ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 videocard review

Radeon HD 3850 X2 videocard released by ATI; release date: 4 April 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $349. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed RV670.

Core clock speed - 669 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 320. Floating-point performance - 2x 428.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 666 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 140 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 512 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1656 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 53.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38579

822

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

422

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	422

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	RV670
Launch date	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	342
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 320
Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 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	267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3