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!
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series – Key Features
- Incredible Microsoft DirectX 10.1 performance – You’ll be blown away by life-like graphics from the latest DirectX 10.1 games, with stunning 3D graphics and shading effects.
- 320 Stream Processors – More than enough horsepower to support the most demanding graphics applications
- ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU – Upgrade to even greater 3D performance quickly and easily thanks to plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX technology with up to quad-GPU support.
- Unified Video Decoder – View and manipulate the latest Blu-ray and HD DVD content with a dedicated hardware video decoder that leaves your CPU free to perform other tasks.
- Ultimate Image Quality – Performance that rivals high-end HD-DVD and Blu-ray players on displays with resolutions that exceed 1080p – up to 2560x1600.
- Integrated Digital Outputs – Enjoy your digital content the way you want to, with built-in HDMI that includes 5.1 surround audio for big screen entertainment.
- More Processing Performance per Watt – Get up to twice the Gigaflops per watt of previous generations of high-end AMD GPUs.
- ATI PowerPlay Technology – power saving features that reduce power consumption at idle or during low-usage
- Runs Cool and Quiet – With a smaller chip designed to use less power, your system can take advantage of high-end Windows Vista® features while running more efficiently and quieter than ever.
System Requirement:
- 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 30-Amps 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.
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