[Mini-Review] Powercolor HD3850 256mb Crossfire

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Mini-Review

About Powercolor:

PowerColor, established by Tul Corporation in 1997, is a graphics industry leading brand name now and well known for its outstanding performance and innovative technology. As a leading provider of graphics card, PowerColor offers powerful, reliable and cost-effective solutions to customers worldwide.

PowerColor is the platform of choice for avid PC gamers and video prosumers looking to get the best possible performance out of the latest graphics processors from ATI.


PowerColor graphics cards won at least 10 awards every month in 2004 from the world's most respected IT media and organizations. Furthermore, several PowerColor products also received 2005 Taiwan Symbol of Excellence Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the R.O.C. according to the following criteria: Design and Innovation, Quality System, Market, and Brand Awareness. This award represents some of the most revolutionary, high tech, high quality, and high value products in the market.


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Powercolor HD3850 256MB





Features:





HD3850 256MB Vs HD3870 512MB Specs:






Cooling








Idle Temp (33º) :






Full Temp (75º) :






Crossfire






To crossfire work properly the Catalyst A.I must be in STANDARD Mode









»»Benchmarks««



System Setup


CPU : Intel C2Q Q6600
Motherboard : Asus P5E
VGA : 2x Powercolor HD3850 256MB
RAM : 2GB Teamgroup 6400
PSU : OCZ GamexStream 600W
SO : Windows XP 32bit
Driver : Catalyst 7.10 + Hotfix






3DMark 2005












Q6600@3200mhz & Crossfire Default




Q6600@3600mhz & Crossfire Default







3DMark 2006











Q6600@3200mhz & Crossfire Default




Q6600@3600mhz & Crossfire Default





Q6600@3600Mhz & Crossfire @ 720/870




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3DMark 2006 Single Card (Powercolor HD3850 256MB)






Q6600 @ 3600MHz & Single HD3850 256Mb Default






Q6600@3600Mhz & Single HD3850 256MB @ 720/870












»»Games««







System Setup


CPU : Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 3200MHz
Motherboard : Asus P5E
VGA : 2x Powercolor HD3850 256MB
RAM : 2GB Teamgroup 6400
PSU : OCZ GamexStream 600W
SO : Windows XP 32bit
Driver : Catalyst 7.10 + Hotfix
Games : - Medal Airborne - COD4
Software : Fraps






Powercolor HD3850 256MB Crossfire






























Single Card


















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