Dell has a good price for the Palit Radeon HD 3850 with 1GB of GDDR2 memory on it today. It’s going for $89.99 (Regular price: $149.99). The manufacturer part number is: AE+38500+HD02, but here is a quick rundown of the specs:
*1024 of GDDR2 memory
*PCI Express 2.0 compliant and x16
*Crossfire Ready
*HDMI, DVI-D, Vga outputs
This would work well in an HTPC setup with the HDMI output for any one with a LCD tv that supports that or DVI-D. Or if you’re looking for a quick and cheap way to get into a Crossfire set up, two of these would work well in that configuration and provide really decent frame-rates in any of the current crop of DirectX 10 games on the market. These cards do require two pci slots to be free due to the size of the cooler, so just keep an eye out for that. The 1GB of on-board memory will really make a difference for running the desktop at high resolution or any games at high res as well. Yup, not a bad deal at all.

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