XFX HD7850 Black Edition Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell March 28, 2012 Featured Announcement, Graphics

To test power consumption today we are using a Keithley Integra unit and we measure power consumption from the VGA card inputs, not the system wide drain. We measure results while gaming in Crysis Warhead and record the results.

In such an energy aware climate, AMD are making a big deal out of their new ‘ZeroCore Power’ technology. Many solutions today use power gating, clock gating and memory compression to reduce idle power requirements, but ZeroCore power technology can completely power down the core GPU while the rest of the system remains active.

XFX have tweaked this board to increase the voltage, which would explain the slightly higher temperatures on the previous page. We would assume this is a precaution on their part to ensure maximum stability at these overclocked speeds.

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7 comments

davisD
March 28, 2012 at 8:52 am

Another winner from XFX, great clock speeds out of the box as author says.
Brian D
March 28, 2012 at 8:53 am

impressive, but it is a bit expensive, no? I would expect to pay £200 but no more for a 7850?
Robert
March 28, 2012 at 8:59 am

I want to see your review of the GTX680, are you not reviewing it Zardon?
Zardon
March 28, 2012 at 9:00 am

Hi Robert, our sample had a hardware problem (fan issue) and we are in the process of reviewing the replacement. Just one of those things.