Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6850 PCIE Video Card (100315L)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Not much to say that people don't already know, about how it's quiet (can't hear it over my case fans at idle, and can barely hear it over my case fans at load), overclocks well (975+/1200+ for my card), is cool (37C idle, 67C load, and that's with overclocking!), and powerful (roughly equal to a GTX460-1GB). I use 3-monitor Eyefinity all the time for productivity, and it's a huge bonus to not have to use multiple cards to achieve that.One thing that people might not know though is that this card is basically equal to the ASUS DirectCu. They are almost the same in terms of noise and GPU core temperatures, despite the direct-Cu thing which is apparently overblown. Look at reviewers who measure…
I have owned GTX 9800, GTX 260 and this is my third video card.By far the best because it offers very high frame per second AND most important to me: it is truely whisper quiet.Sapphire did an excellent job at building the heatsink fan. Now my whole computer runs cooler and quieter.You will love this if you own any nVidia GTX 260 or lower. This one is way more efficient than any nVidia GTX 260, 460 cards.Idle 50C (fan running at 35% completely silent)Load 68C (fan running at 60% slightly audible over case fan)Draws about 130Watts only vs 180Watts for the GTX 260, 460.Two thumbs up. Good job sapphire and amd. Highly recommended for gamers at 1080p resolution and for people who need 3 monitor…