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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
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Great Card
- Pros: This video card exceeds all expectations for onehundredthirty shipped. Came with a bunch of additional adapters and such, and was well packaged. Didn't use the drivers on the cd, just downloaded the driver straight from ATI. No Problem with two DVI monitors either. Also, FWIW, i hear that there is no appreciable differences between a HD3850 at 512MB vs 256MB. Google it if you don't believe me.
- Cons: Card is a bit long, and comes close to covering up some of the IDE/SATA ports on a P5K mobo. No driver-level tuning in Riva tuner ... but that can't totally be blamed on Diamond/ATI. Riva tuner still has a long way to go to be friendly for the average enthusiast.
- Other Thoughts: As below, Catalyst Control Center allows oc'ing the core to 770Mhz and memory to 1.117Ghz, which it'll run at. Riva Tuner will allow you to push it further through low-level tweaks, as well as set a fan profile. Haven't needed to push it further yet though. On a ASUS P5K mobo, with an OC'd E2180 (3.15Ghz) at 1.5 vcore, 4GB of Patriot DDR2-6400 RAM and this card (not SLI) was able to get 10365 3DMarks 06 in Vista Business x64. Probably further too, but since I don't need it I don't want to risk it.
Good at times but awful.
- Pros: It works. It's cool temperature wise (idle), easy to install, fairly quiet, a good overclocker.
- Cons: You can't control the fan on the card so it overheats constantly. ATI support for drivers and other things is awful. You are much better off buying a 9600 by NVidia.
- Other Thoughts: when the card first came out ATI didn't support it and the drivers and tech support are abysmal. I'm never buying ATI again.
Good card.
- Pros: This video card has been very stable to me.
- Cons: You should get the 512MB version of this card if possible. Being able to run games like Medieval 2:Total War with ultra high settings instead of high and lowered filtering settings stinks. Especially so since the card has the ability to process it fast enough if it were to have enough VRAM.
- Other Thoughts: I have had an occasional artifact, which only lasts a few milliseconds, 3 times in 1 month of gaming with it. It does not worry me to much.
Besides this point the card runs a little warm but within specs. Besides this the fan is always running at maximum speed and does not return any info when GPUZ probes for the speed.
| Model |
| Brand |
DIAMOND |
| Series |
Viper |
| Model |
3850PE3256SB |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
ATI |
| GPU |
Radeon HD 3850 |
| Core Clock |
666MHz |
| Stream Processors |
320 Stream Processing Units |
| Memory |
| Effective Memory Clock |
1650MHz |
| Memory Size |
256MB |
| Memory Interface |
256-bit |
| Memory Type |
GDDR3 |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL 2.0 |
| Ports |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI (via Adapter) |
| DVI |
2 x DVI |
| TV-Out |
HDTV / S-Video Out |
| VIVO |
Yes |
| General |
| Tuner |
None |
| RAMDAC |
400 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| CrossFireX Support |
Yes |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| Operating Systems Supported |
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Windows Vista Ready |
| System Requirements |
AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium 4
PCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
450 Watt or greater power supply with 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended (550 Watt for ATI CrossFireX with two 6-pin connectors)
1GB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
For a complete ATI CrossFireX system, a second ATI Radeon HD 3850 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board (included) are required |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported |
Yes |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| HDCP Ready |
Yes |
| Features |
| Features |
55nm process technology
ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
Game Physics processing capability
Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
Support for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter
Unified Video Deoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
3850PE3256SB
Driver Disk
User Manual
HDTV Cable
DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
DVI to HDMI Adapter
CrossFire Bridge
S-Video to Composite Adapter |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
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Reviewed By: Heywood Jablome on 2/25/2008
Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
