Product Info
Delivering Mayhem to the Mainstream
Delivering Mayhem to the Mainstream Long thought to be the market of the conservative gamer, the affordable mainstream products, which use to suffer only adequate performance, now experiences a frame rate revival with the SAPPHIRE HD 3850. Built upon the award winning Radeon HD 3850 core, the SAPPHIRE 3850 offers a comprehensive feature-set that eclipses previous and current mainstream offerings. Unleash the enthusiast inside you with support for advanced technologies such as 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!
Features
- AGP 4X/8X bus interface
- DirectX® 10.1 support
- ATI CrossFireX™ Multi-GPU Technology
- ATI PowerPlay™
- Hardware processed 1080p video playback of Blu-ray™ and HD DVDs
- 320 stream processing units
- 256-bit GDDR3 memory interface
- 512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller
- ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform
- ntegrated HD audio controller with multi-channel (5.1) AC3 support
- Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality
System Requirements
- AGP based PC is required with one 4X/8X AGP slot available on the motherboard.
- 1GB or greater system memory for better performance.
- 450Watt or greater power supply with 30Amps on 12 volt with 2x4 power connector recommanded.
- Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive.
- DVD playback requires DVD driver
- Blu-ray/HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray/HD-DVD drive and playback software.
Specifications
| Chipset |
ATI RADEON HD 3850 |
| Engine clock |
668MHz |
| Memory |
512MB GDDR3 |
| Memory clock |
1656MHz (828MHz DDR) |
| Memory interface |
256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth |
N/A |
| Stream Processors |
320 |
| Fillrate |
N/A |
| Bus Interface |
AGP 8X |
| CrossfireX Compatible |
N/A |
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| Resolution & Refresh Rate |
Max 3D resolution:
Digital: 2560x1600 @ 60Hz(Dual-Link DVI)
Analog: 2048x1536 @ 85Hz
TV-Out: 1024x768 @ 200Hz, 1080i
HDMI: 480p, 720p, 1080i |
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| Connectors |
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| VGA |
Yes, With VGA-to-DVI Adapter |
| DVI |
Dual DVI-I (2 x Dual Link) |
| Video Out |
S-Video, Composite, HDTV(YPrPB) Component, HDMI (via DVI-to-HDMI adapter) |
| HDCP Support |
Yes |
| Video In |
N/A |