gigs of system ram. I'm trying to decide on either the radeon 3850 with 256mb or 512mb, or the 3870 with 512mb. If its going to be overkill to have 512mb or the 3870.. I'll stick with the 3850 256mb.. But I want to have room to be able to play all the new...

Radeon HD 3850 vs. 3870. Hi, is it worth it to spend the extra $30 or so to get the 3870? For example, with 512MB GDDR3 memory for $99 versus with 512MB GDDR4 memory for $129. I do not want to use nvidia because there are no free 3d drivers for linux....

HD 3870 512MB DDR4 or 8800 GT 512MB DDR3 ??. Hello guys, I am getting 3 great deals. I need your help picking one of these : 1. (3850 512mb DDR3) - $60 2. (3870 512MB DDR4) - $75 3. (8800 GT 512MB DDR3) - $90 I just ordered a PC with : AMD Phenom...

CAD but that is the card I would recommend. dude 4000 series itself cost a lot lately, like i can buy a 3850 or 3870 in the same price as of 4670...and yeah BTW i after all bought that palit 3870 card, but the cons as i read are like "its perfect if you are...

not getting a new build is because I am waiting for nehalem, and also just don't have the money for a new computer Thanks in advance for any input Yeah a 3850 512mb or a 3870 512mb will be a huge improvement over the x1950, even with the CPU bottlenecking...

Is this a 3850 or a 3870?. Newegg has the Gigabyte GV-RX387512H Radeon HD 3870 512MB, but people are claiming it's an overclocked 3850 due to DDR3. The price is good @ $229 and I plan on getting one for both of our systems. I don't want to pay too much...

resolution should be smooth enough to play games well except on Crysis. I would personally get the Gigabyte 3870 512mb ddr3, it's cheaper then the 3870 512mb ddr4 but better then the 3850 512mb ddr3 for a budget gaming card. For anyone playing at a higher...

Retail HIS Hightech H387QS512NP Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported IceQ3 SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail...

the 3850 and 3870 for the most part. So basically, it looks like this: 3850 8800GT 256MB 3870 8800GT 512MB Simply put, the only cards worth considering are (from cheap to expensive): 3850 256MB 3850 512MB 8800GT 256MB 3870 512MB 8800GT 512MB...

002ad4] - On average, these cards actually cling a bit closer to the $120US mark than the 3870, though as noted, in non-AA situations (which at $120US, is a distinct possibility) it tends to trail the 3870. [*][002ad4] - Generally, this...