Sapphire RADEON Hd 3850 512Mb 256-Bit Ddr3 Agp Dual Dvi-I Tvo Lite Retail Video Card Reviews

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Pros: - Great Power for AGP gamers not ready for a whole new system.- Works with every game I play and works better then I thought it would. Cons: - Fan exaust blows right at my HD rack in my case.- Not really a Con but to fully use the potental of this card you will more then likely have to overclock your CPU or you will get a bottleneck and hitching in your games. from Newegg.com Takes ALL the load off my main CPU. Plays UT3 rather well at 1080p even. UT3 is basically the only reason I made this purchase, but since it can play back 1080p HD movies I'm even more happy I purchased this card. Cons: Bad product support from ATI! from Newegg.com Pros: In short - This is the ultimate AGP card. The only and the best hope of your DYING Pentium 4. from Newegg.com Pros: Great card for a dying format. Does CPR on your old AGP motherboard/CPU before having to make the plunge in your wallet to upgrade to the latest stuff. I don't know what people here are talking about as far as driver problems etc... from Newegg.com Pros: As others have said this card has given new life to my system, putting off that major upgrade all of us AGP owners will inevitably have to do, a little longer. I now play dead space maxed out, far cry 2 all on very high with good frame rates. from Newegg.com Pros: The idea of modernish AGP pushing an older system to new performance hights is alluring. Cons: This card is about as far from plug and play as you can get. from Newegg.com Pros: Best $90 I ever spent. This card will make your AGP system come back to life. After suffering the last 6 years with a Geforce 6800 Ultra, that card finally died. from Newegg.com Pros: Fastest AGP available. I upgraded from an X800XT and now I can play games that require shader model 3.0 and higher. from Newegg.com Pros: I upgraded to this card from an 850XT. Played everything I needed for quite some time. Ran dual monitors like a champ, one in 1680x1050 and one in 1280x1024 like a champ. Upgrading now to a 2Gb Vapor X 4890. from Newegg.com Pros: This card plus 2 GB of memory and an upgraded power supply I had lying around allowed me to upgrade an old Dell Optiplex GX280 2.8 GHz P4 to a gaming machine for older games (UT2K4 vintage). Cons: Expensive compared to PCIE options but AGP is getting pretty obsolete these days. Other Thoughts: If it weren't for the fact that I had the memory and PSU already I wouldn't have bothered updated the graphics. from Newegg.com

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The Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 offers a comprehensive feature-set that eclipses previous and current mainstream offerings. Unleash the enthusiast inside you with support for DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4 support, integrated HDCP support for Blu-ray /HD DVD decoding and for extreme enthusiast, Jam a SAPPHIRE HD 3850 into your rig and still have some coin left over to buy that title you have been waiting for!

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Released	1 year ago
Installed Memory	512 MB
Graphic Processor	ATI RADEON HD3850
Display Interface	DVI-I (dual link) x 2
Card Interface	AGP 8x
Analog Video Standards	S-Video Composite
Form Factor	Plug-in card
Included Accessories	DVI to VGA Adapter x 1 S-Video to Composite Adapter Power Cable Drivers CD HDTV Out Cable
Input Type	S-Video Component Video Composite Video
Installed Memory / Technology	512 MB (GDDR3 SDRAM)
MPN	100228L
Max. Screen Resolution	2560 x 1600
Memory Data Width	256-bit
Memory Tech	DDR3 SDRAM
Output Interface	S-Video HDTV Out
Package Type	Retail
RAMDAC Speed	400 MHz
UPC	840777024485
Video Compression Standards	MPEG-1 MPEG-2

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