Comments for: Deal of the week: AMD's Radeon HD 3850

#57. Posted at 05:56 AM on Nov 19th 2007

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Jacu

I myself still have ATI X800XL. ATI's new offerings havent been very convincing and I considered GF8800GT but ATI's 3870 just might be worth buying. Especially now that I finally got that 22 widescreen panel. How close to 3870 an OC'd 3850 would go? Or is it wiser to have 512mb card now?

#57, definitely go ahead and get the 3870 if you are choosing bet... : toyota (#59) «

#55. Posted at 12:14 PM on Nov 18th 2007

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BoBzeBuilder

Trolls receive a lot of attention here at TR. More reasons for them to do what they gotta do. Remember Shintai and Prochestron? They were TR celebrities until they got their asses kicked out.

#55, You mean, Shintel and Progesterone. ;) : Krogoth (#58) «

#1. Posted at 05:15 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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toyota

Too bad this card sucks in Crysis.

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#3, well my only point was that this would be a useless upgra... : toyota (#5) «

#1, Your statement is a bit misleading. All cards suck in Crysis... : suomynona (#4) «

#4, I knew somebody would say that. The 8800GT would be fine ... : toyota (#6) «

#6, Obviously, if you knew that then you should know that ... : flybywire (#9) «

#9, Yes I understand that. For the money the 3850 does ... : toyota (#11) «

#11, Understood. If your sole reason for upgrading yo... : flybywire (#12) «

#12, The 3850 is a MONSTER overclocker. I was able... : matdem1 (#27) «

#1, Too bad Crysis sucks. : provoko (#13) «

#13, thats your opinion : toyota (#14) «

#14, Mine as well. : Pettytheft (#16) «

#16, mine too : odizzido (#18) «

#18, Signing this historic thread -- Crysis isn't all... : StashTheVampede (#19) «

#16, beat me to it : lyc (#22) «

#22, Damn, I was thinking just that. Crysis sucks, sp... : BoBzeBuilder (#30) «

#1, That is only true if you playing Crysis for the eye candy. I... : ew (#15) «

#15, why the heck would I buy a brand new card just to play at... : toyota (#20) «

#20, paying $180 for one part to play one game is retarded ... : Firestarter (#24) «

#24, Do I really have to explain every little detail? I... : toyota (#25) «

#1, Too bad it's an ATI card and therefore sucks for us Linux we... : bthylafh (#31) «

#31, Actually, AMD has made some considerable strives in Linux... : Krogoth (#36) «

#36, Horseshit. They may have improved, but they had a *lot... : bthylafh (#37) «

#37, I already did that. X800XT running on Ubuntu 7.10, ... : rxc6 (#50) «

#50, Stock Ubuntu drivers or restricted? : thecoldanddarkone (#52) «

#52, Speaking for myself, but I'm using Ubuntu 7.1... : BlackStar (#54) «

#52, Restricted of course : rxc6 (#56) «

#1, ITT butthurt nvidia fanboy. Notice how he says "too bad this ... : cegras (#32) «

#32, Krogoth and cegras.. I dont care if its ATI or Nvidia. I ... : toyota (#35) «

#35, This is how it goes on here most of the time man. Lots... : swaaye (#40) «

#40, im running crysis on all high settings with 2xAA an... : reckless_meanie66 (#48) «

#48, never below 38fps on high with 2AA? perhaps you ... : toyota (#49) «

#53. Posted at 05:29 AM on Nov 18th 2007

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Bensam123

I'll wait for a 8800GT or a 3870.

#51. Posted at 11:01 PM on Nov 17th 2007

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fpsduck

Ahh, too late

I just owned GeCube 2600XT GDDR3 last week before 38x0 launch..
It's not ground-breaking card but I'm quite happy with RV630.

#47. Posted at 04:33 PM on Nov 17th 2007

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provoko

Penis small? Guys, seriously, don't let Crytek make your penis shrink. Crysis is just 1 game, and it's not a good representation of future games especially since Unreal Tournament 3 is a next gen game and the 3850 does a damn good job with it. Even Bioshock and Call of Duty 4.

#45. Posted at 09:52 AM on Nov 17th 2007

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Jypster

Ouch, Some companies here in Aust are trying to take us for a good ride

http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=5

Gecube HD3870 512M GDDR4 Dual-Link DVI HDCP HDMI PCI Express PreorderETA $499.00 $509.00

Think the Aust dollar is around 91US cents at the moment so they are making a sweat profit on that. Compared to the same place with this

Albatron GeForce 8800GT 512MB DDR3 PCIEx16 HDCP 2xDVI-I HDTV $399.00

go figure

#45, Heh, that is pretty weird. I though it would be cheaper to o... : Krogoth (#46) «

#7. Posted at 05:29 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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Tairc

Dumb Question - Can I get any of these to work in an Intel Mac Pro? My current card is failing, and I'd hate to spend 400$ on an X1900XT when I could buy one of these....

#7, As long as the driver support is there (right now, it isn't)... : Furen (#10) «

#10, Where would I look for such drivers - ATI site, or Apple?... : Tairc (#17) «

#17, i don't believe ATI or Nvidia have downloadable Mac dr... : cygnus1 (#21) «

#21, If you go to www.amd.com and look you can see downl... : Kurlon (#44) «

#17, write to steve jobs and tell him that you're missing t... : lyc (#23) «

#43. Posted at 07:23 AM on Nov 17th 2007

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marvelous

Only reason 3850 doesn't run half way decent is because of 256mb of vram. Other wise it would definitely be able to play high detail.

#33. Posted at 10:00 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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cegras

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxMCwzLCxoZW50aHVz...

This is what you call "high quality"?

#33, I'm playing on an 8800 and it's got corruption in parts as w... : indeego (#38) «

#38, out of curiosity, would this be the demo or the shipped g... : mortifiedPenguin (#39) «

#39, Shipped game. The demo actually worked fine for me. : indeego (#42) «

#41. Posted at 10:59 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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swaaye

It certainly is a worthwhile option over the 8600. The power usage is so much lower than HD 2900 and the performance is close. That is very impressive.

#28. Posted at 08:59 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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Krogoth

Toyota is just a troll.

Only a fool considers HD 3850 to be a poor card in Crysis.

#28, what the hell is wrong with you? the 3850 doesnt do as well ... : toyota (#29) «

#29, You need to see the benches again. It is clear that 3850 ... : Krogoth (#34) «

#26. Posted at 08:13 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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Prospero424

Well, it also looks like a 512MB Powercolor 3850 is going on sale for $199 MSRP. Seems like a good way to split the difference between the 3850 and the 3870.

#2. Posted at 05:20 PM on Nov 16th 2007

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Meadows

"All five cards"

Must be my age, I see a list of four ;)

#2, It's the new math. Ah... I couldn't resist. : HiggsBoson (#8) «