Nice find cloud.
Here's guru3d's review:
Radeon HD 6850 & 6870 review
Incredible stuff going on folks, they managed to lower the power consumption, temps and fan noise, while still yielding a pretty darn good performance baseline (on line with GTX 470 and ~Radeon HD 5870 [in some cases]).
And all for $240.
Definitely on the bandwagon.
6850 and 6870 on the Egg on sale:
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Video Cards & Video Devices,Desktop Graphics / Video Cards,Radeon HD 6000 series
XFX 6870 Graphic Cards - AMD Radeon HD 6000 - AMD Radeon
XFX 6850 Graphic Cards - AMD Radeon HD 6000 - AMD Radeon
Fabe
Well there under 270ish for sure so im waiting to hear when you have purchased it im getting mine in another week or so and then bask in the glory
Well seeing that my 4890 is still getting the job done nicely, the 6870 is a low priority purchase for the time being.... meaning I have other stuff to get first.
But... if the price stays under 270ish, the priority could move up rather quickly(however you'll probably have yours before I purchase mine)
Well, most HD 6870's are going for $239.99 right about now.Well seeing that my 4890 is still getting the job done nicely, the 6870 is a low priority purchase for the time being.... meaning I have other stuff to get first.
But... if the price stays under 270ish, the priority could move up rather quickly
That's significantly under $270.
It's faster, consumes less power and produces less heat.
EDIT: Plus... DirectX11 hmmm yum yum.
I can't believe the XFX 6850 is only 199.99 That's insanely inexpensive.I paid well over that for my Evga GTX 260 Superclocked
I've always been a Nvidia Fan boy but with these kinds of prices it's kinda hard not to justify buying one or two of these if only my board supported crossfire.
Oh well I'll be doing a new build in the next 6 months so we'll see where we're at then.
Newegg.com - XFX HD-685X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
Fabe
so does these 6870's use 2x6 pins or no cause i recieved info you had to have dual 6 pins
If not please correct me cause i am prepared to buy a new psu on top of getting the card im thinking i will go newegg simply cause the xfx series is cheaper then in retail market by 50 bucks but i'll have to wait in see im thinking by first week in nov i will be getting my card
but it will really help if someone knew the actuall power requirments
and also i was looking at the asus card with a 50% voltage tweek i really don't know what that means im assuming it is already oc'ed anyhow i would like to know if anyone has gotten one or recieved it yet ? and how good does it feel
Somebody had posted a link here to Techgage, can't remember who.so does these 6870's use 2x6 pins or no cause i recieved info you had to have dual 6 pins
If not please correct me cause i am prepared to buy a new psu on top of getting the card im thinking i will go newegg simply cause the xfx series is cheaper then in retail market by 50 bucks but i'll have to wait in see im thinking by first week in nov i will be getting my card
but it will really help if someone knew the actuall power requirments
and also i was looking at the asus card with a 50% voltage tweek i really don't know what that means im assuming it is already oc'ed anyhow i would like to know if anyone has gotten one or recieved it yet ? and how good does it feel
Gonna grab some
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