[First Review] ATI Radeon HD 3670 256MB aka. RV635
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: RV635 details
Page 3: Core size comparison
Page 4: Testbed and remarks
Page 5: Overclock & card temperature
Page 6: Games & Benchmarks
Page 7: HD 3670 power consumption
Page 8: Final thoughts
◆ Testbed and remarks
Catalyst 7.12 can recognize our HD 3670, but we did not use Catalyst 7.12 to run benches for we afraid it will have stability issues. The driver we used is 8.45 RC3 beta, supplied by someone deep in the industry.
There is about 6 games in our tests, two are DirectX10 games. except for Call of Juarez and World in Conflict, we turned on all video effect options in the games. We won’t force AA/AF turned on in the games dosen’t support them.
The card is slightly downclocked by AMD due to unknown reason. As you can see in the GPU-Z the core/memory frequency is only 725/1600MHz. For a better comparison with HD 2600XT we OC it back to 800/1600MHz.
In the test lab, room temperature keeps in 25 centi-degree. The testbed is naked, not installed in chassis.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
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January 10th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Rumor has it that this card will retail for about 50 euros. If that is truelly the case then this card is ok. You can play episode 2 at 1600*1200 so it will be ok for a small number of older games.
January 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Try also the fur stress test of GPU Caps viewer to heat up the gpu: http://www.ozone3d.net/gpu_caps_viewer/
January 10th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
[...] Review completo en ExpressView [...]
January 11th, 2008 at 8:46 am
The 1600×1200 resolution test shows that the new card’s 128bit memory interface is not sufficient for 1600×1200. The older HD2600XT has 256bit memory interface. Basically the card is for 1280×1024 no AA no AF setting only(basically for those idiots who own 17 or 19 inch LCDs. People with 20+ LCDs would buy the 8800GT and enjoy games the way it’s supposed to be played.
ATI can pump out castrated video cards all they want with bigger marketing number, it only makes geeks hate them more.
January 11th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Not all of us on 19inch monitors are idiots. Sometimes there are limiting factors like supply problems or rediculous prices on 20+ inch monitors in some countries. Hell my 2 8800GT graphics cards costs the same as a 22inch wide screen at some suppliers. So please hold of the generalizations.
January 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
@my mini-me Doug:
Hey, mini me. In the US, 24 inch 1920×1200 monitor can be had for $299. A 17 inch LCD is $179, and a 19 inch is $200-$250 depending on brand. So in the U.S., we are predicting that anything less than a 24 inch will be phased away into third world countries.
January 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
If you believe that the smallest LCD people will buy is the 24 inch LCDs(and prices will continue to drop, and it will be $150 in a year or so), then a graphics card needs a minimum 512MB of frame buffer memory for the 1920×1200 and 256bit memory bandwidth. Therefore, the cheapest card to drive those monitors are the 512MB HD3850 for $199. Anything less will be obsolete simply due to display requirements. But at that price levels, people will opt for the 512MB Geforce 8800GT for $50 more.
January 11th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
JeGX, thanks, that’s a awesome OpenGL tool for us!
January 11th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Doug: Sorry about the name thing. Not enough coffee in my system to read the form properly…
Sadly I live in South Africa… A 24inch monitor directly from the supplier is R5500 + vat (14%) (+/- $900)…
19inch monitors are out of stock everywhere leaving us with 17inch for about $200 + vat when its available…
January 12th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
You’re welcome Jeff. Glad you like it
January 13th, 2008 at 8:45 am
[...] Zum Review bei Expreview(E) [...]
January 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
[...] will be released at the end of this month. We already have a full review of RV635XT, aka. HD 3670 here. And today we are going to have RV620 [...]
January 20th, 2008 at 7:18 am
@Doug Friedman:
Who told you, the HD2600XT would have a 256bit memory interface?! Bollocks…
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
[...] course today not only HD3690 got released, HD 3650 and HD 3450 also launched by AMD too. The card launches today, so the price is a bit higher than [...]
February 15th, 2008 at 3:42 am
i guess that the fault lies in the drivers… no other reason…
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 am
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May 25th, 2011 at 9:53 am
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