“The ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 1GB turned out to be a surprisingly competent graphics card that augments the gaping hole between the HD 3870 X2 and the HD 3870 in the product stack. ASUS is the only card vendor currently selling this product design and its likely they will remain so as the life span of the RV670 creeps along. But with the aggressive pricing ASUS has put on the product (that hopefully becomes MORE aggressive) the 9800 GTX from NVIDIA has a new, and very competent, competitor. If ASUS and AMD can get the word about this custom ASUS-built Radeon HD 3850 X2 it might breathe new life into AMD’s GPUs this spring.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- VisionTek HD3870X2 OC @ Neoseeker
- Sapphire Atomic HD3870x2 Watercooled @ CPU3D
- Foxconn GeForce 9800GTX Review @ OCC
- ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB Crossfire Reviewed @ TheTechLounge
- Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Toxic Review @ ASE Labs
- ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB Video Card Reviewed @ TheTechLounge
- CoolIt Dual Drive Bay VGA Cooler NV Reference Series @ Bjorn3D
- Palit GeForce 9600 GSO Sonic 768MB @ Tweaktown
- GeForce 9800 GTX Extreme Overclocking Experiment @ Madshrimps
- BFG Tech GeForce 9800 GTX OCX 512MB @ Bit-tech
- Inno3D iChiLL ZEROtherm 9600GT Hurricane @ Legion Hardware
- Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- XFX 9800 GX2 Black Edition @ I4U
AMD’s new mid-range monster
Ryan has just finished his review of the ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 1GB, a nicely powerful new midrange card. The extra memory won’t help you at lower resolutions, but the bump in performance from a single HD 3870 is very welcome. If only the price can fall in line with this cards competitor, the 9800 GTX.