[Test Report] Powercolor HD4850 PCS+ Edition

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Powercolor HD4850 PCS+ 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E







Specs








Powercolor HD4850 512MB PCS+




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System







CPU : Intel C2D E8400
Card : Powercolor HD4850 512Mb PCS+ Edition
Motherboard : ASUS P5E X38
Ram : 4GB Gskill 8000PQ
PSU : Corsair TX750W
Hard Drive : Samsung F1 750GB
Monitor: LCD HP L2335
O.S: Windows Vista 64bit +Sp1
Driver : Catalyst 8.9 Beta
Software Tools: Rivatuner , Fraps & ATiTool
Case : Antec Nine Hundred (3x Fans 120mm & 1x Fan 200mm)
Cooling: Watercooling CPU




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Temps








The Powercolor HD4850 512Mb PCS+ Edition is one of the quietest graphics card i ever tested ! (if not THE most quietest)

The automatic Fan speed in Idle/2D = 32% (inaudible)

Even if i manually set the Fan speed to 75% i still cant hear the Fan !






Temp Results



Ambient Temp = 26º



IDLE Temp with automatic Fan Speed = 47º





FULL Temp ( Crysis Benchmark) with automatic Fan Speed = 75º











IDLE Tempo with 75% Fan Speed = 41º







FULL Temp ( Grid Race ) with 75% Fan Speed = 65º






Powercolor really did a great job with Powercolor HD4850 PCS+ Cooler , Very Very Silent and with good performance !







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Games








COD 4 Multiplayer










System

E8400@3.8Ghz
Powercolor HD4850 PCS+
Catalyst 8.9 beta
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1


1920x1200
High setings
AA 4x

Settings :























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Race Driver: Grid







System

E8400@3.8Ghz
Powercolor HD4850 PCS+
Catalyst 8.9 beta
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1


1920x1200
Ultra/High settings
AA 4x


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More Games soon !



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Benchmarks







3DMark 2006










System

E8400@4.0Ghz
Powercolor HD4850 PCS+
Catalyst 8.9 beta
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ
Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1






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3DMark Vantage







System

E8400@4.0Ghz
Powercolor HD4850 PCS+
Catalyst 8.9 beta
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1







PERFORMANCE



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Crysis 1.2.1 Benchmark









System

E8400@3.8Ghz
Powercolor HD4850 PCS+
Catalyst 8.9 beta
ASUS P5E X38
4GB Gskill 8000PQ

Corsair TX750W
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64bit +SP1









1680x1050 - High Settings - DX9




Average = 37.5 FPS




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1680x1050 - High Settings - DX10




Average = 35.1 FPS




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1920x1080 - High Settings - DX9




Average = 33 FPS



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1900x1200 - High Settings - DX9




Average = 30.61 FPS




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1900x1200 - High Settings - DX10





Average = 29 FPS








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The expected price of the Powercolor PCS 4850 512 MB is about $180 , just a few bucks more expensive than the reference Radeon HD4850 !







» Quality «
» Performance «
» DX10.1 Support «
» HDMI+HDCP+Audio «
» ZERotherm Cooler with good performance & Extremely Silent «
» One of the most Quietest graphics card on the market «
» Overclock «
» Price «








» No CUDA/PhysX Support «










Best regards !


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[mascaras]

Added Crysis benchmarks !

[vera]

How is overclock potential ? what is your max gpu and mem ?

[mascaras]

How is overclock potential ? what is your max gpu and mem ?

Hi

unfortnalty i had to return the card to Powercolor few days Ago , i didnt had time to do many OC tests , just runed the Vantage with 730Mhz GPU Clock !


best regards

[vera]

Hi

unfortnalty i had to return the card to Powercolor few days Ago , i didnt had time to do many OC tests , just runed the Vantage with 830Mhz GPU Clock !


best regards

in this review;

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...50_PCS/29.html

Memory hadn't overclocked , maybe the problem is hynix based ram or poor mem cooling

[vera]

I bought this card but temperature is not low , on idle 54c on full load reaches 80c even at %100 fan speed and fan speed is not quiet at %100 fan speed ! why is so hot