AMD Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 CrossFire Video Card Review

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The Test System

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Kingston HyperX T1 DDR3 memory modules were run in triple-channel mode at 1866MHz with 8-8-8-24 1T timings. The ATI Radeon HD 5000 series cards were all tested using CATALYST 10.10 drivers, the NVIDIA GeForce cards all used Forceware 260.89 WHQL drivers and. The ASUS P6X58D-E motherboard was run using BIOS 0303 with the processor running stock settings and Turbo enabled.

Windows 7 Drivers Used:
Intel Chipset Inf Update Program V9.1.1.1025
Realtek Audio Driver V6.0.1.6037 for Windows 64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver V11.10.5.3 for 32/64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)
Marvell 9128 SATA 6Gbps Controller Driver V1.0.0.1036 for 32/64bit Windows 7.

The Test System

Here is the Intel LGA 1366 Test platform:

Intel Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

Intel Core i7-970

Motherboard

ASUS P6X58D-E

Memory

6GB Kingston DDR3 1866MHz

Video Card

See Below

Hard Drive

Crucial C300 256GB SSD

Cooling

Titan Finrar

Power Supply

Corsair HX850W

Chassis

None (Open Bench)

Operating System

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

Video Cards Tested:

  • ASUS ENGTX470 GeForce GTX 470 – 608MHz Core/1215MHz Shader/837MHz Memory
  • EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB FTW – 850MHz Core/1700MHz Shader/1000MHz Memory
  • EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB SuperClocked – 763MHz Core/1526MHz Shader/950MHz Memory
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB – 783MHz Core/1566MHz Shader/902MHz Memory
  • EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB FTW – 920MHz Core/1840MHz Shader/1026MHz Memory
  • ASUS GeForce GTS 430 1GBDDR3 – 700MHz Core/1400MHz Shader/800MHz Memory
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 – 900Mhz Core / 1050MHz Memory
  • XFX Radeon HD 6870 – 900Mhz Core / 1050MHz Memory
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 – 775Mhz Core / 1000MHz Memory
  • XFX Radeon HD 6850 – 775Mhz Core / 1000MHz Memory
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 – 850Mhz Core / 1200MHz Memory
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 – 725Mhz Core / 1000MHz Memory
  • Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 – 850Mhz Core / 1200MHz Memory
  • HIS Radeon HD 5570 512MB GDDR5 – 650MHz Core / 1000MHz Memory

AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB Video Card:

AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB GPU-Z

XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB Video Card:

XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB GPU-Z

AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card:

AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GPU-Z

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