Asus will be soon launching a line of graphics cards based on AMD’s Barts 40nm GPU, and it will include a DirectCU-ed version of the Radeon HD 6850. Named EAH6850 DirectCU/2DIS/1GD5, the incoming card features DirectX 11 support, 800 Stream Processors, and should run cooler than reference models.

Asus’ EAH6850 DirectCU also has a slightly overclocked GPU (790 MHz), a 256-bit memory interface, 1GB of GDDR5 VRAM @ 4000 MHz, dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, and can already be found on pre-order priced at $218.44.

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