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Theda   05-11-2009 at 09:54:32 AM

Hi from Australia, I would like to upgrade my old agp system, currently using nvidia 7300gt 512mb. Is a ATI 3850 512mb better ?. Thanking you kindly Peter.

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r_manic   05-19-2009 at 09:46:44 AM
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badge   05-19-2009 at 10:10:18 AM
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The ATI Radeon 3850 has 512 MB DDR3, 320 Stream Processing units and a 256 bit memory interface. The 7300GT has none of this video processing power.

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rangers   05-19-2009 at 01:34:32 PM
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http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] 0&Itemid=1
dont know when it comes out but this would be better

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mactronix   05-19-2009 at 04:20:20 PM
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In short its a LOT LOT better, check out your power supply though it needs a lot more power as well.

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rangers   05-19-2009 at 04:51:46 PM
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i think it needs less power mactronix

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mactronix   05-19-2009 at 06:07:33 PM
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Do what a 7300 uses more than a 3850 ? Im going to check this out i would have sworn black and blue that it dosent but i didnt check so ....

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mactronix   05-19-2009 at 06:13:25 PM
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Well that didnt take long just checked Xbit Labs data base and a 7300GS uses about 17Amps teh 7600GT uses about 36 Amps and a 3850 uses 60 odd Amps. Didnt write the exact figures down but its clear it does use more power. You had me worried there rangers :sweat:

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AKM880   05-19-2009 at 11:07:51 PM
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The 3850 will be the better of the two, it has H.264/VC-1 hardware decoding too. The only bad thing is sometimes, in my case anyways I have to have Catalyst 8.4 for DXVA to be working. The new Catalyst 9.4 drivers don't work for AGP cards that need DXVA.

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