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Thread : Radeon HD3850 vs. HD2900PRO
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Profile: newbie
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Ok...both of these I'm lookin at have 512 MB, 256-bit processing (actually there's a 512, 512 2900PRO)
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Profile: newbie
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sorry just saw someone posted the same topic |
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Profile: Ancient Poster
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3870 is better check legit review |
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Profile: nimble knuckle
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It should be about same performance except that 3850 would be whole lot better in power consumption, has dx10.1, and possibly better AA performance. --------------- Asus P5B vanilla with E6300 B2 stepping @ 3.5 3 gigs Micron D9 EVGA 8800gs 741/1782/1058 http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ew-benches |
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Profile: stranger
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The HD2900PRO 256bit only has a single 8pin power connector not two like the 512bit, do you think it's still power hungry over the HD3850? I guess it only has a 6pin connnector and a heatsink only model so It's a better bet if you don't have a problem with PCI-E 2.0. |
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--------------- Asus P5B vanilla with E6300 B2 stepping @ 3.5 3 gigs Micron D9 EVGA 8800gs 741/1782/1058 http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ew-benches |
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Get out of here...and take your fail with you.
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yeah, it will draw a lot more power than the 3850. The 3850 is based on a 55nm process.
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yeah, it will draw a lot more power than the 3850. The 3850 is based on a 55nm process.
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Well I actually have the 2900 Pro 256-bit and I'm able to hi 11k in 3dmark06 with my OC using only a 6-pin adapter. I just ordered a 3850 512mb card, and it should be here by Monday. I'm going to do a full comparison of both cards. as soon as it comes in. I'm hoping that I can achieve better performance with the 3850 512Mb when OC'd versus the 2900 Pro OC'd.
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Profile: old hand
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Im interested in your results soo please post them. I got a 2900pro with the full 512bit bus. Not tried oc'ing yet. |
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Balls of Steel
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What kind of specs are you running and what's your 3Dmark06? at 850/2000 I'm able to pull 11,003 3dMarks. At stock it's at 9,000 3Dmarks.
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1000 is a pretty big o/c on the memory though.
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43c, fan at 39%, which is still inaudiable for me. Tomorrow I'll have the 3850 512mb, so I'll be able to show you guys which one is better, I'm hoping on the 3850 512mb, because it cost me more money. |
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Have you benchmarked it yet??
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EAH3850/G/HTDI/512M
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