Hmm...
Perhaps just a driver issue, but from my findings the HD 3850 isn't very good at all.
My buddy got one for Christmas. He was having some trouble with it in his PC, not really getting the FPS he should have been. His PC is pretty out dated and not very fast, so he came over and I threw it in my PC. I barely got higher FPS (no more than 30 - 40 more) in any of my games (CoD4, BF2...Oblivion had even less gain).
Using version 7.12 drivers from ATi. I hope it's just a driver issue. I would like to hope a brand new card would be a lot better than my 2 year old card. According to the card specs, it should blow mine out of the water.
So, what gives? Does the 3850 just suck? How does the 3870 compare to the 3850?
Perhaps just a driver issue, but from my findings the HD 3850 isn't very good at all.
My buddy got one for Christmas. He was having some trouble with it in his PC, not really getting the FPS he should have been. His PC is pretty out dated and not very fast, so he came over and I threw it in my PC. I barely got higher FPS (no more than 30 - 40 more) in any of my games (CoD4, BF2...Oblivion had even less gain).
Using version 7.12 drivers from ATi. I hope it's just a driver issue. I would like to hope a brand new card would be a lot better than my 2 year old card. According to the card specs, it should blow mine out of the water.
So, what gives? Does the 3850 just suck? How does the 3870 compare to the 3850?