400 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | ||
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ASUS Splendid MA3850M/HTDI/512M | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 256MB | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 PCS 1GB DDR2 | 668 | 500 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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ASUS EAH3850/HTDI/512M | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 Xtreme PCS (Black) | 720 | 900 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Rextech The-X HD 3850 VF7 | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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GeCube Radeon HD 3850 | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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GeCube Radeon HD 3850 X-Turbo III | 725 | 850 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Diamond Radeon HD 3850 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Club3D HD 3850 256MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Sapphire HD 3850 256MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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HIS Radeon HD 3850 256MB GDDR3 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Visiontek Radeon HD 3850 | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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ASUS EAH3850/G/HTDI/256M | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D256E | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D256E-OC | 690 | 830 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Club3D HD 3850 OC Radial Heatpipe | 720 | 900 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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XpertVision Radeon HD 3850 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | HDMI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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ASUS EAH3850 TOP/G/HTDI/256M | 730 | 950 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Sapphire HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 TurboX Limited | 735 | 980 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 TurboX | 720 | 910 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Jetway Radeon HD 3850 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Visiontek Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 700 | 875 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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GeCube Radeon HD 3850 512MB Thermal M... | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Apollo Radeon HD 3850 OC | 700 | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Diamond Radeon HD 3850 OC 512MB | 725 | 900 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D512E-OC (Dual slot) | 690 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D512E | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Club3D HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Diamond Extreme PC HD 3850 Extreme Ed... | 740 | 850 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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ASUS EAH3850 OC GEAR/HTDI/512M | 668 | 825 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Sapphire HD 3850 1GB GDDR3 | 703 | 829 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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HIS Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 Rev 2 | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 256MB GDDR3 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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GeCube Radeon HD 3850 | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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GeCube Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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ASUS EAH3850X2/HTDI/1G (Dual GPU) | 668 | 825 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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ASUS EAH3850 SMART OC/HTDI/1G DDR2 | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D512E-OC (Sing slot ref) | 690 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D512E-OC (Sing slot) | 690 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
| Apollo Radeon HD 3850 | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | ||
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Apollo Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 256MB | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Jetway Radeon HD 3850 | 670 | 700 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Jetway Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 670 | 830 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Jetway Radeon HD 3850 512MB DDR2 | 670 | 400 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Jetway Radeon HD 3850 1GB | 670 | 700 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Jetway Radeon HD 3850 1GB DDR2 | 670 | 400 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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XpertVision Radeon HD 3850 Super | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | HDMI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Force3D Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Force3D Radeon HD 3850 256MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
| Force3D Radeon HD 3850 256MB | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | ||
| Force3D Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | ||
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XpertVision Radeon HD 3850 Super+1GB | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 1024 MB | HDMI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Palit Radeon HD 3850 1GB DDR2 | 668? | 828? | 256 bit | 1024 MB | HDMI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Palit Radeon HD 3850 512MB DDR2 | 668 | 400 | 256 bit | 512 MB | HDMI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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HIS Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
| HIS Radeon HD 3850 Advantage | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | ||
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MSI RX3850-T2D1G | 669 | 400 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 512MB DDR2 | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 1GB DDR2 | 668 | 828? | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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MSI RX3850-T2D512E/D3 | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - | |
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Gainward Radeon HD 3850 512MB | 668 | 828 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Gainward Radeon HD 3850 1GB DDR2 | 668 | 500 | 256 bit | 1024 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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PowerColor HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 V2 | 668 | 700 | 256 bit | 512 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | y | |
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Apollo Radeon HD 3850 | 680 | 830 | 256 bit | 256 MB | DL-DVI / DL-DVI | y | - | y | d | - |
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on both 38XX
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yes. 1.x and 2.0 mobos/video cards are fully backwards compatible.
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Overclock it a bit, and you've got a 3870, which is 10-25% below an 8800GT.
Excellent card for the price!
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and to for this bloak: and you've got a 3870, which is 10-25% below an 8800GT.
A HD 3870 is slower in most games without AA on. and faster with AA on. About 10-15% either way. Just my 50 cents
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Can my puny P4 3.4GHz CPU PC handle this card?
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420 WatT Tougt Can USe it ?????
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I would ask you what your current card is. CPU bottlenecking is not a yes-no question. everything is percentages. An athlon 64 3200 will bottle neck a small percentage more then an Athlon 64 3400 , which bottlenecks a small percentage more then an Atholon 3600 .
That said, my short answer would be yes, you are OK to use this CPU. If your LGA 775 (which you are unless you REALLY managed to push a northwood) you can get a Pentium D on ebay for cheap, if you feel like dealing with the e-bay bog. A more powerful CPU will of course give more performance, but I think you're ok.
