****Official 6850/6870 Reviews thread****

[Buckster]

I'm going to go 4890 - GTX470 I thik

idle power of 470 I think is about 35-40W less

and load power is only 40-50W or so more

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

For the price, I'm really considering moving from the 1gb 4870 to a 6870, they do have nice performance for the price they can be picked up for.
The 4870's power use at idle/desktop/web browsing is just becoming an annoyance... More of the PCs time is spent not at full load gaming, I need a card that'll do the job.

The only thing that annoys me about the 6850 and 6870 is the naming.
It should be 6770 and 6830 and that's really pushing it for a 68*0 name.

The HD6000 series is returning to the naming strategy seen with the HD3000 and HD4000 series.

 

[hyperst]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I run crossfire 5770, would I get better frames and quality with a single 6870?

 

[Gantoris]

I don't understand why everyone's so caught up on the naming it all makes perfect sence to me, the plan to release a super cheap low end version eventually which is why they wanted to save the 67xx designation. Its not a marketing ploy or a cheap trick its just that the release order is mid ---> high ---> low.

 

[opethdisciple]

Yea, will just take a while for people to get used to, thats all.

 

[Mr Krugga]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I run crossfire 5770, would I get better frames and quality with a single 6870?

No.

 

[Final8y]

Look at that Scaling 6870.

METRO 2033

Single 21 FPS

CROSS FIRE = 40 FPS

WARHEAD

1920x1200 4xAA
SINGLE = 52 FPS

CROSS FIRE = 98 FPS

 

[antran]

^^ you got your 6870s already?

 

[Final8y]

^^ you got your 6870s already?

Not mine & happy with my 5970's

 

[mishima]

Another one for y'all - Raven if you could add to the OP please http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/articles_pages/asus_eah6850_directcu_review,1.html

 

[Buckster]

great review - but I'd like to see some reviews please of 470 OC vs 6870 OC