Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen Review
Category : AMD
Published by Christian Ney on 28.08.13
With the Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, Club3D has an HD 7850 graphics card in its portfolio, which features a reference PCB as well as reference clocks. The manufacturer has actually reworked the cooler which should offer higher than reference cooling capacity as well as lower operating noise. Overall we're quite curious to see what this little card is capable of and if the cooler is going to excel or not.
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On the following pages we will show you the strengths and weaknesses of the Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen.
Technical Data / Specifications
With the Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen you get a reference card which features a custom cooler. The ASIC quality measured on our sample was 74.8 % which is on the average.
About ASIC quality:
No factory overclocking has been made, the royalQueen is identical to the reference card from AMD specification wise.
| nVidia GeForce | Radeon HD 7870 | ASUS DC2T V1 | Club3D royalQueen | Radeon HD 7850 |
| Chip | Pitcairn XT | Pitcairn Pro | Pitcairn Pro | Pitcairn Pro |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2.8 billion | 2.8 billion | 2.8 billion | 2.8 billion |
| GPU clock | 1'000 MHz | 975 MHz | 860 MHz | 860 MHz |
| Memory GDDR5 | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB |
| Memory clock | 1'200 (4'800) MHz | 1'250 (5'000) MHz | 1'200 (4'800) MHz | 1'200 (4'800) MHz |
| Memory interface | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 153'600 MB/s | 160'000 MB/s | 153'600 MB/s | 153'600 MB/s |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Shader Cores | 1'280 | 1'024 | 1'024 | 1'024 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| TDP | 190 Watt | xxx Watt | 150 Watt | 150 Watt |
| PCB Type | Reference Design | Reference Design | Reference Design | Reference Design |
| Lenght (PCB - Total) | xx.x - xx.x cm | 20.0 - 25.7 cm | 20.0 - 20.5 cm | xx.x - xx.x cm |
| Height (PCB - Total) | 11.0 - 11.0 cm | 11.0 - 11.5 cm | 11.0 - 11.7 cm | 11.0 - 11.0 cm |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | AMD Reference | ASUS DC2 V1 | CoolStream | AMD Reference |
| MSRP | $350 | $XXX | $XXX | $250 |
Club3D decided to equip its Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen with their CoolStream cooler. This one isn't really impressive, Club3D keeps things simple here. In this case you get one eight millimeter copper heatpipe in direct contact with the GPU, the usual aluminium fin stack and a single 85mm PWM DC brushless ball bearing fan. This one is manufactured by Power Logic and carry the model number PLA09215D12H.
The manufacturing quality is not excellent but still good, but one can see that Club3D is optimizing the price.
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A closer look at the PCB shows that Club3D equipped its card with the reference design PCB. The power design is left untouched, all components are the same as on the reference card. In this case you get a so called 4+1+1 phases power design where four are for the GPU, one for the memory and the last one for the PLL.
Checking the voltage regulation chips we find a four-phase analog controller NCP5395T from ON (ON Semiconductor) for the GPU and two single-phase controllers ANPEC APW7165C both memory and PLL.
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The memory chips used are made by Elpida and carry the model number EDW2032BBBG-50-F. They are specified to run at 1'250 MHz (5'000 MHz effective).
Preview
Delivery
The card ships well bolstered in a bubble paper. Bundled with the graphics card there is an installation guide, a driver CD, a door knob hanger and a flexible CrossFire bridge.
