AMD Radeon HD 6870 & HD 6850 in CrossFireX

Rob Williams · 10-25-2010, 08:58 PM

We took a hard look last week at AMD's Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850, and in the end, were left impressed. The FPS/$ ratio was superb, as was the feature-set. How do things look when the same cards are tossed into a CrossFireX setup? Well, AMD claims an up to 1.99x gain in certain games, so let's see how reliable that figure is.

You can take a look at our HD 6870/6850 CrossFireX evaluation and discuss it here!

Doomsday · 10-27-2010, 03:41 PM

this made me go back and check out your HD5770 Crossfire review, hehe! really considering it I am! Love the amount of different games used for benchmarking btw!

10-25-2010, 08:58 PM	#1
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10-27-2010, 03:41 PM	#2
Doomsday Tech Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KHI, PAK Posts: 1,539	this made me go back and check out your HD5770 Crossfire review, hehe! really considering it I am! Love the amount of different games used for benchmarking btw! __________________ PSU: Corsair AX850 - Case: Cooler Master HAF X - CPU:Core i7-2600k - Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT - Motherboard: Asus Z68 Maximus IV Extreme Z - Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB-1600Mhz - GPU: AMD MSI R6970 Lightning - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB, Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green - SSD: Intel 520 Series 120GB - K/B: Razer Lycosa Mirror - Mouse: Logitech G700 - MouseMat: Steel Series 4HD - LCD: Samsung 2333SW 23" - Speakers: Creative Inspire M4500 4.1 - Headset: Logitech G35 7.1 "Do not look at a man's prayers nor his fasts, rather, measure him by how well he deals with others, the compassion he shows his fellow man, his wisdom and his integrity" - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

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