PowerColor has launched two new products, the PowerColor HD3850 and HD3970 video cards, which are also available in special overclocked editions.
Gaming enthusiasts won’t need to “clock up” these new video cards from PowerColor to squeeze the most performance out of them. The clock speed is factory increased to a sensible maximum. The overclocked cards come with a enhanced cooling, these cards are designated the PCS (Professional Cooling System) editions.
The two new cards are fitted with the first ATI GPUs to use the 55nm process and support PCI Express 2.0, DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, Universal Video Decode, plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX and HDMI.
PowerColor HD 3850 graphics cardSpecifications: 668 Mhz core speed; 828 Mhz memory speed; 256 MB onboard GDDR3 RAM; 256-bit memory controller; PCI-E 2.0 support; DirectX 10.1 support; CrossFireX support; HDMI support (with Dongle)
Price: $269 (RRP)
PowerColor HD 3850 PCS graphics cardSpecifications: 720 Mhz core speed; 900 Mhz memory speed; 512MB onboard GDDR3 RAM; 256-bit memory controller; PCI-E 2.0 support; DirectX 10.1 support; CrossFireX support; HDMI support (with Dongle)
Price: $299
PowerColor HD 3850 Xtreme PCS graphics cardSpecifications: 720 Mhz core speed; 900 Mhz memory speed; 512 MB onboard GDDR3 RAM; 256-bit memory controller; PCI-E 2.0 support; DirectX 10.1 support; CrossFireX support; HDMI support (on-board)
Price: TBA
PowerColor HD 3870 graphics cardSpecifications: 775Mhz core speed; 1126 Mhz memory speed; 512 MB onboard GDDR4 RAM; 256-bit memory controller; PCI-E 2.0 support; DirectX 10.1 support; CrossFireX support; HDMI support (with Dongle)
Price: $330
PowerColor HD 3870 PCS graphics cardSpecifications: 800 Mhz core speed; 1200 Mhz memory speed; 512 MB onboard GDDR4 RAM; 256-bit memory controller; PCI-E 2.0 support; DirectX 10.1 support; CrossFireX support; HDMI support (with Dongle)
Price: TBA
