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AMD has launched their much anticipated Radeon HD 6800 series of graphicss, starting with the Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon HD 6850. Both cards have been introduced as mid-range cards to compete directly with NVIDIAs GTX 460 1GB and 768MB. The two new GPUs fill the fuzzy mid-range gap that ATI wasnt as strong in with its 5000 series, and it provides some tremendous improvements to areas such as tessellation, image quality enhancements, new multimedia functions include HDMI 1.4, Blu-Ray 3D and improve Eyefinity. All of this comes it at $240, and $180 for the 6870 and 6850 respectively. ATI goes head to head with NVIDIA for the graphics card sweet spot. FULL WRITTEN REVIEW: www.hardwarecanucks.com OVERCLOCKING WRITTEN REVIEW: www.hardwarecanucks.com
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@wmjs2andfriends
Yeah the 6870 is faster than the 5830 and 5850.
At least faster than the 5850 most of the time.
i wish i could change my gtx 460 for hd 6850 :p
Cheers, I got my new computer about 6 months back with the HD5770.
It pulls really well & the only game it’s not really been able to play is Metro2033 fully maxed it may lag the odd time on the newer games, but least it can play Crysis maxed
so I’m looking to improve my card but the newer HD6800 so far currently don’t seem that worth it, i mean due to only getting my computer a bit ago, do you think it’s best to invest in the HD5970 or see what else the HD6000 series has to offer?
is the HD 6870 better than the HD 5830 or even the HD 5850
STARRCRAFT!
Good review. I haven’t ugraded my video card in years. I wonder if I should wait for the 6970 card. You said maybe in a few months.
typo @ stacraft 2.
starrcraft
@KEYBOARDWARRIOR786 nvm i got it and i had to do was reformat my computer
It’s Jenson Button!
@Cake244 a bottleneck is when one part is holding back a pc from its full performance. For example if you put an AMD sempron with a ATI RADEON 5970 x2, thats an extreme bottleneck because that cpu is poor and that card is super powerful
@KEYBOARDWARRIOR786 bottleneck?
@Japsenliebhaber
Thanks
@Japsenliebhaber
Thanks
@Cake244 i would personally upgrade before getting this card, it will work but you will have an extreme bottleneck, if you have the money, you can build yourself a good pc with this card for $550
@Cake244 i would personally upgrade before getting this card, it will work but you will have an extreme bottleneck, if you have the money, you can build yourself a good pc with this card for $550
@GoldenMurderer my power supply is 600w its quad core pci express x16
Windows XP Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 3
Motherboard ASUS P5KPL-VM
intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz, 200 GB of Ram
Memory: 2048MB RAM
does this work with the video card?
@GoldenMurderer my power supply is 600w its quad core pci express x16
Windows XP Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 3
Motherboard ASUS P5KPL-VM
intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz, 200 GB of Ram
Memory: 2048MB RAM
does this work with the video card?
@Cake244 Is your PSU 520W or higher? with a quad core Phenom II it takes up about 500W with two 7200 RPM drives, and with it i7 quad cores is about 530W I believe.
@Cake244 Is your PSU 520W or higher? with a quad core Phenom II it takes up about 500W with two 7200 RPM drives, and with it i7 quad cores is about 530W I believe.
6870 definitely could replace the 5850 and the 6850 probably replaces the 5830 and below. Just based on the benchmarks I have seen anyway.
6870 definitely could replace the 5850 and the 6850 probably replaces the 5830 and below. Just based on the benchmarks I have seen anyway.
@Muppio the 5870 is 5-10% better
@Muppio the 5870 is 5-10% better
@Cake244
-delete all old drivers
-use dvi or hdmi
is your psu strong enough?
@Cake244
-delete all old drivers
-use dvi or hdmi
is your psu strong enough?
@HardwareCanucks awww man i got the card but it doesn’t work with my computer it gives me a pop up (vga connector and hardware found) then it restarts my computer
@HardwareCanucks awww man i got the card but it doesn’t work with my computer it gives me a pop up (vga connector and hardware found) then it restarts my computer
I have a XFX Radeon 5870 at the moment, would tere be any BIG difference between mine and the 6870?
I have a XFX Radeon 5870 at the moment, would tere be any BIG difference between mine and the 6870?
@Leonhart94z i think almost equal
@Leonhart94z i think almost equal
So the 6870 is better than the 5870 but it cost less?
So the 6870 is better than the 5870 but it cost less?
is the 6870 better than the 5850 or worse?
is the 6870 better than the 5850 or worse?
@Leonhart94z thats what i want to know…i was thinking of getting a 5850 but just heard about 6870
@Leonhart94z thats what i want to know…i was thinking of getting a 5850 but just heard about 6870
I guess i’ll wait for the 6970/6990 and crossfire it with my 5870.
I guess i’ll wait for the 6970/6990 and crossfire it with my 5870.