We picked two random winners and can now congratulate "davidzo" and "Kleinert86" .... You guys got a personal message from me in order to give you those keys....

Keep checking forums, we are working on another giveaway that should end on Christmas..

Two lucky winners will be announced tomorrow, so either check this thread or check your messages at forum ... good luck to you all...

Also we will probably host another "surprise giveaway"  , so keep posting and check out the forum for details... 

You can post here for the giveaway...

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AMD Phenom II X4 940
MSI ATI Radeon HD 4850

Fixed now.... It should have stated "time in minutes - lower is better ..

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Thanks for the feedback...

Here is the presentation in which Nvidia responds to Intel's MCP79 claims

















http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13034&Itemid=1

Yeah i guess so as specs say AGP 8x, so in theory it should work...

Unfortunately, after a closer look at that Asrock motherboard and its VGA support list (PS. ATi 9600/9550 series and all Matrox series VGA cards are NOT supported with AGI) I'm not sure that it would work with HD 3850 AGP ...... You should send an email to Asrock support and check with them....

As far as I can see, the card should work fine with that motherboard. Just make sure that you have a decent PSU as the HD 3850 needs a 6-pin power connector....

Here is the presentation in which Nvidia responds to Intel's anti-Ion campaign

Thank you for your suggestions. We'll try to fix those graphs in the next review... I agree about crippled, we'll try to use some less severe words

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   X3 - Terran Conflict
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Game Version: 1.2.0.0

Operating System:   Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
DirectX Version:   DirectX 10
Graphics Card Info:   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series  [1914 MB]    Driver: 7.15.0010.0149
CPU Info:      Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8400  @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Usable System Memory:   3326 MB


Video Settings During Benchmark:
   Screen Resolution:   1280 x 1024 * [32], fullscreen
   Using Shader Profile:   3.0
   Antialias Mode:      4x
   Anisotropic Mode:   16x

Graphics & Shader Settings:
   Texture Quality:   high
   Shader Quality:      high
   High Quality Bumpmaps:   enabled
   Environment Mapping:   enabled
   Glow Filter:      enabled
   Ship Color Variations:   enabled
   More Dynamic Lights:   enabled
   Used Vertexsize:   28 bytes

Framerates
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  Scene "Trade"    45.3 average fps    15.0 minimum fps    95.0 maximum fps
  Scene "Fight"    91.9 average fps    33.0 minimum fps    202.0 maximum fps
  Scene "Build"    116.5 average fps    51.0 minimum fps    195.0 maximum fps
  Scene "Think"    52.7 average fps    29.0 minimum fps    96.0 maximum fps

Overall average framerate: 76.6 fps


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You can post your results here..

As far as we could find out, the V10 and V12 are delayed as they are officially "tweaking" them. The V8 should be available and the V10 and V12 should appear by the end of this year.... my guess would be before Christmas...

According to those leaked slides .... AMD recommends a 650W PSU, but that's probably the worst case scenario so it should work on any decent PSU that has over 40A on a 12V rail... That's my guess, unless you run 8 HDDs and some crazy power-hungry overclocked CPU.....