Recent content by fatedstranger

GDDR-2 < GDDR-3. 128bit < 256bit. Buy lower specs, get lower performance. Unless he's fine with that. I own a 3850 and it's been worth it. For $100 I can play most any game, which some exceptions, at decent, playable rates. His choice, though. If he thinks ATI 2600 Pro is the way to...

So I bought a P5K-E motherboard which has the 4-pin power connector for the mobo. It also has the other 4-pin connector capped with an easily removable cap. In the picture for it on Newegg, the arrow pointing to these only says "4-pin Power Connector". Can I use the other 4-pin? I'm...

Oh, the thing is is that my mobo doesn't techinically support my CPU's fsb. So the fact that it is actually running it means it's doing some crazy stuff with underclocking things, etc. Though I am popping the card into a friends computer soon. His set-up for all intents and purposes...

Thanks for the replies. My friend and I realized the issue. Check the FSB of my mobo vs. the FSB of my cpu, lmao. Ouch. Guess I'm going cpu hunting shortly.

Bump. No one?

So I just bought this card, through these forums actually, and put the 3850 in my newish build. In CS:S with all settings possible turned down or off, I'm averaging 30 fps and seeing as low as 10 fps. WIth my old system, which had a 6600 GT, I saw better fps than this. My current build...