ATI Radeon HD 3850 videocard review

Radeon HD 3850 videocard released by ATI; release date: 19 November 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $179. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed RV670.

Core clock speed - 668 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10.69 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 427.5 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 666 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1660 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 53.1 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

393

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3345 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3345.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3345 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3345.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	RV670
Launch date	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1471
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	666 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3