Sapphire 3850 1GB pictured

[hclarkjr]

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[Mloot]

Does the 3850 really have the horsepower to run any games at the resolutions and AA/AF levels that would require 1gb of memory? This seems to me to be just a way for the card manufacturers to make more money, like old PCI video cards that you could buy with 512mb of memory.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Mloot
Does the 3850 really have the horsepower to run any games at the resolutions and AA/AF levels that would require 1gb of memory? This seems to me to be just a way for the card manufacturers to make more money, like old PCI video cards that you could buy with 512mb of memory.

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[quadomatic]

Oh man, if this works well, this would be killer. I always thought the 3850 was kind of limited by having only 256mb. 1GB may be overkill, but 512 would be nice.

At $150 for a good card, it doesn't get better than the 3850 (unless you use linux like me )

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: quadomatic
Oh man, if this works well, this would be killer. I always thought the 3850 was kind of limited by having only 256mb. 1GB may be overkill, but 512 would be nice.

At $150 for a good card, it doesn't get better than the 3850 (unless you use linux like me )

There are plenty of 512mb 3850s. The Egg has 4-5 of them last time I checked.

 

[quadomatic]

Originally posted by: angry hampster

Originally posted by: quadomatic
Oh man, if this works well, this would be killer. I always thought the 3850 was kind of limited by having only 256mb. 1GB may be overkill, but 512 would be nice.

At $150 for a good card, it doesn't get better than the 3850 (unless you use linux like me )

There are plenty of 512mb 3850s. The Egg has 4-5 of them last time I checked.

IC, they have one for $160 AR...if only I didn't have to upgrade my motherboard and processor, I would buy this too...