SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 Benchmark by Raven.7/RavenSEAL for Anandtech Forums.
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***Please be aware that the following review presents figures of an HD 6850 OVERCLOCKED TO 920/1130***
*** THESE FIGURES ARE NOT GUARANTEED-OVERCLOCK AT YOUR OWN RISK***
*** THESE FIGURES ARE NOT GUARANTEED-OVERCLOCK AT YOUR OWN RISK***
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System Specs and Basic Info:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H
Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.6Ghz
4GB DDR2 800MHZ
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD6850 1GB 256-Bit

MSi Kombustor(Stress+Temp Testing)- The HD 6850 reached 920/1130 with zero issues, ran Kumbostor for about 1 hour @ 1080p 4aa stable
As you can see, that is stock voltage, so this card has serious potential for more shall we say..."enthusiastic" overclockers. Temperatures during stress testing kick into the low 70s, but during gameplay, it does not surpass 65C*.
*ambient temp of 72C
Benchmarks Results:
Unigine 'Heaven' DX11 Benchmark 2.1-

3D Mark Vantage Graphic's Score-

MSI Kumbustor(Furmark) Bench-

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat(Ultra- DX11)-

Crysis Benchmark-
The game plays at around 30-50 FPS. At 1600x900, the game does lock up @ 60.1 FPS, some of the time.
Settings-
1920*1080
ALL OPTIONS SET TO HIGH( MAX BEING ULTRA HIGH)
No AA.

Code:
12/31/2010 12:47:08 AM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 54.39s, Average FPS: 36.77
Min FPS: 22.34 at frame 1948, Max FPS: 49.81 at frame 1607
Average Tri/Sec: -31973620, Tri/Frame: -869494
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.05
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 52.20s, Average FPS: 38.31
Min FPS: 22.34 at frame 1948, Max FPS: 54.37 at frame 67
Average Tri/Sec: -32847690, Tri/Frame: -857403
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.07
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 52.65s, Average FPS: 37.98
Min FPS: 22.34 at frame 1948, Max FPS: 54.37 at frame 67
Average Tri/Sec: -32540046, Tri/Frame: -856667
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.07
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests
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12/31/2010 12:47:08 AM - Vista 64
Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 38.145
Just Cause 2- Running "Concrete Jungle", JC2's most demanding benchmark. During gameplay itself, the card handles beyond smooth.

Battlefield Bad Company 2-
Settings-
Ress-1920*1080p
Detail-High
Texture-High
Shadows-High
MSAA- 4x
Vsync-On
HBAO-Off
Locks into 60.1 FPS every now and then. BC2 is very CPU intensive, so those with quad core machines, expect even better performance on those rough situations. For me, the lowest in dropped( for more than 30 sec+) was 25FPS~ when playing "High Value Target", which is an intense urban mission with lots of stuff flying around and plenty of bullets.

Mass Effect-
Settings-
Ress-1920*1080
Detail-High
Texture-High
Shadows-High
Filtering- AA
60.1 FPS lock 40% of the time, dropps every now and then, fight scenes, etc. very few drops below 30 FPS. Overall the game plays very smooth at high details, although some textures seemed to be crapped due to the the fact that the game looks like a console port, even with the settings turned loose.

Continued in post #3
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