XFX HD 6850 Black Edition Review

Specifications:

Features:

Microsoft DirectX® 11

• AMD RadeonTM HD 6800 Series GPUs fully support Microsoft DirectX® 11, enabling the following: 
• Tessellation allows for real-time rendering of ultra-realistic characters and an incredible level of detail with 3D images
• HDR Texture compression delivers an intense level visual detail without increasing graphics memory footprint with efficiency and incredible image quality
• Multi-threading support for DirectX® 11 accelerates rendering by leveraging all the CPU cores for overall faster gaming performance
• DirectCompute improves PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX® 11-enabled application’s processing load, freeing up the computer’s main processor to take on additional tasks

AMD Eyefinity Technology

• Run multiple displays from a single graphics board and expand your gaming field of view across all displays

AMD Advanced Parallel Processing Technology

• Offload data parallel compute tasks from the CPU to GPU for improved performance and video playback.

Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology

• GDDR5 memory provides twice the bandwidth per pin of GDDR3 memory

AMD CrossFireXTM Technology

• Multi-GPU support offers superior performance and scalability3
• 3rd Generation TeraScale Engine
• Massive arrays of on-chip compute units offer the latest in graphics functionality and performance

40nm Process Technology

•  More efficient process technology puts more transistors in less space

Microsoft Windows 7® Support

• Comprehensive OS support including Windows XP, Windows Vista, the very latest Windows 7 functionality and Driver support

Accelerated Video Transcoding

• Native support for common transcoding instructions in each shader for motion estimation that accelerates video encoding

Display Flexibility

• Enjoy a full range of display options natively on the board, including dual-link DVI-I, DisplayPort and HDMI

HDMI 1.4a

• HDMI 1.4 support with Deep Color, 7.1 HighBitrate Audio, and 3D Stereoscopic support Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master AudioTM Support
• Support of content protected, high bandwidth, 7.1 channels of surround sound over HDMI

AMD PowerPlayTM Technology4

• AMD PowerPlayTM capabilities vary power characteristics based on usage load

Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD 3)

•  Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond and enjoy a more feature rich experience with enhanced Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD 3)
  

   

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