bit-tech Shopping: PowerColor Radeon HD 3850 Video Card

$137.17 from 1 seller

512MB, PCI-Express 2.0 x16, Dual DVI

This is the PowerColor HD 3850 Xtreme PCS Video Card with 512MB GDDR3 memory, 720MHz Core clock speed and 1800MHz Memory clock speed.

bit-tech Review

"In terms of competition for the PowerColor Radeon HD 3850 Xtreme PCS 512MB, there is currently Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GS 384MB, which hits roughly the same price point. This provides adequate competition for the Radeon HD 3850—it's faster in some cases, but quite a bit slower in others—but for the time being I'd probably opt for the Radeon HD 3850 with 512MB of vRAM. Those of you that follow the industry closely will surely know what's coming soon though, and we'll be answering that question when the time comes.

PowerColor's factory-overclocked Radeon HD 3850 is a good buy at under £120 (inc. VAT) if you can live with the different display output configuration but, in saying that, I can't help but feel like I'm repeating myself over and over at the moment. I guess that's because the mid-range has never been as strong as it is today – there are just so many good purchases out there and that means it's a good time to be a PC gamer building a new system." - 18th February 2008

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