Bosco Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Frank and Mark take a look at some offerings from Sapphire, XFX, and Powercolor. http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_6800series/ Before anyone asks we will be doing some updated SLI and CF testing over the next few weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) Thank you for your hard work, I bet that took a long time comparing new cards with new cards is fine, but I think most of us would have preferred to have seen a 4000 series card or a 260 throw in the mix instead of the same model cards being bench marked against different brands I honestly would not have expected the sapphire 5770 to do that well against the old cards and the new cards Kind of makes me think that the new 6000 series is just for show, at least for now EDIT: too many colors, lol I think i got the 450sli mixed up with the 5770, that makes more sense Edited October 22, 2010 by potatochobit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 comparing new cards with new cards is fine, but I think most of us would have preferred to have seen a 4000 series card or a 260 throw in the mix instead of the same model cards being bench marked against different brands Different brands means different BIOS Its getting harder and harder to keep going back to older cards. We only have so much room and only so much time to test. Not to mention the fact that as I start changing our benchmarks there will no reason to test that stuff since they are not DX11 based that is another major issue we are facing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karnavor Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_6800series/18.htm I think you mixed up the load/overclocked load temperature graphs. Unless the cards actually run cooler when they are overclocked... Edit: Nevermind. I just saw that the fan speed was changed in the overclocked tests. Edited October 22, 2010 by karnavor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 The only negative I see from this release is that the stock cooler apparently sounds like my 4870X2's stock cooler when cranked up to 100%. On the other hand, I don't really think that's a huge issue considering the 6870/6850 stock fan never even gets close to 100% even when running Furmark/Kombuster from the reviews I've seen so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locutus Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Awesome sauce. So the 6850/6870 are the same performance as the 5850/5870 only at 50-100 dollars cheaper. Can't wait to see a larger price drop from nVidia on their lower end cards. I'd love to pick up a 450 for under a hundred bucks. XD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Load power for this card comes in at 181 watts when in use and a paltry 19watts is used when in an idle state. Love this Good Dumb Probably still would get a 460 1GB over either Nice review fellas! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 I know, so many tough decisions! HD 5870 or GTX 470 1GB HD 6870 or GTX 460 1GB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieg1337 Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Heres another review, showing all FPS. Minimum, Average and Max Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 I wish they did some reviews doing overclocked settings compared to stock. Anyone even thinking of getting the 6870 or 6850 will be thinking about getting a GTX 470 or a GTX 460 1GB. I think overclocked, the GTX 470 / 460 1GB would win in a price/performance overclocked competition. In SLI, definitely. Only Legit Reviews and Tom's Hardware has done an overclock on the 6870 and 6850, and I wasn't impressed (with the overclocked margins). Tom's Hardware (though they try), always compare overclocked results stupidly. Overclocked HD 6870 vs stock GTX 470 or stock GTX 460 1GB. C'mon, really? Also, never any overclocked SLI or overclocked Crossfire comparisons, either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieg1337 Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 2 HD6870s beat 2 HD5870s. Beats 2 GTX470's too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 2 HD6870s beat 2 HD5870s. Beats 2 GTX470's too Now that, is interesting (and only some times, not all the time)... but look at Min FPS at Tom's benches: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6870-radeon-hd-6850-barts,2776-20.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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