It seems that everyone loves the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT and it is touted as the the best performing midrange graphics card on the market. HotHardware loves the Radeon HD 3870 and states the the HD 3850 is "quite strong" when compared against mid-range cards like the Radeon 2600 XT and GeoForce 8600 GTS. Then Custom PC says that the 3850 "blows both of these cards away." Lots of good stuff here. Happy shopping.