Test Setup
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3DMark - Fire Strike Performance
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 8'296 | 9'298 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 7'752 | 8'582 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 6'979 | 7'733 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 6'395 | 7'294 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 6'581 | 7'293 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 6'374 | 7'067 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 6'474 | 7'052 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 5'567 | 6'046 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 5'164 | 5'560 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 4'947 | 5'339 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 4'839 | 5'227 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 4'547 | 4'979 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 4'555 | 4'880 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 4'353 | 4'637 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 4'146 | 4'411 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 3'708 | 3'904 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 3'731 | 3'862 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 3'342 | 3'453 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 2'998 | 3'152 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 2'995 | 3'100 |
| More is better | ||
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 4'215 | 4'378 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 3'931 | 4'054 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 3'418 | 3'535 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 3'275 | 3'419 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 3'250 | 3'352 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 3'160 | 3'292 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 3'151 | 3'210 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 2'758 | 2'837 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 2'556 | 2'609 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 2'407 | 2'471 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 2'342 | 2'412 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 2'216 | 2'349 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 2'218 | 2'253 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 2'136 | 2'168 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 2'008 | 2'034 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 1'812 | 1'827 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 1'783 | 1'758 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 1'586 | 1'556 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 961 | 927 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 9'58 | 910 |
| More is better | ||
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Graphics Cards | Score | fps |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 1'641 | 65.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 1'639 | 65.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 1'203 | 47.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 1'181 | 46.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 1'162 | 46.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 1'118 | 44.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 1'027 | 40.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 1'018 | 40.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 951 | 37.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 914 | 36.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 867 | 34.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 822 | 32.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 803 | 31.9 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 752 | 29.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 703 | 27.9 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 684 | 27.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 610 | 24.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 555 | 22.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 504 | 20.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 496 | 19.7 |
| More is better | ||
BattleField 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 4xMSAA, Ultra, SSAO | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 90.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 86.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 79.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 75.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 70.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 70.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 65.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 65.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 61.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 55.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 53.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 50.6 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 48.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 47.8 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 44.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 44.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 35.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 32.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 31.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 29.6 |
| More is better |
Borderlands 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, FXAA, no PhsyX, High | Average FPS |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 138.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 138.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 135.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 121.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 119.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 115.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 111.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 105.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 104.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 95.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 91.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 87.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 76.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 76.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 74.6 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 73.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 67.0 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 66.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 58.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 55.6 |
| More is better |
Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
| Ultra Preset, 1920x1080, AA, no DDOF | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 93.02 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 87.24 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 77.57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 76.79 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 75.83 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 73.67 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 69.80 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 65.82 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 60.84 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 58.98 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 51.00 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 50.74 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.28 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 47.07 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 44.44 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 42.91 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 42.17 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 37.23 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 34.98 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 32.61 |
| More is better |
Crysis 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Very High | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 32.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 31.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 27.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 25.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 24.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 22.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 21.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 20.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 18.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 18.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 17.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 17.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 15.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 14.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 14.4 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 13.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 13.2 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 11.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 10.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 9.0 |
| More is better |
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, High | Average FPS |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 115.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 114.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 108.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 105.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 91.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 89.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 82.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 82.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 77.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 69.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 67.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 67.8 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 69.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 63.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 60.8 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 59.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 55.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 55.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 52.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 40.4 |
| More is better |
DIRT Showdown - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 86.32 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 80.97 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 80.17 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 78.18 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 74.44 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 65.98 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 65.27 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 63.81 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 58.42 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 56.77 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 52.89 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 52.75 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 50.99 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 48.69 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 44.83 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 44.63 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 39.21 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 37.34 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 30.09 |
| More is better |
Far Cry 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 50.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 47.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 39.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 38.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 36.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 32.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 31.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 29.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 27.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 27.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 25.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 24.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 22.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 20.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 21.4 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 20.0 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 18.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 17.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 15.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 13.4 |
| More is better |
Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, Extreme, High-Res Textures | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 63.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 58.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 56.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 51.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 51.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 49.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 47.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 42.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 38.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 38.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 35.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 33.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 32.0 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 30.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 29.9 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 27.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 26.3 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 26.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 23.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 20.1 |
| More is better |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 128.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 122.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 109.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 109.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 109.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 105.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 98.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 95.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 88.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 85.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 84.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 80.8 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 79.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 73.4 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 70.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 64.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 63.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 58.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 50.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 47.6 |
| More is better |
Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
| Very High, 1920x1080, SSAA, DX11 | Average FPS |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 40.51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 38.78 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 32.47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 31.18 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 28.28 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 27.22 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 26.18 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 24.85 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 23.89 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 23.18 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 21.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 20.79 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 19.19 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 17.80 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 17.75 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 16.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 14.06 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 13.78 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 12.91 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 10.99 |
| More is better |
Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 75 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 71 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 64 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 62 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 58 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 58 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 57 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 56 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 55 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 52 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 52 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 50 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 49 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 45 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 358 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 285 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 235 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 230 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 215 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 210 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 200 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 195 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 190 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 184 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 180 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 177 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 161 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 149 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 148 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 148 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 145 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 138 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 130 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 120 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Difference Idle/LoadDifférence Idle/Charge | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 283 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 236 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 179 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 168 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 157 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 150 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 143 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 139 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 137 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 133 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 126 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 124 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 116 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 99 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 96 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 93 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 90 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 88 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 73 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 66 |
| *Entire system | More is better |
Fan Speed / Noise Level
Fan Speed
Noise Level
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
Idle / FurMark / BF3
Idle Temperature
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ 30 %, 50 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test @ 30 %, 50 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature and fan speed under BattleField 3
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed values taken, are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan speed.
