News - PowerColor unleashes single-slot Radeon HD 6850 card

[HEXUS]

How about four in your system, then?

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[Apex]

This could be the card that i have been waiting for to upgrade from my 4850

[Brewster0101]

Found that single slot coolers for the these mid range cards have always not cut the mustard - so to speak.

Cards get very hot and the heat disposed into the case is alot.

[miniyazz]

What's impressive here is that PowerColor doesn't meddle with the base frequencies of 775MHz core and 4,000MHz memory for this 127W TDP board

Not that impressive - there were quite a few variants of the 8800GT (125W) in single-slot form. I had a couple myself.

Found that single slot coolers for the these mid range cards have always not cut the mustard - so to speak.

Cards get very hot and the heat disposed into the case is alot.

This, however, is true. Probably less of a concern now than with previous generations because it'll only be pumping out lots of heat under use - comparatively next to nothing in Windows.

[Apex]

Found that single slot coolers for the these mid range cards have always not cut the mustard - so to speak.

Cards get very hot and the heat disposed into the case is alot.

I have a shuttle based rig so a single slot card is a must for me. Allways a trade off.