It has been a long time since I used a Radeon card. Actually, the 6600GT replaced my last Radeon card, a 9600 Pro. It was a good mid-range card, and I had no complaints about it at all. Having used geForce cards exclusively for the past four years, and owning three Crossfire capable motherboards, I thought it was time that I go back and see what ATI has to offer. Today I will be looking at the Apollo Aposonic Radeon HD 3850 512MB. It is a mid-range DX10 card, Crossfire ready, sitting in the notch between the geForce 8600GTS and the 8800GT. Will the HD 3850 make me turn my back on nVidia? Read on and see.

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