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| Release date | January 28, 2008 | June 25, 2008 | November 15, 2007 | November 08, 2006 | |
| The Bottom Line | The 3D graphics card market changes too rapidly for us to get bullish about a card with premature driver software. The ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 shows promise, even outscoring Nvidia on many PC games, but we would still wait until AMD works out the kinks before handing over your $450. | AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 4850 is a solid midrange 3D card that will run pretty much anything, and it boasts some forward-looking features to boot. It might be worth waiting for the price to drop just a bit, at which point this card will become much more attractive. | Despite the usual caveats of an ever-fluctuating 3D market, for the moment, at least, ATI's new Radeon HD 3850 graphics card delivers the best bang-for-the buck in PC graphics hardware. Until now we haven't had an acceptable sub-$200 option for PC gaming this year. Thanks to AMD, now we do. | Nvidia's new GeForce 9800 GTX chip is fast enough, but if your PC is SLI-capable you can spend just a little more and get a significantly better high-resolution gaming experience. Consider your options carefully before upgrading to this card. | This one is easy. Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTX not only beats ATI to market with its next-gen 3D graphics hardware, it also eliminates ATI's image-quality advantage in current-generation titles. Throw in its sheer horsepower, and Nvidia gives the high-end enthusiast every reason to make this purchase. |
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| Max resolution (external) |
2560 x 1600 |
2560 x 1600 |
2560 x 1600 |
2560 x 1600 |
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| Video RAM installed |
2 GB |
512 MB |
256 MB |
512 MB |
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PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
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| Graphics Processor |
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 |
ATI Radeon HD 4850 |
ATI Radeon HD 3850 |
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX |
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2 |
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