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Radeon HD 6850 Review
Radeon HD 6850 is a Performance GPU part of the Radeon HD 6000 Series based on the Southern Islands 40nm architecture. The Barts Pro core comes packed with 960 Shader Processing Units, 48TMUs and a nice count of 32 ROPs, since the card features a 256-bit memory interface. The central unit is clocked at 775Mhz and Memory clocked at 100Mhz. HD 6850 features fast GDDR5 Memory, and has the required bandwidth for Full HD gaming, although Modern Demanding games like Crysis 3 will need lowered AA techniques to achieve a playable frame rate.
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phu937
22:41 May-06-2013

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this gpu is misranked
EternalHaze
11:30 Apr-18-2013

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Will this be a good choice to upgrade my old graphics card??
Chyper
12:54 Apr-18-2013

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yep, after you bought this it is wise to plan the next upgrade on your computer, after that get a HD monitor to maximize it's gaming power ;)
Yarizmass
13:01 Apr-18-2013

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I totally agree with Chyper, It'll be a good upgrade.
Chyper
13:04 Apr-18-2013

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oh, am i right? rarely right on hardware section :P
EternalHaze
13:29 Apr-18-2013

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Wont my cpu bottleneck this card?
Chyper
13:35 Apr-18-2013

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a bit, that's why i suggest you save some money again to bought new CPU ;)
EternalHaze
13:45 Apr-18-2013

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What's the cheapest but best pair for this one?
Chyper
13:51 Apr-18-2013

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AMD Llano A8-3870K or your FM1 socket pretty cheap nowadays ;)
EternalHaze
14:33 Apr-18-2013

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Thanks buddy! ^_^
Chyper
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welcome :D
Nirshadroxz
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this one or hd 7770 and will this card bottleneck my cpu ?
Chyper
06:38 Apr-15-2013

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your system is just fine buddy, either HD 7770 or HD 6850 wont bottleneck your system ;)
gregalex87
19:47 Mar-22-2013

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For my friend system, How much bottleneck occur when Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz CPU is combined with HD 6850 or HD 7850...Also Tell me gud graphics cards that wont bottleneck big but also perform gud for new games...
lotmo218059
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I have 525 watt psu (http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=3082) will this support this gpu? thanks
Chairmandrew
15:32 May-05-2013

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yeah, its not too power hungry
Saints57
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Does this fit well in my rig? and also is 500 psu enough for this? Thanks in advance! :)
Raystlyn
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Fit as in physically on your case? This GPU would not cause any bottleneck. What is the model/make of your PSU? :D
Tero
13:00 Feb-05-2013

500W should be just enough, make sure it gives at least 25A on the +12V rail though ;)
Saints57
23:46 Feb-05-2013

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Okaay!
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11:40 Feb-03-2013

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Wtf is this? This gpu had GD rating 9 before couple of days now have 8. Also my processor had 8 GD rating now have 9.
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Tero
11:43 Feb-03-2013

The rankings are constantly refined as new GPUs and CPUs are released, new FPS info is entered into GD and as new benchmarks become available :)
jorfitz
18:36 Jan-30-2013

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if i upgrade to this should i keep my current graphics card and use both or would it even make much of a difference? :)
Tero
19:10 Jan-30-2013

Excuse me? You can't use them together (unless you plan on using your old card as a dedicated PhysX card which might be impossible when paired with an AMD card).
Recarding this GPU... This would be a great upgrade and it should go well with your CPU ;)
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19:15 Jan-30-2013

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thanks again Tero.. you're the best :) oh my friend said you can use two cards at once or something? :)
Tero
19:23 Jan-30-2013

Yeah you can (it's called either SLI with nVidia cards or CrossFire with AMD cards) but they need to be similar :)
EternalHaze
14:39 Apr-18-2013

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So can my Radeon HD 5570 use CrossFire??
Chyper
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yea, but you need appropriate PSU to run both GFX ;)
EternalHaze
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Won't 550W do or do I need more?
Chyper
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make sure to have 25 Amps :)
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will my CPU bottleneck this?
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Not at all :)
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will this be fine with a 400w psu?
dont want my pc to blow up:p
Tero
22:34 Jan-28-2013

I wouldn't recommend it :/
Raystlyn
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Nope, unless it's a very decent quality 400W with enough amperage on 12V, I'd get a better PSU to power your machine.
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yes it will, as long as the amps on the 12v are high enough. I currently have one running on a Cooler Master Elite 400 which is a pretty average 400w PSU by modern standards.
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