HD6850 advice

[paradisiac]

ok, so i finally ordered yesturday and its turning up later today. which drivers are best to run it on? are the new ones tested stable (i know ATI release a lot of hotfixes) or shall i just use the ones on the cd?

 

[nlel1975]

ok, so i finally ordered yesturday and its turning up later today. which drivers are best to run it on? are the new ones tested stable (i know ATI release a lot of hotfixes) or shall i just use the ones on the cd?

I used the ones on the CD as they were faster then the latest.

 

[Cool Breeze]

Depends on which brand you got, But I found as above that the latest on the Asus (my card) site were the best and stable.

Installed 10.12 from AMD site and some games would BSOD. So its upto you but +1 for the CD.

 

[paradisiac]

i went for a gigabyte one. gigabyte have no drivers for this on their site

EDIT: oh no found it, driver version 8.782 is on their site.

 

[paradisiac]

if i install older drivers, will windows 7 not decide it knows better and ask me to update them?

 

[paradisiac]

had a panic attack when it just turned up, the box is as big as the mobo box. but luckily on inspection the card doesnt look too long

 

[welshdragon]

I'm using the latest drivers off the AMD website for my Asus 6850, no problems at all! Overclocks nice and easy too, well done on your purchase!

 

[paradisiac]

i think i will stick to the cd drivers until i know its all working fine, then update them, 11.1 are out soon anyways aint they?
is the card a reasonable performer?

 

[welshdragon]

Yeah good performer dude. 11.1 out on the 26th roughly.

I can get mine to 1000/1250 on a voltage of 1.25 I think, would ahve to check, I have a thread on overclocking the 6850 with peoples results, 2 secs...
Edit: take a peek here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18220519

 

[paradisiac]

bit gutted it didnt come with 3dmark 11 but then i doubt many cards do
will consider OC'n it if i find it doesnt perform as i would like, but im hoping as most things ran ok on my HD5770 when i had it then this should be ok on stock.
how do they cope with DX11 stuff, the 5770s werent great at that.

 

[Cool Breeze]

They Handle DX 11 fine, upto 1650x1080 any how.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The HD6850 1GB also has improved tessellation performance too when compared to an HD5770 1GB.

 

[paradisiac]

managed to get pc rebuilt on new mobo last night (after a few issues) and am running on the drivers off the cd. unfortunatly working today so unable to test it, although i did run 3dmark 06 (i know not the best test for a dx11 card) and that seemed to give quite good FR during the tests.
other than 3dmark 11 is there anything else good for an overall benchmark, i know heaven will do gfx, but dont think it does cpu too does it?