Saturday, October 23rd 2010
MSI Rolls Out Radeon HD 6800 Series Graphics Cards
MSI announced its Radeon HD 6800 series graphics cards, the HD 6870 based R6870-2PM2D1GD5, and the HD 6850 based R6850-PM2D1GD5. While the HD 6870 card sticks to AMD reference design both with PCB and cooling assembly, the HD 6850 uses AMD reference design PCB, with MSI's in-house cooler design, which makes use of a slightly larger GPU fan-heatsink, and a sporty-looking cooler shroud. Both cards also stick to reference clock speeds.
While the Radeon HD 6870 has 1120 stream processors, and clock speeds of 900 MHz core with 1050 MHz (4200 MHz effective) memory; the HD 6850 has 960 stream processors, 775 MHz core, 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) memory. The prices are expected to be largely standard, too. Around $250 for the HD 6870, and around $180 for the HD 6850.
While the Radeon HD 6870 has 1120 stream processors, and clock speeds of 900 MHz core with 1050 MHz (4200 MHz effective) memory; the HD 6850 has 960 stream processors, 775 MHz core, 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) memory. The prices are expected to be largely standard, too. Around $250 for the HD 6870, and around $180 for the HD 6850.
23 Comments on MSI Rolls Out Radeon HD 6800 Series Graphics Cards
Anyway, msi did it great again :toast:
No matter how bad the sticker is i will never try to remove another..... mainly as i'm lazy and don't like breathing methanol :laugh:
Why are companies only releasing reference designed cards for the 6870? Reference cards always run hot. I probably missed something in the massive 6000 series thread.
About the reference cards only, it's a limitation from AMD (as far as i have read), it's always the same at release all cards are reference unless they are specifically exempt like the 6850, 5830, 4830 and many more, although as far as i know that's usually as a cost cutting measure so there is always nothing special for a while after launch.
I didn't think about people who don't use cases, thanks for pointing that out as well. :)
I do admit though the majority of people will be unable to see the sticker in their case no matter how hard they try to so your original point is valid to most of the people who are complaining about how bad the stickers look.
But i geuss it shows that looks play an importaint part when it comes down to choosing a graphics card... even if the buyer can't see it once installed :laugh:
This is a heatsink built like a zalman vf1000 with a shroud attached
Or like this zerotherm cooler
It's not a unique design it's one many oems have adopted.
Asus certainly were not the first people to invent such a thing XD
*sigh*
I definitely think that would have helped out a lot, getting the glue off was easy with some rubbing alcohol the problem was the bits of paper stuck to it but i'm sure if the glue was heated it would have come off in one piece.
the 6870 looks like a wafer www.megamodo.com/images/galbusera/mm_WaferZeroGrano_Prodotto.jpg