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Diamond Radeon HD 3650 PE 512MB Video Card
Video, Power, and Overclocking
 HQV
HQV
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130
130
122
0
Points (higher is better)
150
100
100
90
0
Points (higher is better)
150
But here's the first place where the Diamond Radeon makes up for lousy gaming. "Perfect" HQV scores. (Like other HD 3000 cards, moire isn't perfect, but brief to the point at which HQV doesn't fault it any points.) That is to say, any glitches you may notice in HQV definitely won't be noticed in regular movie-watching. Power and Noise
Power Consumption
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70
32
19
0
Watts (lower is better)
300
148
73
32
0
Watts (lower is better)
300
The second place: power consumption. This card, at full load, uses less power than most at idle. Which makes the amount of noise the heatsink produces a bit of a conundrum. I've heard worse cooling, but only in servers. So, if you were hoping to stick this card in an HTPC because the video's great, you'll want to look into third-party applications that turn down the fan--it's just not necessary since the card runs so cool in the first place. Overclocking
Overclocking
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725
500
0
MHz (higher is better)
1000
725
500
0
MHz (higher is better)
1000
Overclocking was completely disabled in the Catalyst Control Center. There wasn't even a tab.
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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