- I just got into PC gaming because I decided I wanted to play Star Wars: The Old Republic. I've played a few games in the past like Diablo 2 but never did WoW. I'm an Xbox guy, but decided I wanted to do something different. My Dell XPS 420 was fairly stock: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.33 ghz CPU with a ATI HD3400 GPU. The game was unplayable. It was super choppy, the movement was odd and I kept dying because I couldn't aim. Even at the lowest settings the game hurt my eyes and was no fun.So I upgraded.Read a few reviews and found the MSI R6850 to be in the sweet spot for price and performance. I don't need something crazy, but didn't want low-end. The 6850 gets glowing reviews with very few criticism…
- Just bought this card about a week ago at a local retail place.I wanted a crossfire ready card which this one is. I've been waiting for PChardware graphics to drop in price and jump in performance. Been wanting toget back into Microsoft's Flight Sim, yet the last time I tried FSX my PC'sperformance was dismal. Not anymore!...this card along with some otherupgrading allows me to run with the rest of them....yeeeehawwww!Pros:35 to 70 FPS in FSX @ 1920x1080dual DVIHDMI that works wellCrossfire bridge connector includedStays below 45c overclocked (in 3D)Cons (for me anyhoo):Had to bend the heat-sink fins a little because I use an Antec NSK2400 HTPC caseso the fit is a little close.The cards PCIE…
- GPU: Radeon HD 6850 Core Clock: 860MHz Stream Processors: 960 Stream Processing Units
- Effective Memory Clock: 1100MHz (4.4Gbps) Memory Size: 1GB
- 3D APIDirectX: DirectX 11 OpenGL: OpenGL 4.1
- PortsHDMI: 1 x HDMI DisplayPort: 1 x DisplayPort
- RAMDAC: 400 MHz Max Resolution: 2560 x 1600 CrossFireX Support: Yes Cooler: With Fan
- DVI: 2 x DVI (1 Single Link, 1 Dual Link)
- Dual-Link DVI Supported; Yes HDCP Ready: Yes
- Memory Interface: 256-bit Memory Type; GDDR5
