XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition Vs HD5850 Vs GTX460 Benchmark and review

An interesting review test the new XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition released by fudzilla guys , the XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition is a factory overclocked graphic card which is considered as the highest overclocked HD 6850 card on the market untill now ,

from 775Mhz to 820 Mhz the GPU is squeezed to the last Mhz , and the memory is overclocked from 1000Mhz to 1100Mhz (4400Mhz effective) , so lets take a look at this little monster performance:

With the 6000 series, XFX is literally putting you in the game. The AMD Radeon HD 6850 is 3-D ready and one of the first HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2 solutions for Stereoscopic 3-D on the market.

The AMD Radeon HD 6850 ushers in a new era of gaming that takes users to an entirely new level. The AMD 3-D experience is truly immersive and seamless. AMD has also teamed up with other Open 3-D ecosystem partners to provide consumers with more choice, more innovation and lower cost.

XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition Pictures:

Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 are not high-end cards but rather products made with medium budget in mind, so called Gamers’ sweet spot cards. MRSP for HD 6870 is $239 in the US and €199 incl VAT in EU. The HD 6850 will set you back $179 in the US and €150 in the EU. As is usual with overclocked cards, XFX's card will be priced 15-20 euro above reference cost.

AMD HD 6000 serie roadmap:

FEATURES

• 3rd Generation TeraScale Graphics Engine
• 40nm Process Technology
• GDDR5 Memory
• AMD Eyefinity Technology
• AMD Advanced Parallel Processing Technology (APP)
• AMD CrossFireX™ Technology
• AMD HD3D Technology
• Accelerated Video Transcoding
• AMD PowerPlay Technology
• Built-in DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a Outputs
• Microsoft Windows 7® Support
• Microsoft DirectX 11 Support
• OpenGL 3.2 Support
• Enhanced Internet Browser Applications

Specification Table

Bus Type N/A	PCI-E 2.1
Performance N/A	Standard
GPU Clock MHz The main attributes of the GPU are the core clock rate, which typically ranges from 250 MHz to 1200 MHz in modern cards.	775 MHz
Stream Processors Through the use of stream processing, computer benefit from the ability to transparently access a large number of 'cores' (or, computational units) on a chip without having to separately manage each and every one of them along with their associated busses, memories, I/O, etc.	960
Memory Interface Bus (bit) The bit data rate between memory and the GPU.	256
Memory Type VRAM was typically based on DDR technology. During and after that year, manufacturers moved towards the vastly superior DDR2, GDDR3 and GDDR4.	DDR5
Memory Size (MB) the video card will have its own video memory which is called Video RAM or VRAM. The VRAM capacity of most modern video cards range from 128 MB to 2.0 GB.	1024 MB
Memory Clock (MHz) The memory clock rate in modern cards are generally between 400 MHz and 2.4 GHz.	4000 MHz
Microsoft® DirectX® Support The standard for today's PCs and next-generation consoles enables stunning and complex effects for cinematic realism. XFX graphics cards offer the most complete implementation of the Shader Model feature set-including vertex texture fetch (VTF)-to ensure top-notch compatibility and performance for all DirectX applications.	11
Open GL Optimization and Support Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.	3.2
Cooling Fansink Sometimes known as an active cooling device, a small electrical fan which drives air across a heat sink and as such will generate a small amount of noise. It is more effective than a heat sink alone at cooling.	√
ROHS The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.	√
Profile Some graphics cards have the capability to swap out the current bracket to make it compatible with low-profile computer systems that require a lower bracket card.	Double
ATI Radeon CrossFireX™ Technology ATI CrossFireX™Technology with up to quad GPU support offers superior scalability so your system is ready to level up when you are.	√
ATI Radeon PowerPlay™ Advanced power management technology for optimal performance and power savings. Performance-on-Demand allows you to constantly monitor GPU activity and dynamically adjust clocks and voltage based on user scenarios.	√
Dimensions (Imperial) N/A	9.25 x 4.4 x 1.5
Max Resolution Analog Maximum Screen Resolution indicates the maxiumum possible sharpness and clarity of an image that a monitor can display, measured in number of dots (pixels).	2048 x 1536
Max Resolution Digital Maximum Screen Resolution indicates the maxiumum possible sharpness and clarity of an image that a monitor can display, measured in number of dots (pixels).	2560 x 1600
ATI Eyefinity Technology Enjoy the ultimate immersive gaming experience with innovative “wrap around” multi-display capabilities. Run up to 3 display from a single graphics card and expand your gaming field of view across all displays.	√
DisplayPort DisplayPort is designed to be the future-ready, scalable solution for high performance digital display connectivity. It enables the highest resolutions, the fastest refresh rates and deepest color depths over standard cables.	1

Power supply Requirements:

• 500 Watt or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for AMD CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products

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