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Release Period	-	Nov-2010

Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition Review

Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon HD 6850. See its page for more information about it.
Compared to the Radeon HD 6850, this Special Edition has exactly the same specifications and we do not know of any special features that might boost its performance or any other tweaks, such as an improved cooling system.
Therefore, the performance is EXACTLY like the standard Radeon HD 6850 and enough to run today's demanding games at maximum settings while Very Demanding games like Metro 2033 or Max Payne 3, will probably require reduced settings to run smoothly.
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Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition Performance Specification

Core Speed

Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

775 MHz

Barts Pro

1024 MB

1000 MHz

256 Bit

GDDR5

128GB/sec

40nm

37.2 GTexel/s

24.8 GPixel/s

960

DX 11

5.0

4.1

2560x1600

127 Watts

500 Watt & 25 Amps

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

GPU Upgrade

Approved

GD Value

GD RATING

GPU Features

No the Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Core i5-760 Quad 2.8GHz

8 GB

1680 x 1050

Radeon HD 7950

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9.0

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Grimreeper786

17:46 Nov-16-2012

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CPU

Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 6790 XFX 1GB Edition oc: 10%

RAM

4GB DDR2 667MHz

RES

1680 x 1050
width x height

Phone

Nokia Asha 300

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What is the difference between mine and this?

Mazasrb

17:57 Nov-16-2012

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CPU

Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz oc: 5%

GFX

Radeon HD 6770 MSI MD 1GB oc: 10%

RAM

4GB DDR2 800MHz

RES

1280 x 1024
width x height

635

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This one has a bit lower clocks than yours.And little different cooling,Nothing special.They use the same chip.

Raystlyn

17:57 Nov-16-2012

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CPU

Athlon II X2 250

GFX

Radeon HD 6670

RAM

3GB DDR2 667MHz

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1366 x 768
width x height

Phone

Samsung GT-E2120

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Yours has a slightly higher clocked core and transfers data insignificantly faster due to better memory bandwidth

adolphite

11:30 Jul-06-2012

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APU A10-4600M Quad Core

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Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual

RAM

6GB DDR3 0MHz

RES

1366 x 768
width x height

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isnt there something wrong with this line "enough to run today's demanding games at maximum settings while Very Demanding games like Metro 2033 or Max Payne 3, will probably require reduced settings to run smoothly"??

phantom0

22:43 Aug-09-2012

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Saved at: Jun-01-2013

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Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

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Radeon HD 6850 PowerColor Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1366 x 768
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