PowerColor Radeon HD 6850 AX6850 1GBD5-DH Video Card with Eyefinity

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Can't beat this card for the dollars. You just can't. And it only desires 1 6-pin energy connector. None. Why spend additional for the same thing?

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See other thoughts See other thoughts I didn't go back to a Nvidia card. I swapped for a Gigabyte HD 6850. It has been operating because Dec with out any problems. I assume it has turn into apparent there was some mfg. defect in the card I originally bought. That can occur to any mfg.

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For the cost point, it's difficult to beat this card's overall performance. Would really struggle to find a game that this point couldn't manage on Ultra/Very high settings. Some have mentioned the fan is a tiny loud, even though I have not heard it since installing :) NONE! - (Card is a small extended, so be positive you have a case it fits in). Quite great card for the price point. Read a review of someone saying you needed an OS to set up the card? DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS Particular person!!! Just a ridiculous statement. Card installs fine, didn't have any problems... setup on a fresh install on an ASUS MB without ANY problems. Naturally, if no one else is reporting the problem, it's a user error, not a PowerColor or ATI problem. I Highly Suggest THIS CARD (this is the 3rd PowerColor card I've owned... all have been wonderful).

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Appears to do all I require, crysis on high settings runs wonderful. I purchased a price range athlon 2 x2 260 regor, and the bottleneck is the processor. nothing comes to mind. I program on upgrading my cpu to a different amd quad will Probably make a giant difference. I downloaded amd's most current driver, so not confident about the drivers on the disk didnt use them.

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Low price, 1GB ddr5, directx 11, Short card. None yet. I got two 6850s. A single card not as excellent as two 4850s, But A Main IMPROVEMENT when crossfired with a different 6850.

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Got it for a wonderful price. The card handles all my gaming requirements at 1920 x 1080 4x aa with high settings. I did not will need something that effective mainly because I do not play initial 1 shooters which are the most graphic heavy load games. Also I read a lot of great things about Powercolor's customer service. Absolutely nothing however. If anything my electric bill may well see a slight increase lol. I was debating if I ought to get this one particular or the pcs version but due to the fact I don't overclock it didn't make significantly sense.

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Games where fantastic when it ran. Card kept shutting down my system. Browsing the internet or playing games I could only get ten minutes of time just before it would shut it down. Yes I have the newest bios on my mb and downloaded the newest drivers for the card and have a power provide much more then capable of handling almost everything thrown its way. I use to really like ATI cards but lately I haven't had any luck with them so I guess back to Nvidia RMA'd the card the incredibly subsequent day and ordered the GTX 470. Hopefully the Nvidia doesn't give me any difficulties.*Disclaimer* Any misspellings or incoherent sentences are purely the keyboards fault Manufacturer Response:Inform-tale sign of either a faulty power provide, or basically a power provide that isn't powerful enough. For the former, you have to preserve in thoughts that just due to the fact your computer is turning on, that doesn't mean your PSU is working the way it need to. The initially symptom of a failing or weak power supply is technique shut downs in the middle of heavy load scenarios. Either way, feel totally free to e-mail me if you have any other questions relating to the problems you had been possessing. hugo@powercolor.com, thanks.-Hugo

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uncomplicated to install effortless to crossfire and software program that came with it was close to getting up to date. i have been able to run all of my games that i own on highest possible settings and still get 60+ fps does not come with a crossfire bridge luckily the motherboard that i purchased for my create came with a crossfire cable so no worry's for me. after updating the drivers and catalyst i was able to more than clock a suitable amount with out worrying about becoming unstable. more than all for a much less high priced video card it is just awesome.

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Was Seriously blown away by this card, ran Rift at the highest auto settings (Ultra) and was receiving an typical of 85 fps though my 1 gb nvidia 530 is acquiring 10 to 20, two entirely unique cards, and rates but each 1gb cards. None It is a significant card, can see people with smaller situations getting problems.

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Runs cool. Great performance for the cost. I can lastly run all of my games at the max settings. Low power draw. Massive perfomance enhance from my 9800 gt. none

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This card is the best bang for the buck imho. It is very fast and quiet. My games running smooth like butter. Requires only a single power adapter plug compared to my old Radeon 4870 which required two.

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Supports up to three monitors and works well with HD. Fan functions great, haven't had any heating problems. Every thing runs on ultra from wow to SC2. Of course New Vegas tends to make it a lil' jittery on maximum settings. None so far other then I dislike the ATI catalyst interface for setting up your gaming/monitor. Very suggest. Operates fantastic. Major card so make confident the dimensions fit your case/mobo so you wont have to disconnect any wires or replace a mobo.

