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I have an AGP 3850 with device id 9515 and when I contacted Sapphire support, they told me that there are no bios upgrades for that card. Are they lying?

The hotfix drivers have been posted. No forcing nessesary http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31542

It looks like 8.5 is out. Anybody know where I can find the hotfix for it to work with AGP?

Sorry guys I couldn't resist. I was actually reflecting on my own experience with Vista when it first came out. With a system that is not Core 2 duo and not using the latest graphics card (low end) that is the performance loss I experienced. I haven't dared to try SP1 after hearing all of the...

Excellent. Combine that with the 20-30% performance decrease from using Vista instead of XP and you still have a net loss.

Anybody here know of a good cooling fan for the Saphire 3850 AGP that works?

JellyBelly's score is based on a much better processor than yours hence the high score.

Booya

Even though they haven't included the 3850AGP in their INF file I forced the install with the 8.3 drivers and I have ZERO problems with any game I use. I did have crashes with the Sapphire drivers. Only because they're a hardware company that needs to stay out of the software business.

I just installed the 8.3s from ATI's site. When Sapphire can explain why there drivers are 230MB in size maybe I'll download them.

I promised some benchmarks so enjoy These were using 8.3 drivers. I think the pictures speak for themselves :D

Here's the post: Windows XP 32bit A. Install Drivers 1. Get official driver only cat 8.3 here. 2. Run it so that it extracts to where ever you want but when the next screen pops up click cancel. 3. Goto device manager > graphics adapter > update drivers... a. Click no i'll update and...

Unfortunately ATI/AMD has made it very clear that they will not support the AGP version of this card. It is only up to Sapphire to hack the ATI driver to make it work which unfortunately makes games crash with my card. ATI should not let vendors support AGP if ATI can't support it as well...

8.3 does NOT work with the Sapphire HD 3850. Just tested it. It appears that the 3850 AGP will suffer the same fate as the 2600. I will be returning it to Newegg and upgrading my PC. This was their last chance!

Yes I can't get enough benches either. Monday my card will be arriving so I will be sure to post some benches early Tuesday comparing it to my 7800GS card on my 4400+ X2, 939.