Sapphire HD 3850 Review

Testing:

Benchmark: 3DMark06

3DMark06 is one of the most popular benchmarks used for bragging rights in the world of gamers.

Settings:

• SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest
• CPU Tests: Cpu1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley
• HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze

The Sapphire HD3850 ended up beating out every card that it went up against in this benchmark except for the HD3870 and the 8800GTS in the lowest resolution that was tested. I was very surprised that in the highest resolution it beat the 8800GTS!