After suffering through most of 2007 without a compelling mainstream lineup to counter NVIDIA’s GeForce cards in the $150-$300 range, AMD-ATI is finally back with a pair of GPUs that have everyone buzzing: the Radeon HD 3850 and the Radeon HD 3870.
Sporting codenames like “Gladiator” and “Revival”, the 3850 and 3870 came at just the right time for AMD; many gamers were disappointed with the performance of previous mainstream offerings like the GeForce 8600 GTS and Radeon HD 2600 XT, opting instead to stick with more powerful existing DX9 cards like the Radeon X1950 Pro. Since they are largely based on the R600 graphics core first used in the Radeon HD 2900 XT, the 3850 and 3870 are much more capable performers than the Radeon 2600 series were – the Radeon HD 3870 actually performs on par with the 2900 XT, yet sells for nearly half the price, meanwhile the Radeon HD 3850 runs anywhere from 25-40% faster than the GeForce 8600 GTS!
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