AMD Radeon HD 6870 & HD 6850 Video Card Review @ [H]

i was just surprised that my 6870 didnt have a bigger impact on fps. I am talking about wow only in this case havent tried anything else yet
WOW may be a bit cpu limited so try some other games before coming to any conclusions. most games should see a pretty large increase. something like Bad Company 2 will likely not though with your cpu.
 
it may be the cpu but its not likea core duo at 3 ghz is a slow cpu lol and not coming to any conclusion i posted here to get feedback i will try other games for sure. Just making sure im not missing something simple
 
Agreed that you should make sure you do a good driver cleaning and reinstall with the 10.10c hotfix that was just released. Also- other games may be a much better show of what the GPU can do- WOW may be more CPU limited than many other games (don't know as I don't play it myself).
 
it may be the cpu but its not likea core duo at 3 ghz is a slow cpu lol and not coming to any conclusion i posted here to get feedback i will try other games for sure. Just making sure im not missing something simple
its not slow but some games will require more cpu power to see the full use of a 6850. even with my E8500 at 3.8 there was zero improvement in some games when I used a gtx470. in fact I had to force DX10 in Bad Company 2 just to get the same performance I was already getting with the gtx260.
 
the 68xx series gfx drivers aren't optimized yet. therefore i dont think its a great comparision but i guess its the best for what we have for now
 
the 68xx series gfx drivers aren't optimized yet. therefore i dont think its a great comparision but i guess its the best for what we have for now
nothing personal but driver excuses get real old. this is not new architecture so there will likely be little to no improvement from newer drivers.
 
Both video cards have two mini-DisplayPort version 1.2 connectors. This is important because of the new Eyefinity features supported allowing daisy chaining displays and using a specialized hub to output multiple displays.

Can someone expand on this statement and maybe explain a bit more what that means and what the display options are because of this.

Also does Eyefinity support 5x1 portrait yet? And would this specialized hub help in achieving that setup?

Thanks.
 
does DisplayPort 1.2 support everthing that is in HDMI 1.4b?

also does 68xx series accelerate BD3D's BDMV profiles?
 
This is good for a start. There's one hour of MSI's Kombustor stability test on a Sapphire HD 6850 @ 945|1150 default voltage. Peak load was 68C. That's not bad for pumping out 600+ FPS for an hour. I used 80% fan speed because I didn't want to get screwed by thermals at like 55mins into the test. Tomorrow I am going to try 56% fan speed and see what happens.

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1968/6850oc.jpg
 
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This is good for a start. There's one hour of MSI's Kombustor stability test on a Sapphire HD 6850 @ 945|1150 default voltage. Peak load was 68C. That's not bad for pumping out 600+ FPS for an hour. I used 80% fan speed because I didn't want to get screwed by thermals at like 55mins into the test. Tomorrow I am going to try 56% fan speed and see what happens.

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1968/6850oc.jpg

or you could not worry about semantics and play some games :p it's not like you're gonna run your fan @ 80% while gaming, or tax it anywhere near as much as furmark.
 
Just ordered this:


What do you guys think?

I have two of them installed. They are reference design just like any other HD6870, but you get the double lifetime warranty.
 
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Can anyone who bought a ASUS or XFX 6870 confirm if a mini displayport to displayport adapter comes with the card.

I'm thinking of getting one and want to use eyefinity, but have 3 DVI LCD and plan on buying this adapter.

Thanks in advance.
 
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