AMD Radeon HD 6850

by Rafael Hernandez on June 27, 2011 · 0 comments

HIS Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo video card image

Good enough processor performance means that you can consider spending the extra cash you had marked on a high-end CPU for other, more pressing, matters. The AMD Radeon HD6850 and HD6950 offer great gaming performance at good prices which makes them a great target for that multi-GPU capable gaming machine you’ve been planning on building. […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2010 · 0 comments

AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card CrossFireX image

Multi GPU performance relies quite a bit on how well the graphics chips handle communicating with each other and the quality of the drivers that are available for the setups. The AMD Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 offer an intriguing combination of pricing, power consumption, temperature, and driver maturity that somehow manages to push their […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2010 · 0 comments

AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card image

Those expecting miracles from the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 graphics cards should instead hold on to their hopes for the 6900 series. Everyone else has a lot to look forward to with AMD’s latest chip refresh which takes the tried and true design of last year’s ground breaking 5800 series and does some […]

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