Performance/Watt
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Power C. (Watts)* | Performance/Watt*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (MSI Lightning) | 69.98 | 190 | 3.68 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 51.99 | 148 | 3.51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (MSI TF - Ref PCB) | 66.70 | 195 | 3.42 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 60.30 | 177 | 3.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 79.80 | 235 | 3.40 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 48.80 | 149 | 3.28 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 45.23 | 138 | 3.28 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 40.82 | 130 | 3.14 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 46.52 | 148 | 3.14 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 55.93 | 180 | 3.11 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DP - Ref PCB) | 62.05 | 200 | 3.10 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 68.30 | 230 | 2.97 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 85.50 | 285 | 2.93 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 30.06 | 120 | 2.51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 40.25 | 161 | 2.50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 49.35 | 210 | 2.35 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 30.93 | 145 | 2.13 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 73.04 | 358 | 2.04 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 35.91 | 184 | 1.95 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 40.13 | 215 | 1.87 |
| *Entire system | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Ungine not included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Price (€) | Performance/€*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.06 | 98 | 3.07 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 40.25 | 132 | 3.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 48.80 | 160 | 3.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 40.82 | 139 | 2.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 46.52 | 158 | 2.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 51.99 | 177 | 2.94 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 30.93 | 110 | 2.81 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DC2T V1 | 45.23 | 164 | 2.76 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 40.82 | 154 | 2.65 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 55.93 | 213 | 2.63 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 60.30 | 253 | 2.38 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 49.35 | 225 | 2.19 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 35.91 | 165 | 2.18 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 66.70 | 307 | 2.17 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 69.98 | 333 | 2.10 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 62.05 | 302 | 2.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 68.30 | 341 | 2.00 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 40.13 | 261 | 1.54 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 79.80 | 547 | 1.46 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 73.04 | 564 | 1.30 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 85.50 | 832 | 1.03 |
| More is better | Less is better | More is better |
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu, on the day the review has been published.
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
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Club3D’s variant of the AMD Radeon HD 7850 leaves a mixed
impression. The card isn't really special, no factory overclocking was
made and it is equiped with the reference PCB. On the bright side, it
features very good cooling solution, silent and effective. On the dark
side the power consumption is not good in idle and its price is too high
for what you get. The bundle is okay for such a card, no more than what you need. |
- Performance - Cooling |
- No Factory Overclocking
- Price |
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| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| Despite that the cooler looks really simple and cheap it left a really good impression, it's a real wolf in sheep's clothing. GPU Temperatures were quite bad actually in idle but very good under load where it managed to defeat ASUS' DirectCU 2 cooler. The GPU hit only 75°C under heavy FurMark load with the fans locked at 30 % fan speed. Now with the fan in auto, after playing BattleField 3 for an hour the maximum temperature hit by the GPU was 61°C. In this case the maximum fan speed was as low as 33%, translated it means a noise level of 32.5 dBA (noiseless). |
- inaudible in 2D
- Silent in 3D |
- Temperatues in idle | |
| Performance | + | - | |
No surprise here, without any factory overclocking the card
performs exactly like the reference card from AMD. |
- Performance/Watt
- Power consumption under load |
- Power consumption in idle
- Performance/Price |
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| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| We have looked up the prices of several HD 7850 on geizhals and we saw that the cheapest offer starts at 139 Euros excluding shipping costs accross the EU. On the price comparison portal the royalQueen is listed at 154 Euros. That's a lot considering that the royalQueen has only its cooler that makes it interesting and some cheaper cards may have a better cooler paired with a factory overclocking. Therefore it's hard to recommend this card at the moment. | - Gaming | ||
| We gave the Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen from Club3D 3 out of 5 stars. | |||
