PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 SCS3 1GB Passive Video Card Review

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PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 SCS3 1GB Passive Video Card Review

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PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 SCS3 1GB Passive Video Card Review

PowerColor has been one of the very few add-in board manufacturers that continually releases enthusiast class, silent graphics cards in the companies SCS3 (Silent Cooling System) product line. When we learned that PowerColor would be building a passive AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB video card with stock clock speeds we were dumb founded. How could PowerColor built a totally silent version of this mid-level gaming graphics card? Read on to find out!

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The PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 SCS3 1GB video card is without a doubt an impressive looking card. You don't run across passive cards every day, let alone a mid-range AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB card with the reference clock speeds left intact! PowerColor was very ambitious with this cards design, but did they hit a home run or a foul ball?

Article Title: PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 SCS3 1GB Passive Video Card Review
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2213/1/
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Re: PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 SCS3 1GB Passive Video Card Re

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The VRAM not clocking down ... unless the VRAM is actually heatsinked as well, nah. Won't increase temps unless it is.
On the other hand, it's Powercolor's fault for it not clocking down.
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