Palit Radeon HD3850 Super Review?

[snowysnowcones]

Hey guys,
I just won a Palit Radeon HD3850 Super 512MB DDR2 graphics card at Quakecon. I'm looking for some reviews on it, because I'm not sure about DDR2. I've heard there's a big difference between DDR2 and DDR3 memory. Any information about DDR2 vs 3 memory or a review to the card (I haven't found one) would be useful.

Thanks! =)

 

[Zero82z]

The card will pretty much have its memory bandwidth crippled. The extra RAM will be fairly useless since the card won't be able to take advantage of it. That said, your overall performance should be decent. You could always try selling off the card and buying something better (you can find 3850s and 9600GSO/8800GS cards for below $100 these days and 9600GTs for around $100 after rebate).