Diamond ATI HD 3850/3870 Review

Although the Diamond HD 3870 512MB G-DDR4 is not the NVIDIA killer that it was rumored to be it is still a very good card that performs well enough and is priced well enough to still be a viable VGA solution in the mid range market. The card performed flawlessly in Windows Vista and played every game we use without error at resolutions of up to 1680X1050, even with the features set to maximum. There are a few 24’’ and larger monitors that do higher resolutions, but the user who buys that has the money to also buy a card to go with that pricey monitor. Priced at around $219.00 US, it is at the moment lower than an 8800GT the card from NVIDIA at which it is priced to compete with.