HIS Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCIe H685F1GD

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Nice performance increase in this price segment, Great price/performance, Improvement in performance per Watt, Low power consumption, Native fullsize HDMI output, GDDR5 memory, HDMI 1.4 & DisplayPort 1.2 support, EyeFinity support up to 6 displays with on

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Incorrect shader count on our sample!, Limited overclocking potential, Cooler could be quieter, High Bluray power consumption, Lack of 3way and 4way CrossFire support, CCC Overdrive limits might be too low, DirectX 11 relevance very limited at this time.

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Last revision on April 29, 2019

Reviewers Liked

Nice performance increase in this price segment, Great price/performance, Improvement in performance per Watt, Low power consumption, Native fullsize HDMI output, GDDR5 memory, HDMI 1.4 & DisplayPort 1.2 support, EyeFinity support up to 6 displays with on

Reviewers Didn't Like

Incorrect shader count on our sample!, Limited overclocking potential, Cooler could be quieter, High Bluray power consumption, Lack of 3way and 4way CrossFire support, CCC Overdrive limits might be too low, DirectX 11 relevance very limited at this time

Expert reviews and ratings

The HIS HD6850 not only performs well at the stock speeds but overclocks very well so we can get even more performance out of...

By Bjorn3D on March 30, 2011

Take any card by either manufacturer and benchmark it next to its direct competitor from the other camp and there's at least one very clear conclusion to draw. Nvidia has the grunt, while AMD has the elegance. But another factor soon becomes...

By TechRadar on February 14, 2011

As mentioned before, HIS has sent us a HD 6850 card that seemed to be based on an engineering sample GPU from AMD. As a result our card ran with 1120 shaders, when it shouldhave 960 instead. This would have resulted in an unfair performance increase...

By techPowerUp! on October 21, 2010

Video Review: The HIS HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 Video Card is one of the best bang for the buck video cards out there. While it doesn't scream performance it is affordable and is jam packed full of features. Get a couple of these in a Crossfire setup and...

By 3dGameMan on November 10, 2010

The 6850 is a joy to test and use in day to day PC life. A lot of what we have been saying here gets put into a bit more perspective when you look at prices. At time of writing this, Newegg have the HIS Radeon 6850 1GB for $179.99. The cheapest...

By Viperlair on November 04, 2010

La Radeon HD 6850 basique de HIS n’est clairement pas le modèle que nous vous conseillerons. En cause, un aspect un peu trop « cheap » et un ventirad peu efficace qui produit une hausse des nuisances sonores et de la température GPU par rapport à...

By Hardware France on February 23, 2011