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The ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series of GPUs allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics processing designed for how you work and play. The Diamond Radeon HD 3850 delivers outstanding performance at a great price. Advance to the next generation of HD game performance and life-like realism thanks to DirectX 10.1 capabilities and plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU upgradeability. Watch the latest Blu-ray and HD-DVD videos in full 1080p HD and upscale beyond - without placing huge demands on your CPU. Enjoy break-through efficiency with more processing performance per watt and energy-saving features to help save you money.

Features:

• Superscale unified shader architecture
• PCI Express 2.0 support
• 320 Unified Stream Processors
• 256-bit memory interface
• Direct X 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 / OpenGL 2.0
• ATI Crossfire X Multi-GPU Support for highly scalable performance
• Up to four GPU support with an AMD 790FX based motherboard
• High-speed 128-bit-HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
• Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
• 55nm process technology
• ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
• Game Physics processing capability
• Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
• Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
• Support for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter
• Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
• ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology
• RoHS compliant
• Build in HDCP Support
• Windows Vista 3D environment Support
• Optimized for Windows Vista with comprehensive DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 support.
  • ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
  • Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
  • Two dual-link DVI with full resolution HDCP support
  • HD video playback
  • Dual 30-bpp display processors
  • CATALYST Software Drivers
  • Windows Vista 3D environment Support
  • Support ATI Radeon DVI-I to HDMI adapter

   

Specifications:

INTERFACE/BUS- PCI Express, native x16 lane (supports PCI-e 2.0)
MEMORY - 512MB (16Mx32) GDDR4 256-bit Memory Interface 1125 MHz Memory Speed
CHIPSET - ATI RADEON 3870HD 775 MHz Core Speed

CONNECTORs -
(1) 7-pin S-Video/Composite port
(2) Dual Link DVI + HDTV-out (HDMI support through dongle)

System Requirements
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 2000, Windows Vista Ready.
AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium 4
512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best performance.
Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive).
480MB available hard disk space
450 Watt or greater (650 for CrossFire) power supply recommended.

Warranty
5 Year Warranty