Powercolor HD6850 Single Slot CrossfireX Review

The Powercolor cards arrive in an attractively designed box with a high resolution image of the product on the front. Each card can support up to four screens in Eyefinity.

The bundle contains literature on the product, a DVI dongle, Mini DP to DP cable, a driver CD and a CrossFire connector.

The card is built around a bright red PCB with a subdued sticker on the front highlighting the product name and the Powercolor logo along the bottom. It is a very attractive design, we like the accented gold stripe across the front of the card, then around the fan.

Each card has a single DVI DL port, next to an HDMI and 2 mini displayport connectors. All can be powered simultaneously for Eyefinity configurations.

The HD6850 Single Slot cards are 2, 3 and 4 way CrossFire capable and they require only a single 6 pin power connector (each) for operation.

Removing the cooler is a little more time consuming than normal, as it is held in place with 9 screws.

The PowerColor HD6850 single slot edition takes advantage of PowerColor’s Platinum Power Kit, utilizing 100% SMT type components: Volterra, Poscap and Proadlizer, enhancing the stability and efficiency. Furthermore, the latest edition uses 3 units of 8mm heat pipes with a full cover cooling plate, dissipating heat from its large pure copper base. Elpida memory is used on these particular boards.

Each card operates at 775 mhz core, and the 1GB of GDDR 5 memory runs at 1000mhz (4ghz effective) connected via a 256 bit memory interface. They are built around a 40nm BARTS core, with 32 ROPs and 960 unified shaders.

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