Powercolor HD6850 Single Slot Edition Review

The Powercolor HD6850 Single Slot Edition is supplied in a narrow, long box which is very attractively designed.

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.

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

As mentioned earlier, the card is 2, 3 and 4 way CrossFire capable and it requires only a single 6 pin power connector 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 this particular board.

The 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. It is built around a 40nm BARTS core, with 32 ROPs and 960 unified shaders.

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