News - PowerColor tames HD 6850

[HEXUS]

Passive cooling to the rescue.

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[bigsnake123]

I am enjoying these passively cooled graphics cards. With such a slow down in power demand from games, I am looking forward to the industry refining chipset, lowering wattage and cooling these cards better.

[[GSV]Trig]

Hmmmm, a possible upgrade from my 4870 if this site it to be believed..

http://www.hwcompare.com/5933/radeon...adeon-hd-6850/

granted my 4870 is a touch faster than that site suggests but the 6850 should be faster still regardless..

[OilSheikh]

With all passive high-end cards, you need a case fan blowing air towards it or have a system with decent cooling inside it.