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OneTinSoldier · 09-11-08, 10:53 PM

Hello,

I can recommend the card I recently got although I would really only recommend it for folks with a CPU speed rating similar to what mine is, which is 3.4 GHz. My CPU is already quite a bottleneck for this card, a 2400+ CPU would be a very serious bottleneck for this card I would think.

Anyway, the card is an ATI 3850 HD 512 MB. The card I got is actually an HIS brand variation, changed from ati reference design with a two slot design, an IceQ3 Cooler fan, and slightly overclocked stock. Here is a Newegg link for it, $229.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161226

The card I replaced it with was no slouch and was the prevoius King of AGP, an X1950 Pro. And again it was the HIS brand with IceQ3 Cooler and slighty overclocked out of the box. Since I already had an X1950 Pro it was not easy for me to justify upgrading to a 3850. But I heard they ran cooler and used considerably less power, and so I thought it might be good to have even if just for those reasons.

Coming off an X1950 Pro I really didn't expect much difference, so I was surprised to get a very nice fps boost in SHIV... a more than 50 percent but less than 100 percent increase in fps.

I consider my HIS(ATI) 3850 HD 512 MB AGP to be a great card and the 3850 will probably be the final King of AGP and AGP's final farewell.

I hope this helped. And again, not so sure how well this card would fair on a CPU with a speed rating of say, less than 3.2 GHz.

System Specs:

Intel P4 3.4C Northwood Core with Hyperthreading on Asus P4C800-E Deluxe(Intel 875P + ICH5R Chipset), Zalman 7000a-Cu HS/Fan, Enermax EG651P-VE 550W PSU, 2 GB Mushkin eXtreme Performance(2-2-2) Dual Channel PC3200 RAM, Samsung 214T MultiSync 21" Digital LCD Monitor(1600 x 1200 native res), HIS(ATI) 3850 HD 512 MB AGP Videocard with IceQ3 Cooler and Catalyst v8.6 Hotfix Driver, DirectX 9.0c v9.21.1148(November 2007 update), Creative Audigy2 Platinum Soundcard with Driver v02.09.0016, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers, Western Digital 250 GB w/8 MB Cache 7200 RPM Parallel ATA HDD, Norton Internet Security 2008(Firewall and Anti-Virus), Comcast Cable Internet Connection, WinXP Pro SP2 32-bit

09-11-08, 10:53 PM	#4
OneTinSoldier Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denver, CO USA Posts: 382 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Hello, I can recommend the card I recently got although I would really only recommend it for folks with a CPU speed rating similar to what mine is, which is 3.4 GHz. My CPU is already quite a bottleneck for this card, a 2400+ CPU would be a very serious bottleneck for this card I would think. Anyway, the card is an ATI 3850 HD 512 MB. The card I got is actually an HIS brand variation, changed from ati reference design with a two slot design, an IceQ3 Cooler fan, and slightly overclocked stock. Here is a Newegg link for it, $229. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161226 The card I replaced it with was no slouch and was the prevoius King of AGP, an X1950 Pro. And again it was the HIS brand with IceQ3 Cooler and slighty overclocked out of the box. Since I already had an X1950 Pro it was not easy for me to justify upgrading to a 3850. But I heard they ran cooler and used considerably less power, and so I thought it might be good to have even if just for those reasons. Coming off an X1950 Pro I really didn't expect much difference, so I was surprised to get a very nice fps boost in SHIV... a more than 50 percent but less than 100 percent increase in fps. I consider my HIS(ATI) 3850 HD 512 MB AGP to be a great card and the 3850 will probably be the final King of AGP and AGP's final farewell. I hope this helped. And again, not so sure how well this card would fair on a CPU with a speed rating of say, less than 3.2 GHz. System Specs: Intel P4 3.4C Northwood Core with Hyperthreading on Asus P4C800-E Deluxe(Intel 875P + ICH5R Chipset), Zalman 7000a-Cu HS/Fan, Enermax EG651P-VE 550W PSU, 2 GB Mushkin eXtreme Performance(2-2-2) Dual Channel PC3200 RAM, Samsung 214T MultiSync 21" Digital LCD Monitor(1600 x 1200 native res), HIS(ATI) 3850 HD 512 MB AGP Videocard with IceQ3 Cooler and Catalyst v8.6 Hotfix Driver, DirectX 9.0c v9.21.1148(November 2007 update), Creative Audigy2 Platinum Soundcard with Driver v02.09.0016, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers, Western Digital 250 GB w/8 MB Cache 7200 RPM Parallel ATA HDD, Norton Internet Security 2008(Firewall and Anti-Virus), Comcast Cable Internet Connection, WinXP Pro SP2 32-bit __________________ "Variable this is EasyRhino, do you copy? Over." Loud and clear EasyRhino. "Do we have a gig? Over." That's a Roger, we have a gig. Target is painted, start the music. "Roger that Variable. Into attack. Pickling target. Target is acquired and lit. LGB comin' down!" EasyRhino, circular error probability zero. Impact with High Order Detonation. Thank You, have a nice day.