PowerColor Radeon X1950 Pro SCS3 Reviews

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Average Review Score: 9.0

PowerColor Radeon X1950 Pro SCS3 Reviews

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"Without a doubt, this is one of the best performing passively cooled cards that I have reviewed so far. Taking this very popular RV570 chip and slapping on Accelero S2 silent cooling system was a spot on move. Although the clocks are lowered just a bit, PowerColor X1950 PRO SCS3 does not lose in benchmarks. It might be slower 1-2 FPS, but in the long run you won't feel a difference in performance. Looking back at the cooling, the only downside I have noticed were dimensions."

Bjorn3D »

"If you're in the market for a passively cooled graphics board without reaching all the way up to water cooling, then quite simply, this is the fastest board money can buy right now. Its lightning quick, it has the best feature set of a DirectX 9 graphics board on the market, and your friends will most likely swear and grin when they look inside your case and see the size of the thing."

Elite Bastards »

"This is one of the better versions of the X1950PRO and the silent design works well. However, with a setup like this you normally have to trade off overclock ability, but if you only want to run at stock speeds the card performs just as well as all those other models with noisy spinning fans. We tried some OC but did not get far at all."

Tweak Town »

"All in all, PowerColor X1950 Pro SCS3 may be a very valuable purchase for those who value silence and at the same time shoot for high 3D gaming performance. And thanks to VIVO feature, this solution will also be a great choice for a home multimedia center. Just make sure that it fits into your case!"

X-bit labs »