3850 owner here..really good card!
better than spending for those 26xx oc XX series watever~

This post has been edited by fesick: Dec 18 2007, 11:09 PM

3850 is a very value card.. even 2 of 3850 can achieve almost as good performance as a single high end card in certain area..

i've benchmarked it with 3DMark06. Improved around 1000+ before OC,the score is around 6k+. after OCed,score increased to 7k+. dunno whether its good enough or not but i certainly feels the different when play games like NFS & Crysis.

@-pWs-,

go laa OC ur card. then post ur ss here im still at kampung now.will post my ss once i go back KL.

@MangKoK^ayon,

yup,a very good temp & OC!
as i said,the temp will be around 55-56C max when play games.if stress it,temp max is 68C. so,very good card indeed!

This post has been edited by naz: Dec 19 2007, 02:53 AM

How come so low for your 3DMark06?
My card stock can go near 9k already

-pWs-

yeaa...thats what im thinking ..but then,i think its my ram that limit the score. dun have any idea,but logically,my proc & mobo is good,so should be the ram that limits my gc...(correct me if im wrong)

Put a 3DMark06 screenie here.

-pWs-

dont have it now.my PC is in KL.im in melaka rite now.using laptop. will do it on thursday...wait yaa...

btw,do u think that my ram is bottleneck my gc? or its my proc?

if really my ram,then im sure gonna buy another performance ram instead of proc cooler..huhuhu

Not so sure.
Maybe it is bottlenecked by your processor.

-pWs-

I say worth because can't get 8800GT 256MB for that price.Now only RM590(Cycom) of which is pretty good considering what you get.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showth...908#post2580149
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showth...t=168502&page=2

some thread about modded bios n upping the voltage

users report speeds beyond stock 3870~~!

surely cpu ler.. mine also 10k when using 3ghz.. if not suffers 2-3k...
that's why i waiting for phenom to see the difference.. expecting 12k..

with current cpu.. oc gpu also no use.. this 3870 is overkill..

don't worry la bro.. i ran my rig using 400W only..
yesterday flashed with latest bios.. very good one.. fan speed fixed.. onload 60C not like before reaching 8+C

Flash bios??
How? Teach me bro ...

-pWs-

i'm using 3870 bro..
donno 3850 got same problem or not..

for the guide u can go here..
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=11

i'm using ATIFLASH.. just same like flashing mobo..

search the bios here if any...
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/index.p...face=&memSize=0

Thanks bro.
Not really dare to flash it le

-pWs-

lol.. it's less risk than flashing the mobo..
u can also flash for different brand bios especially OC ver..

seriously i recommend to flash.. if not the slow fan speed will ruin the chip.. or u can tweak using rivatuner then..

But how to control the fan speed?
Is it the bios predefined w certain fan speed??

-pWs-


This post has been edited by -pWs-: Dec 19 2007, 11:19 AM

3850 Modded Bios : http://www.iax-tech.com/video/3800biosmod/01.htm

-pWs-

it's ATI..

from my observation the default bios always stay around 25-30%..
eventhough onload.. that's why quite n dangerous.. easily goes 90C...

the new bios will increase the fan speed accordingly depends on gpu temp..
50% fan speed is just nice... not so loud n can bring the temp down..

we can hear the fan sound when reaching >70% fan speed.. but still not reach there as the temp is remain 60C onload with new bios..

100% fan speed just plain stupid.. we will ruin the fan faster..

maybe it's predefined as
30-50c == 25%
50-70c == 50%
70-100c == 70%

as different rig spec got different air ventilation so the result may vary...
we can cater the fan problem by using rivatuner..
go here
http://www.guru3d.com/article/article/449/1/

i suggest the great link should be placed in the front page for better view/referrence later...

-pws- are you using his 3850 turbo 512mb version?

Nope...My 3850 is just normal one. 256MB.
Anything???

-pWs-