The speed level of AGP- version Radeon HD 3850 allow to start contemporary games on computer with AGP 8x . But here the Disappointment was with the lack of Windows vista drivers , AGP 8x card do not support DirectX 10.
With the reference to official AMD representatives , AGP- video card drivers support under Windows vista is almost ready. Support of AGP- solutions ( last generation ) can appear already in the following drivers versions Catalyst 8.2 .
We note that Catalyst 8.2 drivers after some modifications will allow to work with AGP-video card under Windows Vista.