Trying to capitalize on the shortage of 8800gt's, AMD/ATI released the 3800 series of graphics cards a few days ago.The concept seems great: Release a graphics card competitive with the 8800GT, meet demands and offer a lower price; boosting up the price/performance ratio. Oh and a couple other new features such as DirectX 10.1 support.
ATI released two different versions of the 3800 series; the Radeon 3870 and 3850. These two cards are priced at $219 and $179.
Comparison chart taken from Anandtech article:
Synopsis: I really urge everyone to read the very informative article over at Anandtech. For everyone that doesn't have time to read through it, the 3870 is a good card especially if the $219 price point is reached. Although its not as quick as the 8800gt it is still a lot of card for your money.
If you really need a graphics card now and you can't find a 8800GT in stock the Radeon 3870 definitely deserves a glance, but for me I think I am still going to wait it out and purchase a 8800GT when the price comes back down.
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