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To test the cards we used a 1080p resolution with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16x AF, ambient occlusion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on. We use this with most of our graphics card testing so cards are comparable throughout reviews.
The Sapphire HD6870 delivers a final score of around 47 frames per second, a single frame faster than the eVGA GTX460 FTW with a core speed of 850 mhz. A reference clocked GTX460 manages 37.6 frames per second, again around a single frame slower than the reference clocked Sapphire HD6850. These cards are already beginning to look strong.
Sapphire Radeon HD6850 and HD6870 Review,Page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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October 22, 2010
#1
Your 6850 have 1120 sharders. o_o”
October 22, 2010
#2
these are really good cards, love the performance and price.
October 22, 2010
#3
Excellent boards those, really look the part and performance is awesome. overclocking is great !
October 22, 2010
#4
Shit… haha 6850 is a killer card and guess what? its right in the price range im looking at
(6850) will reserve judgement til i seem overclocked 6870s
Only thing i can say reading other reviews is that the 6850 reference cooler is pretty weak. These sapphire cards look great for the money
October 22, 2010
#5
Killer card indeed, couldnt agree more.
October 22, 2010
#6
HD6870 is good, but I dont like reference designs, too noisy/hot/ I will wait for sapphires or XFXs custom cooling one.
October 22, 2010
#7
HD6870 is the one I would get, but not reference version. will wait a month for vapor X or toxic version.
October 22, 2010
#8
6870 reference design is a waste, waiting on other solutions
October 22, 2010
#9
the hd6870 isn’t my first choice until they get third party products out of the stable,
Its always the way with launches, but its weird AMD have let their partners make third party solutions for 6850s
October 22, 2010
#10
over clocked HD6870s might be hard to get out the door with such poor over clocks on the core. seems both boards max out around 950
October 22, 2010
#11
While these cards aren’t awe inspiring, when you look at the price 150 for a 6850. about the same as the 5770. 25% more performance, looks good.
October 22, 2010
#12
those overclocks on the 50 are great. id say overclocked versions will be out really soon. vapor x anyone ?
October 22, 2010
#13
As JC stated, this 6850 has 1120 shaders instead of the default 960…
October 22, 2010
#14
The bottom gpuz screenshot is for the 6870
October 26, 2010
#15
I get the same 3dmark vantage score as this HD6850. I was hoping I might even up with a 1120 shader version but sadly not
October 27, 2010
#16
@ Jon
I saw in another review that they managed to get the Sapphire 6870′s core clock to 1000mHz stable. I’m sure if put under water, these cards will have a bit more overclocking headroom anyway.