PowerColor Radeon HD 6850 PCS+ 1GB GDDR5 PCIe AX6850-1GBD5-PPDH

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Nice performance increase in this price segment, Improvement in performance per Watt, Overclocked out of the box, Less noise under load than other HD 6850 cards, Low power consumption, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Call of Duty 2 Modern Warfa

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No software voltage control, Overclock out of the box is rather small, Cooler could be quieter in idle, High Bluray power consumption, Lack of 3way and 4way CrossFire support, DirectX 11 relevance very limited at this time, No support for CUDA / PhysX

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Last revision on January 23, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Nice performance increase in this price segment, Improvement in performance per Watt, Overclocked out of the box, Less noise under load than other HD 6850 cards, Low power consumption, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Call of Duty 2 Modern Warfa

Reviewers Didn't Like

No software voltage control, Overclock out of the box is rather small, Cooler could be quieter in idle, High Bluray power consumption, Lack of 3way and 4way CrossFire support, DirectX 11 relevance very limited at this time, No support for CUDA / PhysX

Expert reviews and ratings

PowerColor's HD 6850 PCS+ is the first HD 6850 to reach our labs that uses a heavily modified HD 6850 PCB design. PowerColor has chosen to replace the CHiL voltage regulator with one from uPi which is considerably cheaper but does not offer the...

By techPowerUp! on November 04, 2010

PowerColor has signed a disappointing Radeon HD 6850 PCS+ here, especially when it comes to the cooler, which is not up to par in terms of what is nevertheless a relatively undemanding GPU and makes too much noise in...

By BeHardware on April 13, 2011

PowerColor HD 6850 PCS+ is a factory overclocked card that comes with special cooling. The card is currently priced at €162 in the EU, which is about €15 more than PowerColor’s reference HD 6850. PowerColor HD 6850 PCS+ performance is...

By Fudzilla on January 21, 2011

The HD 6850 even in reference form is a very capable graphics card that has an in-game performance level rivaling cards that commanded a $350+ premium just a year ago. The PowerColor HD 6850+ is no reference card though, as this model boasts GPU and...

By Neoseeker on November 30, 2010

The PowerColor HD 6850 PCS+ is a true contender in an already crowded market. Offering a substantial overclock right out of the box, this card does not by any means let its other PCS+ brethren down. When pushed to its absolute limits without voltage...

By Overclockers Club on November 23, 2010

For this editor one of the more exciting product releases this year has been AMD's Radeon 6800 series. Now we are all still waiting on the best from AMD which has yet to arrive, the 6900 series, but the Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 have had a warm...

By Guru of 3D on November 17, 2010

Die PowerColor PCS+ HD6850 kann vor allem durch die eigene Kühlerlösung überzeugen. Diese ist unter Last deutlich leiser als das Referenzmodell und eignet sich daher auch für Silent-Systeme. Unhörbar ist sie allerdings nicht....

By Hartware.net on November 29, 2010

PowerColor nous signe ici une Radeon HD 6850 PCS+ décevante, notamment avec un ventirad qui ne se montre pas à la hauteur d’un GPU pourtant relativement peu gourmand, ce qui entraîne des nuisances sonores trop élevées en...

By Hardware France on February 23, 2011

Spesso gli appassionati di tecnologia non gradiscono le soluzioni overclocked: costano di più del modello reference e la differenza di frequenza può facilmente essere colmata manualmente. Generalmente il sistema di raffreddamento ed il prezzo...

By Pc Tuner on December 31, 2010

Unsere nachfolgende Gesamtwertung bezieht sich ausschließlich auf den aktuellen Status Quo und das aktuelle Testfeld und spiegelt in der Zusammenfassung unsere Erfahrungen im Test wieder. Man gelangt mittels Klick auf die einzelne Wertungskategorie...

By HardTecs4U on November 07, 2010

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