Today we shall review as many as five low and mid-end graphics cards: four based on NVIDIA GPUs and one on an AMD Radeon GPU. All five have custom design and coolers, so let’s see if this provides any benefits. All five cards differ from the reference counterparts. Although GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce GTX [...]

Meeting the increasing demands of the latest games and applications, world leading graphics card supplier, SAPPHIRE Technology has just introduced a new model of the SAPPHIRE HD 6850 with an enhanced frame buffer memory of 2GB. The SAPPHIRE HD 6850 2GB has the same internal architecture as the standard model, based on the second generation [...]

Most of us love to look at the latest reviews of the most hardcore PC components and keep apprised of what’s going on up in the clouds, but when it comes down to it, we are going to end up buying something that is a little more affordable. So while reviews of those items are [...]

Between the introductions of new series of video cards between AMD and nVidia, the graphics market is relatively quiet. What we do see, however, is AMD’s partners coming out with different variations of cards based off of an original platform. Sapphire has been dominating the market and keeping it busy due to its introductions of [...]

Asian graphics card manufacturer known for its intriguing designs, Colorful, after a brief gap of four months, unveiled its latest graphics card in the works, under its Radeon-centric ColorFire brand. Called the ColorFire Xstorm HD 6850 X2 4GB, its name pretty much spells out what it’s about : a dual-GPU (CrossFire on-a-stick) graphics card with [...]

At the moment we’re going through these little phases with video cards; we get a couple in and then it dies down for a few weeks. Then a few more come in and it dies down a little bit again. The latest card to slide into the lab here comes from Sapphire and is an [...]

Sapphire really need no introduction, as AMD’s largest graphics partner they have been responsible for releasing some of the finest discrete solutions in all sectors. Today we are looking at their latest mid range offering which is equipped with the highly regarded Vapor X cooler. The Sapphire HD6850 Vapor X graphics card is not only [...]

Sapphire has just announced a new high performance model in its extensive series of graphics cards – the HD 6850 Vapor-X Edition with SAPPHIRE exclusive Vapor-X cooler. The SAPPHIRE HD 6850 Vapor-X Edition has the same internal architecture as the standard model, with 960 stream processors and 48 texture processing units, but clock speeds are [...]

A particularly interesting looking HD 6850 graphics card has been found in Japanese stores by a company unheard of to most, AFOX. It’s not just the brand name and box design that stands out, though. More interestingly, this card is quite a big step away from the reference design in that it is of low-profile [...]

Today we shall review a trio from HIS based on the Radeon HD 6970, Radeon HD 6950 and Radeon HD 6850 GPUs. Some of these solutions copy reference design, but every card is nevertheless factory-overclocked and has a rather efficient cooler. As you can see, both Radeon HD 6950 and HD 6970 are copies of [...]

PowerColor is readying a new single-slot AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics card. The advantages of single-slot aside, the new card will also support 4-way CrossFireX. So now you can pack four of these cards into pooly-designed motherboards with adjacent PCI-E x16 slots, or you can sneak one into the slot that happens to be the [...]

As stated above, HIS 6870 Fan Turbo 1GB GDDR5 HDMI/2xDVI/2xMini DP is a copy of the reference design described in detail here. But HIS 6850 Fan 1GB GDDR5 HDMI/2xDVI/DP bases on a custom layout. Memory chips remain at the same place, but power elements are relocated closer to outputs, making the graphics card a bit [...]

Today here in the LR labs we are going to be taking a look at some new technology and a bit of older technology. Back in 2009 ATI/AMD released the Radeon HD 5770 video card for around $159.99. More recently AMD released the 6800 series video cards that included the Radeon HD 6850 which, by [...]

We’ve gone through all the advantages and disadvantages of SLI and Crossfire modes many times by now. We’ve even had an article on the Hydra chip present on MSI motherboards, which enables AMD and NVIDIA graphics to work in conjunction with more or less tangible results. Instead of getting straight to the point, let’s have [...]

Customized graphics cards are a hip thing these days and despite the Radeon HD 6900 series was just released, for this editor one of the more exciting product releases last year has been AMD’s Radeon 6800 series. The Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 have had a warm welcome already in the mid-range gaming segment of [...]

HIS’ IceQ series of customized graphics cards will soon be welcoming two more models among its ranks, the Barts-powered Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X and IceQ X Turbo. Both models feature DirectX 11 support and are equipped with an IceQ fansink boasting one central 92mm fan and four beefy heatpipes. Claimed to be 13 degrees [...]

When we talk about different video card brands, there’s always a factor which motivates us to choose one over any other. Most likely, we make our decisions depending on retail price, but there are things to consider: the bundle and accessories, factory overclocked speeds, and of course, included heatsinks and fans so that the GPU [...]

MSI in the near future will be releasing a Radeon HD 6850 called the Cyclone Power Edition. We snagged a couple of photo’s of the final product for you guys. The product will be based on the military class component selection including the new SFC (Super Ferrite) chokes. The card looks robust and well built. [...]

XFX has recently introduced its third Radeon HD 6850 card, a model which features stock clocks – 775 MHz for the GPU and 4000 MHz for the memory, but is equipped with a custom dual-slot cooler boasting two fans and two copper heatpipes. XFX’s card has 960 Stream Processors, a 256-bit memory interface and 1GB [...]

PowerColor is readying the first AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics card that features a passive cooler, a completely silent cooling solution. The company is currently evaluating a new design that makes use of a large GPU heatsink featuring an aluminum fin array that ensures the card occupies just two expansion slots, while adding surface area [...]