Powercolor HD3850 Extreme PCS - AMD 3850 Performance explored
Overclocking and Power Consumption
Published: 15th November 2007 | Source: Powercolor | Price: £135 |
Overclocking on the Powercolor HD3850 was performed using the excellent RivaTuner v2.06. A test run of 3DMark06 was performed after the overclock to verify stability and also if the OC was worth the time.
Note that no hard or soft mods were performed on the card apart from setting the higher clocks.
Results
Here's what happened:
Not a bad overclock of .786/1982. I expect given time and some more mature driver that this card is capable of more as the cooler certainly keeps the card chilly.
A small rise in the 3DMark score shows that the overclock was worth it!
Power consumption
To get the power consumption of the cards listed I booted the PC with a GPU that takes up a negligible amount of power and recorded the power draw at the plug. I then compared this to the output of the exact same system with each card in turn at idle and full 100% load using RTHDRIBL.
Whilst this is not 100% accurate, it's a good measure of system power consumption.
As we can see, the Powercolor HD3850 is very good on power consumption, easily lower than the power hungry 8800GTX and not doing too badly compared to the 8600GT, beating it at peak load power consumption.
Most Recent Comments
Nice review Kemp. Performance was a little underwhelming but it all depends on the price point really. I think on the first page hard should be harm.
Cheers mate. Performance was pretty damn good if you ask me, £135 for a card that nearly performs as well as an 8800GT?
Nice review there, I really thought I would have to be canceling my 8800gt order! But not quite. I've never had an Ati card, but I take it the price will be around £130 and up for pre oc'ed cards. Is the powercolor a reasonably middle of the road brand for Ati?
The cooler looks pretty decent, found a link to manufactures of them:
http://www.zerotherm.net/eng/product/GX815.asp
Nice one
The cooler looks pretty decent, found a link to manufactures of them:
http://www.zerotherm.net/eng/product/GX815.asp
Nice one
looks awsome
performs medeocre - reasonable
not bad i guess
performs medeocre - reasonable
not bad i guess
ATI are back in the game, well sort of. I wonder when places will get them in stock.
For a stock clocked 8800gt you can get it for 250 at zipzoomfly.com right now its out of stock but if anything its less. I do love the fact that ati is cutting down on power consumtion and higher temps.
Review a 3870? CF?
Review was decent though
Review was decent though
Yep they will be forthcoming, didn't get a 3870 initially but I'll be sure to get one in soon
For £139 in the UK and $140 in the US it's a bargain card that performs almost as well as an 8800GT.
For £139 in the UK and $140 in the US it's a bargain card that performs almost as well as an 8800GT.
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Originally Posted by name='Kempez'
Yep they will be forthcoming, didn't get a 3870 initially but I'll be sure to get one in soon
For £139 in the UK and $140 in the US it's a bargain card that performs almost as well as an 8800GT. |
I love the direct conversion from $ to £... Import ftw!
Tried not to bump too old a thread, but I`ve just noticed that PowerColor/Radeon/Sapphire are making an AGP 8x of the 3850.
Interesting for those holding onto 939 boards with their teeth.
Gotta get some decent results from that.
Interesting for those holding onto 939 boards with their teeth.
Gotta get some decent results from that.
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