- This GPU is 9" long and will take up two expansion slots on the back of your case, so make sure your computer tower is large enough to accommodate it.I bought it for Star Wars: The Old Republic and get an average of 70 FPS at 1600x900 resolution, bloom and shadow turned on, and all graphics settings at high. Haven't yet seen the card heat to over 40 degrees Celsius.
- I bought this directly as part of a computer from CyberPowerPC, but they sell a similar configuration on Amazon: CyberpowerPC Gamer Xtreme GXi220 Desktop Computer.Both share the Powercolor 6850.I was nearly feeling like this was a waste of money, when I realized that someone (not me!) had plugged my monitor into the Intel on-board graphics. No wonder my Windows Experience number was so bad.A quick reconnect, and I was finally seeing the benefit of the video card.The first benefit was the much better appearance of my desktop background, which is a download of a Skyrim game screen.Then I went to play Skyrim, and the computer told me it had upgraded the graphics rating to High. This meant that…
- Chipset: Radeon HD6850 Engine Clock: 775 MHz Video Memory: 1GB DDR5
- Memory Clock: 1000 MHz (4.0 Gbps) Memory Interface: 256-bit Bus: PCI-Express 2.1 x16
- RAMDAC: 400 MHz Stream Processors: 960 Max. Resolution: 2560 x 1600
- Connectors: Dual DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Thermal: Fansink
- Support Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP Support ATI CrossFireX Technology
