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Product alert: PowerColor launches overclocked video cards
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Product alert: PowerColor launches overclocked video cards

by Ed Dawson  on Nov 16, 2007
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.
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 card
Specifications: 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 card
Specifications: 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 card
Specifications: 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 card
Specifications: 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 card
Specifications: 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
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