ATI 3850 512mb card

sdf

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Just came across these, not sure if anyone else has seen these cards yet. Considering the OC potential of the 3850 this could be promising but not sure what this could mean for the 3870.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=200&grp=3
http://www.powercolor.com/eng/products_features.asp?ProductID=1645
http://www.powercolor.com/eng/products_features.asp?ProductID=1644

Considering I'm on a budget if the price is right this should be for a great upgrade over my 6800 GS.
Any thoughts about the 512 version of the 3850?

 

qmalik

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i had no idea these would exist...hmm interesting...wtf are they going to price it at? $200 exactly? lol

$180 - 3750 256mb
$200 - 3750 512mb
$220 - 3790 512mb

sheesh...really trying to cover everythign in mid-range hu ATI.
 

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They'd be too close in price. It would steal 3850 256mb sales, but its too close to 3870 to even think about buying.

But Harrison said, it'd be nice for a Crossfire set-up. But even then it'd be roughly the same price as the upcoming 3870x2...
 

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Newegg must have just in the last couple of hours just posted that, wasn't there earlier, cool. Is GeCube any good? Never had one of their cards nor heard one way or the other.
 

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I've never used one of their boards but if we wait another day we'll probably be getting a look at some powercolor and the HIS which will probably be sporting ICEQ cooler (or whatever it's called)

I'm so excited that ATI is finally coming out with something to make the gpu market a bit competitive.
 

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Never heard anything bad about them, they were the company who made the AGP X1950XT, which had a sweet cooler, apart from being the only one of its kind. That is the only thing they've done that has ever attracted my attention though.