AMD Radeon HD6870/HD6850 Reviews Thread

[BFG10K]

Post any new reviews you find and I'll keep the OP updated.


http://www.itocp.com/htmls/97/n-1497.html (Chinese).
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=27053 (Hexus).
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/10/21/amd_radeon_hd_6870_6850_video_card_review (HardOCP).
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru.../37286-amd-radeon-hd-6870-hd-6850-review.html (Hardware Canucks).
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1445/1/ (Legit Reviews).

TechPowerUp
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6850_Direct_Cu/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6870/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6870_CrossFire/ 6870 CF
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6850_CrossFire/ 6850 CF

Guru3D
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6850-6870-review/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6850-6870-crossfirex-review/ CF

Overclock3D http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/asus_hd6870_crossfire_exclusive_review/1

Anandtech http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/amds-radeon-6870-6850-renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market

bit-tech
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/10/22/ati-radeon-hd-6870-review/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/10/22/ati-radeon-hd-6850-review/1

Toms http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6870-radeon-hd-6850-barts,2776.html

HardwareHeaven (former DriverHeaven) http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1053/pg1/amd-radeon-6870-and-6850-graphics-card-review-introduction.html

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_hd_6870,1.html
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=1022
http://www.techspot.com/review/325-amd-radeon-6870/
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3601/amd_radeon_hd_6870_1gb_video_card/index.html
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3600/sapphire_radeon_hd_6850_1gb_video_card/index.html
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/804-1/dossier-amd-radeon-hd-6870-6850.html (French)
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2010/test-amd-radeon-hd-6870-und-hd-6850-update/ (German)

Alienbabeltech http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=21598

techreport http://techreport.com/articles.x/19844

 

[MegaWorks]

Radeon HD 6850/6870 are in stock at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...06000%20series

 

[happy medium]

Radeon HD 6850/6870 are in stock at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...06000%20series

Nice 248$ shipped for the 6870 and 187$ shipped gor the 6850.:thumbsup:

Looking hard at the 6850.

The gtx460 1gb just took a nose dive to 169$AR too! holy crap!

 

[MegaWorks]

Nice 248$ shipped for the 6870 and 187$ shipped gor the 6850.:thumbsup:

Looking hard at the 6850.

The 6850 is sooo tempting

 

[SlowSpyder]

Nice 248$ shipped for the 6870 and 187$ shipped gor the 6850.:thumbsup:

Looking hard at the 6850.

The gtx460 1gb just took a nose dive to 169$AR too! holy crap!

The $180 6850 pretty well beat the GTX460, so Nvidia had to. It's nice to see some competition in the price range most of us actually buy at again.

A year ago I paid over $400 for this 5870, and while I like the card here we are getting pretty much the same performance for barely over half the price I paid.

Looking forward to the reviews, I'll stop clogging up this review thread with non-review talk now.

 

[MegaWorks]

The gtx460 1gb just took a nose dive to 169$AR too! holy crap!

hmmm... :sneaky:

 

[happy medium]

The 6850 is sooo tempting

Yea, but now the gtx460 1gb is 169$ ar at the egg.

Looking mighty tough to decide at these prices.

 

[MegaWorks]

Yea, but now the gtx460 1gb is 169$ ar at the egg.

Looking mighty tough to decide at these prices.

I know happy but look at my sig I have a X48 board..CrossFireX :biggrin:

 

[SlowSpyder]

I know happy but look at my sig I have a X48 board..CrossFireX :biggrin:

Well, the 6850 is only ~$10 more and appears to be faster...

 

[MegaWorks]

Well, the 6850 is only ~$10 more and appears to be faster...

This is a great time to buy cards, I love you competition. ()

 

[Ares1214]

Just like real cores>HT, real price>AR. Also, its ECS, so :hmm:

 

[crislevin]

since Im cheap, and I have an 5770 already, these changes don't affect me. Just hoping 6000 series and price drop of 460 would pressure 5770 to drop further, I could possibly get a CF then.......

 

[BFG10K]

The Chinese website must be getting hammered, but it looks like tessellation is a lot faster on these parts. Also Far Cry 2 performance is much faster.

 

[sciwizam]

Hexus is up!

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=27053

 

[GaiaHunter]

[H] http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/10/21/amd_radeon_hd_6870_6850_video_card_review

Hardwarecanucks http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru.../37286-amd-radeon-hd-6870-hd-6850-review.html

 

[Sickamore]

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1445/1/

 

[GaiaHunter]

TechPowerUp

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6850_Direct_Cu/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6870/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6870_CrossFire/ 6870 CF
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6850_CrossFire/ 6850 CF

Guru3D is up again
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6850-6870-review/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6850-6870-crossfirex-review/ CF

 

[happy medium]

One thing I've noticed is that reviews have no overclocking in there reviews and if they do they overclock like crap. hmmmmm.

 

[crislevin]

One thing I've noticed is that reviews have no overclocking in there reviews and if they do they overclock like crap. hmmmmm.

the reason maybe that most users don't do OC. There are experts, and there are normal users.

 

[happy medium]

the reason maybe that most users don't do OC. There are experts, and there are normal users.

Nevermind the Techpowerup review has some good overclocking.
Both over 1000 core with voltage,

 

[GaiaHunter]

These cards seem to be OC limited at stock voltages.

Nevermind the Techpowerup review has some good overclocking.
Both over 1000 core with voltage,

But if you look at the ASUS Radeon HD 6850 Direct CU 1 GB review, http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6850_Direct_Cu/31.html , it OCs 20% with no voltage tweak .

Maybe it is related to the boards?


Additionally if I'm reading in a correct way (might be reading wrong, it is late) these cards are still 4+1.

 

[happy medium]

These cards seem to be OC limited.

But if you look at the ASUS Radeon HD 6850 Direct CU 1 GB review, http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6850_Direct_Cu/31.html , it OCs 20% with no voltage tweak .

Maybe it is related to the boards?

With extra voltage they will both do over 1000 core it seems,but they get real hot!

 

[crislevin]

So eventually, its 6850 vs 460 1G; and 6870 vs 470. price are similar (+/-$10), performance are similar.

So what does AMD use to compete against 460 768MB (priced at $150@newegg)? 5770 is $125, 6850 is $180, there is quite a large gap there.

 

[MustangSVT]

One thing I've noticed is that reviews have no overclocking in there reviews and if they do they overclock like crap. hmmmmm.

hexus has a brief page near the end. seems to oc ok, nothing special .

 

[Rossini]

New here, but been lurking these boards for awhile now and have a question.

I currently have an Athlon II X2 at 2.7 ghz with a 4670. Do you think getting a 6850 would show an increase in performance, or do you think my CPU would bottleneck the GPU too much? $179 ia an awesome value!

Thank you