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June 20, 2008 by Lawrence Lee
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Product
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Asus EAH3650 SILENT/HTDI/512M
PCI-E Video Card |
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Manufacturer
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ASUSTeK |
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Street Price
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~US$90 |
Most PC graphical subsystems are not stressed heavily during the
course a typical day. They are usually tasked with menial duties
such as rendering the desktop, and displaying pictures and videos. During
these times, the power consumption of the system should be as low as possible.
The Radeon HD 3850 and 3870
series of graphics cards, while being fairly powerful gaming cards,
impressed us greatly with their extremely low idle power consumption. The Geforce
9600GT on the other hand, seemed almost wasteful in comparison, using
10-15W more than ATI's offerings during idle. Keep a system on for
8+ hours a day, and that can add up, creating a toll on the environment, and
the electricity bill.
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Enter the EAH3650 Silent.
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For those of us who don't play games "seriously", or do so at lower resolutions, a more
basic GPU is enough. The Asus EAH3650 Silent is such a card. While
it won't play Call of Duty 4 at full-tilt, being part of the HD 3000 family,
it should deliver excellent power consumption and good high definition playback
capability. With a built-in audio processor for HDMI audio, it is also ideal for
a home theater PC system. Last but not least, it equipped with a 100% silent cooling
solution.
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The retil box is wastefully big. Geforce 6800XT pictured for scaling.
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Box contents.
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| Graphics Engine |
ATI Radeon HD 3650 |
| Bus Standard |
PCI Express 2.0 |
| Video Memory |
DDR3 512MB |
| Engine Clock |
725 MHz |
| Memory Clock |
1.4 GHz ( 700 MHz DDR3 ) |
Memory Interface
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128-bit |
| CRT Max Resolution |
2048 x 1536 |
| DVI Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| D-Sub Output |
Yes x 1 (via DVI to D-Sub adaptor x
1 ) |
| DVI Output |
Yes x 2 (DVI-I) |
| HDMI Output |
Yes x 1 (via DVI to HDMI adaptor x
1 ) |
HDTV Output (YPbPr)
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Yes |
| HDCP Support |
Yes |
| TV Output |
Yes (Composite) |
| Adapter/Cable Bundled |
1 x DVI to D-Sub adaptor
1 x DVI to HDMI adaptor
1 x HDTV-out cable |
| Software Bundled |
ASUS Utilities & Driver |
| ASUS Features |
V-Cool Heatsink |
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