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HIS Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo graphics card review

by Parm Mann on 7 February 2011, 09:13 4.5

Tags: HiS Graphics

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Test Methodology

GPU comparisons

Graphics cards Current pricing GPU clock (MHz) Stream processors Shader clock (MHz) Memory clock (MHz) Memory bus (bits) Graphics driver
HIS Radeon HD 5970 2,048MB £500 725 3,200 725 4,000 256 x 2 Catalyst 10.12P
HIS Radeon HD 6970 2,048MB £280 880 1,536 880 5,500 256 Catalyst 10.12P
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2,048MB £230 800 1,440 800 5,000 256 Catalyst 10.12
HIS Radeon HD 6870 1,024MB £175 900 1,120 900 4,200 256 Catalyst 10.12
HIS Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo 1,024MB Ā£157* 820 960 820 4,400 256 Catalyst 11.1a
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1,024MB £150 775 960 775 4,000 256 Catalyst 10.12
XFX Radeon HD 5870 1,024MB £190 825 1,600 825 4,800 256 Catalyst 10.10P
XFX Radeon HD 5850 1,024MB £155 725 1,440 725 4,000 256 Catalyst 10.10P
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1,536MB £395 772 512 1,544 4,008 384 ForceWare 262.99
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1,280MB £265 732 480 1,464 3,800 320 ForceWare 263.09
ASUS GeForce GTX 480 1,536MB £325 700 480 1,401 3,698 384 ForceWare 262.99
ASUS GeForce GTX 470 1,280MB £190 607 448 1,215 3,348 320 ForceWare 260.89
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1,024MB £200 822 384 1,644 4,008 256 ForceWare 266.56
KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1,024MB £140 675 336 1,350 3,600 256 ForceWare 266.58
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB £135 675 336 1,350 3,600 192 ForceWare 260.89
*Manufacturer RRP, UK pricing to be confirmed

Test bench

CPU Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition (3.33GHz, 12MB L3 cache, hexa-core, LGA1366)
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium
Memory 6GB Corsair DDR3 (9-9-9-24-1T @ 1,600MHz)
Power Supply Corsair HX1000W
Monitor Dell 30in 3007WFP
Disk drive(s) Corsair Force F80 SSD
Operating system Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage DX10, run at the 'high' preset and overall, GPU and Feature Test 4 scores noted.
Aliens vs. Predator DX11, 1,920x1,080, 2,560x1,600 resolutions, 2xAA, 16xAF, very high quality.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DX11, 1,920x1,080, 2,560x1,600 resolutions, 4xAA, 16xAF, ultra quality, FRAPS-recorded benchmark.
Call of Duty: Black Ops DX9, 1,920x1,080, 2,560x1,600 resolutions, 4xAA, ultra quality, FRAPS-recorded benchmark.
DiRT 2 DX11, 1,920x1,080, 2,560x1,600 resolutions, 4xAA, ultra quality, London map.
Just Cause 2 DX10, 1,920x1,080, 2,560x1,600 resolutions, 4xAA, 16xAF, Dark Tower benchmark
Mafia II DX9, 1,920x1,080, 2,560x1,600 resolutions, AA on, 16x AF, built-in benchmark
Power consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record mains power draw both when idle and whilst playing Call of Duty: BO. And, for a worst-case scenario, we throw in numbers from the FurMark stress test.
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature both when idle and whilst playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. And, for a worst-case scenario, we throw in numbers from the FurMark stress test.
Noise A PCE-318 noise level meter is placed at front of a Corsair 700D chassis with side panel on.