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Bought the moment it was obtainable on newegg, received it a handful of days later and installed it. Seemed to operate, drivers installed fine, was in a position to use it in Windows 7 64bit with no hassle. - Which was about all it was able to be utilised with. Whenever I loaded up a game the screen would tilt off to the side and distort, not precisely an overheating dilemma since there was no actual artifacts on the screen. When I loaded up Furmark the screen instantaneously went green and out of synced my monitor so I had to challenging reboot, fundamentally whenever I really used the hardware intensively it'd distort the screen and out of sync the video, meaning I'd have to tough reboot. I tested this card on three diverse computers all getting the similar result. it was a gaming GPU that could not game.Returned to newegg. Manufacturer Response:Sorry for the complications you ran into. We haven't had very a lot of issues with this precise model card so it's in all probability protected to assume that you received a faulty a single. Either way, if you continue to have issues with the replacement feel free of charge to get in touch with me and I'll be more than prepared to enable you out in trouble to resolve the difficulty. My e-mail is hugo@powercolor.com, thanks!-Hugo

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Excellent card for the value can't say something poor. None Would advocate this card to everyone.

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Snagged this a while back while it was on a great sale. It is definitely a cheap buy if you can find it for 30 or so dollars off. Recommended to anyone! Can run almost any game on high+ graphics

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Bought this card about $30 less than other 6850's on the market at the time. Run's most games on high. Stable on 800Mhz overclock with temps below 70c. 36.2fps Unengine Heaven.

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Compared to the HD3870 it replaced it is pretty much silent. Its overall performance is really impressive. Some random artifacts in Dragon Age 2 which I hope new drivers from ATI will repair. I am very pleased with the price point.

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Lives up to the critiques I read for this card. It is a big step up from my aging EVGA 8600. I am a gamer on a price range and this card fit in effectively and performs wonderful for less than 赨. No problems with the ATI drivers and it fit nicely in my Gigabyte MB. There are no extras with this card. I did know this just before ordering it though so can't decuct an egg. Keeping my fingers crossed, I've only had it a week.

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Nice card, does the job, not too big.Was a steal during Boxing day ;o)

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Playing on max settings on my games with no difficulty... I got it it crossfired.... and it performs better than my 400 $ video card... ...... nonetheless thinking......... sorry cant assume of anything. they gave me a totally free giftcard... i dont know what to do with it....

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I can literally play anything I wants on Ultra settings! I have spent more than $1000 in Steam Games it blows through everything i through at it. It can sometimes get hot, CCC gives you a good idea of what the temps are and you can adjust the fan speeds which can be helpful. I'v had it for almost a year now at least.. Overall great price as well and great product! Thanks NCIX.

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Large improvement over my HD3850 AGP.Runs nicely with MSI Afterburner.GPU is only applied at 50-70% in UT3 in 2048x1152 max good quality. Fan can be quite noisy at high speed, but that is where MSI afterburner helps.But I plan to put an HR-03 GT on it. I'm now used to have a silent computer because about 2 years and I don't want to go back. Now the noisiest point in my computer is the fan on the video card. I reduced the speed in 2D and the temperature is kept at 55 degrees C. I hope it won't go also high through the summer. But I strategy to put a Thermalright HR-03 GT (from my HD3850) on it, it will probably drop the temperature about 20 degrees and it will be passive in 2D.I don't play current games, I got UT3, WOW and LOTR and the GPU just have all the power required. Perhaps in much more current games I would not have enough power to play with max good quality in 2048x1152, but I don't have one yet. So the HD6850 was the finest point to get at this price point.

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-Runs relatively cool and is extremely quiet-Plays all the most current games in DirectX 11 -Didn't come with a crossfire bridge (lost an egg for that) I'm utilizing this card in my extremely 1st custom gaming Pc and so far it has been wonderful. Im playing games on High-Max settings in 1920 x 1080 and I will soon be finding an additional one particular of these to crossfire with. If you want a cool quiet card that will run all the most current games I extremely suggest this card!

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Luckily my case has a modular design, pulled the hard drive module out so the card could fit. Stuck hard drives in a static area. Card length & shroud thickness covered 2 sata connections on the motherboard. Limited now to 2 sata connectors. This is just bad luck or poor motherboard design. Ncix sells affordable 3.5" drive enclosures, so my sata storage drive can be used, via usb 2.0.This card was the single biggest improvement for my older core 2 duo (e5200). Took a gamble using it on an older 755 motherboard with pci-e 1.1 (x16), booted no problem & works like a charm! Can play battlefield 3 on medium & multiple instances of mmo's play soo well. overclocking is limited, but there. Exceptional value.

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I've now upgraded generation immediately after generation from the 4000-series...they were excellent...5000-series is better...6000-series is off the chart! HIGH overall performance specs in all my game settings, ultra quiet!!! none to speak of... n/a