Hexus -- Today, we're looking at a product what you might once have called 'high-end', but would probably now see as 'performance range'. We're talking hardware that isn't king of the hill, but is still quite up to the task of handling whichever game you might throw at it, with plenty of eye candy and with a more modest price tag. X850 Pro is the SKU we're taking a little look at today and PowerColor is the add-in-board partner.

 

Hexus -- Today, we're looking at a product what you might once have called 'high-end', but would probably now see as 'performance range'. We're talking hardware that isn't king of the hill, but is still quite up to the task of handling whichever game you might throw at it, with plenty of eye candy and with a more modest price tag. X850 Pro is the SKU we're taking a little look at today and PowerColor is the add-in-board partner.

XYZ Computing -- The late release of the X1900s caused everyone to expect something special. The upgrade of the R520 GPU, the R580, was expected to bring a few considerable changes to the table and there was little doubt that it would have an effect on which video card is at the top of the food chain. If nothing else, the time may have come for ATI's next-generation chip process to be make some serious strides forward. From an enthusiast standpoint ATI has been having a tough go of it lately. Because of this its partners have certainly had to tighten up and wait until ATI was back on top, or at least more competitive than it has been. Though the highest level of video cards only account for small percentage of total sales, they set the tone for the entire product line and give consumers an idea of what technology will be trickling down to more reasonably priced cards in the upcoming months. The cards in the current Radeon X1900 line are the XTX, XT, and Crossfire. PowerColor currently offers all three. The differences between these are not entirely that large, save for the inclusion of a Crossfire output on one model, past that there are just a few small changes in speed. PowerColor's X1900 XTX does not look much different ATI's model, or that offered by the ATI's other partner companies, so this card should be a good representative of the X1900 XTX at large, though many partners throw in a tweak here and there. The single factor which sets the X1900 series apart from any other video card on the market is that is has 48 pixel shaders. That's right, you read correctly- 48.

Hardware Secrets -- Radeon X800 GT is the latest graphics chip released by ATI and it is targeted to the mid-range market, i.e. for people that can’t afford a high-end video card but can’t play with a low-end one. Usuall...

Pro-Clockers -- To accommodate those mid-range users, Powercolor started manufacturing the HD 2400 series video cards. Every card in the HD 2400 Series has DirectX 10 support, 1080p, Universal Video Decoding, and HDMI with surround sound. Today, we have the Powercolor HD2400 Pro on our test bench. This card's $59 MSRP should definitely entice users who are looking for a mid-range gaming card with multimedia capabilities. Let's move right into our review to see just how the HD 2400 Pro stacks up to the demands of Windows Vista Ultimate and DirectX 10 gaming.

techPowerUp -- PowerColor has sent us their new Radeon HD 5770 PCS+ which is an overclocked version of the HD 5770, featuring a custom PCB design and thermal solution by PowerColor. Thanks to PowerColor's changes, the card can manage a reduced power consumption, which is even lower than the AMD reference design, resulting in a leading performance per Watt score.

X-bit Labs -- Although performance is the major determinative factor for any graphics card, there are some other parameters that are also of great importance: level of generated noise, power consumption, driver quality, etc. Today we are going to discuss a solution that tries to optimally combine all these features in one to ensure maximum satisfaction.

techPowerUp -- Powercolor's latest HD 4850 PCS graphics card is based on the AMD HD 4850 reference design but comes with an improved cooler and slightly increased core clocks. While the overclock makes only a small performance difference, the cooler substantially improves the product. Even under load the PCS 4850 is barely audible which makes it the quietest graphics card ever tested - of all performance classes.