Review on PowerColor Hellhound Radeon Graphics Memory by Wiktor Krzysztof Kor ᠌

Name: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon Graphics Memory
Item: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon Graphics Memory
Rating: 4

May 13, 2023

Satisfactory product quality, good price.

In general, the impressions are positive, if not for the crackle of the throttles. The card is a direct competitor to the RTX 3060 at 12 Gb, in some places it is better, but in some new projects it may be slightly inferior due to lack of memory. A decent version of the video adapter for games in full hd resolution.

Regarding the drivers. There were problems after changing the video adapter (the AMD driver did not respond and restarted abnormally, the video on YouTube did not play). Before installation there was a card from Nvidia. I had to do a lot of cleaning up the registry and files from the drivers and related software of the old card before the problems went away.

Pros

+ price / performance ratio at the time of purchase (more profitable than its counterpart RTX 3060 at 12Gb) + two BIOS modes (switch on the board) + backlight can be turned off (switch on the board) + cooling system (works quite quietly; there is a passive cooler operation mode at low load; in demanding games, the Hot Spot temperature is up to 85 degrees with a fan speed of 40-45%) + sufficient performance for full hd (60-75 frames per second in almost all projects at maximum settings without ray tracing) + dimensions (the board is only 22 cm, suitable for medium and small cases, sata connectors will not be closed) + power consumption is moderate (in most cases, a high-quality power supply unit from 500 watts is enough)

Cons

- often there is a problem in chokes (crackling, whistling under load - discomfort, does not affect the service life) - in terms of work tasks, it can be inferior to a direct competitor in the face of the RTX 3060 at 12 Gb