This past
Friday, we told you about certain rumors surrounding a possible release of a 2GB Radeon graphics card, coming from PowerColor. According to the rumors, which only surfaced once a set of photos with the card were posted on the ExpreView website, PowerColor was allegedly preparing for the release of a 2GB version of its HD 4850 card. Well, it appears that there's rarely smoke without a fire as everything turned out to be true, and PowerColor has indeed rolled out the world's first 2GB graphics
card.
The new card was announced today, literally making PowerColor the very first manufacturer to have released a 2GB graphics card based on AMD's mid-range flagship model, the Radeon HD 4850. And, because such a product could not have been released with the stock single slot cooler, it has been equipped with custom cooling solution, provided by Zerotherm.
The new card has been dubbed PCS HD 4850 2GB and is obviously based on the already famous RV770 core chip. It packs no less than 800 stream processors and comes with an industry's first 2GB of GDDR3 high-speed memory. This is enough to enable it to provide the raw power it needs to tackle even the most intensive 3D games available on the market. In what regards other specifications, the new card will offer its users a factory set core speed of 665MHz and the same API support as all the other cards that are based on the latest AMD Radeon processors.
Regarding the name of the product, the PCS tag is an abbreviation for "Professional Cooling System," which should give users an idea of what PowerColor's graphics cards are equipped with. "PowerColor PCS solution ensures a cooler operating environment for GPU and memory for overclocking, also extend the product life," said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. "We hope this new image could let gamers be much easier to recognize and deepen their impression about our own design Cooling System." he added.
Until the next high-end 2GB graphics card is revealed, we still have to wait for more details on the price of PowerColor's PCS HD 4850 2GB.
