SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 REVIEW
"The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 uses the Barts GPU at 775Mhz and has 1GB GDDR5 memory running at 4000Mhz. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 has a 256Bit Memory Interface, 960 Shader Processors and DirectX 11. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 faces the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme which has DX11 and 1440 Shader Processors. Software used for testing was 3dmark 2006, 3dmark Vantage, 3dmark 11, Dirt 3, Call of Duty Black Ops, Crysis Warhead and Hawk 2. It's going to be an interesting fight between the Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 and Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme which has 34% more Shader Processors for that extra performance impact. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 also has a small advantage of a 7% Higher Core Clock Speed which should give it a small performance boost."
| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
| VIDEO CARD | SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME | |
| ATI DRIVER | CATALYST v11.6 WHQL |
| PROCESSOR | AMD ATHLON II X4 645 |
| MOTHERBOARD | FOXCONN A76ML-K 3.0 |
| MEMORY | PATRIOT 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE |
CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPSHIGH QUALITY
EXTREME QUALITY
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME |
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 put in a solid resulte with Call of Duty Black Ops. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 finishes 7% slower than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme." |
CRYSIS WARHEADHIGH QUALITY
EXTREME QUALITY
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME |
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 put in a good performance with Crysis Warhead. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 finished 4% slower than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme." |
HAWK 2HIGH QUALITY
EXTREME QUALITY
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5850 XTREME |
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 put in an amazing performance with Hawk 2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 finished only 2% slower than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme for a good result." |
FINAL RESULTCOMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 has a tough fight on it's hands facing the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme. I was surprised by how close in performance the Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 came to the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme has some major strengths such as the 1440 Shader Processors which was superior to the Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 with it's 960 Shader Processors. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 is a very good video card, offering all of the latest Technology and operates at a low level of noise and temperature. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 is cheaper, runs cooler and performs slightly faster or slightly slower than the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme which makes the Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 the video card to get if you want great gaming on a budget." |
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 SCORES 9/10! |
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SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 REVIEW INDEX
| PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850 INTRODUCTION |
| PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 RESULTS |
| PAGE 3 - 3DMARK VANTAGE RESULTS |
| PAGE 4 - 3DMARK 11 RESULTS |
| PAGE 5 - COD BLACK OPS, CRYSIS WARHEAD, HAWK 2 AND FINAL RESULT |
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