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by hassan-mujtaba (Jun, 2014)The memory modules feature an aggressively styled anodized aluminum heat spreader which helps dissipate heat more effectively while the memory stick uses a full black PCB which looks great from an aesthetic point of view.
by Don-Woligroski (Aug, 2012)These benchmarks reveal how mid-range and high-end cards fare when Guild Wars 2 is cranked up as high as it can go.
Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performanceData courtesy Passmark
Features Key features of the Radeon HD 6850 X2
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
In The News From around the web
| 21 Sep |
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Continuing with AMD's attempts, especially since the start of the Crimson Edition line, to release a driver alongside big game releases, the graphics vendor has published Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2.
It should also fix things like mouse pointer corruption on RX 400 series graphics.
| 24 Aug |
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Over the last couple of quarters we have seen AMD gain in this space, and keeping in mind that Q2 2016 does not include sales of AMD's new Polaris-based graphics cards like the Radeon RX 480, the jump to 29.9% is a big move for the company.
| 11 May |
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NVIDIA's Game Ready drivers didn't strive for WHQL certification until just recently, and, even then, WHQL certification doesn't mean what it used to.
If you play Battleborn, which launched on May 3rd, then AMD has added a new CrossFire profile for that game.
| 25 Apr |
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If you are having issues with games crashing to desktop on launch you will still need to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved overlay, unfortunately.
Best of all, our DirectX 12 leadership continues to be strong, as shown by the performance numbers below.
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | AMD |
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| GPU name | Barts PRO |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 800 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | Yes |
| Reference card | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 800 MHz 4 GB |
raw performance
| Shading units | 1,920 |
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| Texture mapping units | 96 |
| Render output processors | 64 |
| Compute units | 24 |
| Pixel rate | 51.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 76.8 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 3,072 GFLOPS |
memory
| Memory clock speed | 1,050 MHz |
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| Effective memory clock speed | 4,200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 512 bit |
| Memory | 4,096 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bandwidth | 268.8 GB/s |
noise and power
| TDP | 254W |
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 | AMD Radeon HD 6850
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