SAPPHIRE 100227L Radeon HD 3850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Reviewed By: on 11/5/2008

Tech Level: somewhat low - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: i just wanted to update this
i now have 4 of these and 8 gigs of ram
with 2 wd black 750 gig sata 3.0 32mb cache hard drives
and my 9850 quad all packed on my k9a2 mobo
in an antec twelve hundred case
they now run much much cooler in the antec almost 20 c
lower than my other case wich was a sunbeam transformer

they are very nice cards crysis aside thay play every thing maxed
easy install
ati control center is great
easy to overclock threw ati catalyst allthough not much room for inprovement but a little
no problems so far with any of them

Cons: like i said before they are quite hot unless u have very good air cooling
but u could always water cool to
large very large
my antec is a huge case and it is packed with 4 of these in it
STILL CANT MAX CRYSIS it runs ok in some areas but highly active areas are pretty choppy

Other Thoughts: these may not be the best cards out there but they get the job done and they do it well
about the most bang for your buck as u can get
and like i said they play everything but crysis maxed
1 would probly play almost eveything maxed by its self
when it comes to crysis though
i've heard a core 2 extreme with 2 4870 x2 still droped to 27 fps when maxed
don't know how true that is but its something to think about


THANKS NEWEGG i by all my products from u and just wanted to say keep up the good work

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Crysis.............

Reviewed By: DevilsOwn on 9/6/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Runs Cod4 maxed with no prob.

Cons: I can only get Crysis to run at 30 to 40 fps at high with dips into the teens at times, but on the other hand ive only got one card and Crysis is just an insane game to try and render.

Other Thoughts: 9500 quad phenom 720gb sata 3gb ram res set to 1440x900

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Reviewed By: kill joy on 8/9/2008

Tech Level: somewhat low - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Pros: runs great have got 3 so far running in a msi k9a2 platinum mobo with a phenom 9850 quad and 4 gigs of memory gettin a fourth soon.
no problems with any of them so far. easy install
they runs every game i throw at it in max. except crysis it is playable maxed but there IS LAG. not much but its there. thats with 3 in crossfire when i had 2 it was pretty bad. the people saying thy are playing crysis maxed with 2 are full of themselves. but this is a great card and the price is even better.

Cons: HOT! HOT! HOT! runs at 75 c when im playing crysis and it all blows right into the case. i have good air flow so not a prob for me but maybe others.
large i have a full tower and there is only about 2 inches of clearance between the end of the card and my hard drive cage. so if you r lookin at something like this u may want to get a full tower with good airflow

Other Thoughts: i am very happy with this card. i was kind of unsure at first but so far it just keeps delivering
i would recommend it to any one.

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