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Diamond Radeon HD 3850 512MB Ruby Edition Video Card
| Manufacturer: | Diamond Multimedia |
| Product: | Diamond Radeon HD 3850 |
| Date: | Mon, Jan 21, 2008 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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The Test System
The test system was running Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit with all available Microsoft updates including the hotefixes required for enthusiast video cards to run correctly. ATI CATALYST 8.1 drivers were used on all the Radeon HD graphics cards. All results shown in the charts are averages of at least three runs from each game or application used.
The Video Cards:
- ATI Radeon HD 3870 - 512MB (777MHz/1.126GHz GDDR4)
- Diamond Radeon HD 3850 - 512MB(669MHz/1.658GHz GDDR3)
- ATI Radeon HD 3850 - 256MB (669MHz/1.658GHz GDDR3)
All of the video cards were tested on the Intel X38 Express Test platform, which is loaded with the latest and greatest hardware. The Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 'Yorkfield' processor was used for testing as it proved to be the best desktop processor when it comes to game performance. The test system was also loaded with 4GB of memory and water cooled to ensure throttling of the processor or memory wouldn't cause any issues.
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 |
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Motherboard |
Gigabyte X38-DQ6
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Memory |
4GB OCZ Reaper PC2-6400
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Video Cards |
See Above |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital SATA 250Gb |
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Cooling |
Corsair Nautilus 500 |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX620W |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Now that we know exactly what the test system is, we can move along to performance numbers.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - Diamond Multimedia Tweaks The Radeon HD 3850
Page 2 - The Box and Bundle Page 3 - The Test System Page 4 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Page 5 - Company of Heroes Page 6 - World in Conflict Page 7 - BioShock Page 8 - Crysis Page 9 - Call of Duty 4 Page 10 - 3DMark 2006 Page 11 - Lightsmark 2007 Page 12 - Temperatures Page 13 - Overclocking Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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