@ dif in pixel fill between 512mb and 256mb ver:
there is no difference. If the core speed is different there will be a difference, but it is minimal. If you've noticed, these guys don't make a page for separate memory sizes because the difference in memory size doesn't really effect anything else on the page. (except the 7800GTX 512mb, this card had substantial difference between the 7800GTX 256mb, warranting the two pages).
@ the two PSU guys:
Donno, depends: there are good PSUs and there are bad PSUs. A Seasonic HB 380W can do this card no trouble, an Apvia 450W couldn't.
Not going into ripple or voltage regulation (which can kill any component of your system): I would suggest a PSU with a single 20A 12V rail or greater. On the side of your PSU there is a chart. Under the "12V" column, look up the amperage. IF there is no chart, its a shitty PSU, ditch it, and get a Corsair VX450W (cheap and very well performing).
@ can a D 3.0GHz handle this card:
I would give you the same answer as the P4 3.4Ghz guy, in general yes, but It would be a good idea to upgrade. Just because your on dual core doesn't mean your better off, infact your pretty much worse off, as many games will look at your CPU, and see only 1 thread. In this case your running a game just as if you had a P4 3.0GHz.
And yeah, you guys, this card supports DX 10.1, add dat please.
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Anyways, kudos to AMD marketing, they saved the engineering teams ass here. the R600 couldn't perform. What does AMD do? Go after Nvidias only real hole: the $150-$250 range. They did it perfectly. There no way you could consider Nvidia;s 8400GS - 8600GTS AND THEN THIS MASSIVE HOLE 8800GTS 320mb - 8800GTX a decent card lineup. that massive hole is now filled with the HD3850 and 3870. :)
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Well , the HD 3850 and HD3870 prettymuch saved ATI .
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1) amd64 4000 skt 939
2) 2 gb ram in dual channel
3) X1950pro PCI-e
would it be better to upgrade the x1950pro to a HD3850 pro, or upgrade my whole system to
1) P35 motherboard
2) core 2 duo 6750
3) 2 gb ram
But keep the x1950pro
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amd athlon 64 x2 5200 2.6Ghz
2gb ram
1 hd 80 GB IDE
1 hd 160 GB SATA II
HD 3850
mother Foxcomm N570
font 500W WiseCase
my pc is turn off during i play a game i think i need to put a font huntkey 550W realy for this problem stop but i not have certain if i need to do this i need help i switch or no the font ? please helpp !!! (sorry for my english i brazilian =D )
please i need HELP !!
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i just bought my new sapphire HD3850..can't wait to play some:))
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Specifications: SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP
Model SAPPHIRE HD3850 AGP
Graphics Processor ATI Radeon HD 3850
Form Factor ATX 231.19 x 111.99 mm
Bus Interface AGP 4X/8X
Memory GDDR3 512MB /256-bit interface
Clock Speed 702MHz core / 846MHz memory
Cooling System Single Slot Active Fan Cooler
Bracket Full Height
Display Support DL DVI-I /TVO / DL DVI-I
HDTV(via cable)
HDCP Yes
External Power PCIe Graphic External Power(2x4Pin)
Regulatory Standards CE; FCC; UL
is it good for p4 3.2ht(478)?
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it runs satisfactorily on P4 systems... i also observed my friend with these cardz HD3870... it has better performance and no bottleneck.
as for my Brazilian friend.... buy a better PSU with 600 watts capacity.... and reformat your drive...
actually my friend used it in a core 2 duo system with 3.0ghz clock. it has fluid for crysis.... i aslo borrowed it and used it on my P4 system.... it was not as fast as his..... but it can play Call of duty 4 perfectly
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Just wondering, because the 2900 has a 512-bit memory interface.
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Dell Dimension E520 Intel Core 2 Duo E4300(1.8GHz)
RAM 1GB DDR2 SDRAM,667MHZ- 2x512MB
Video onboard Intel GMA X3000
HD 250GB SATA (7,200rpm)
Font 450W
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Dell Dimension E520 Intel Core 2 Duo E4300(1.8GHz) Mother Board Intel Desktop WG486
RAM 1GB DDR2 SDRAM,667MHZ- 2x512MB
Video onboard Intel GMA X3000
HD 250GB SATA (7,200rpm)
Font 450W
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The powercolor version is damn freaking huge, I had a hard time trying to help my friend install.
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And uhm... ATi's 320 shader processors = 64x5 shader processors... which is essentially 64 shader processors that can do 5 things at a time .
I hope I can extend my budget to get the HD 3870...
*EDIT* I can get the 256MB for about 123$, and the 3870 for 166$.
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Your processor would be the bottleneck at that resolution.