PowerColor Radeon HD 6850 SCS 3 Graphics Card Review - PAGE 4

Hardware Configuration:

• CPU: 920 @ 3.60GHz
• Motherboard: MSI X58 Platinum
• Memory: 6GB Mushkin Redline DDR3 1600
• Chassis: Microcool Banchetto 101 bench-table
• Power Supply: Enermax Galaxy 1000W
• HDD: 1.5TB GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
• Cooling: Corsair H60 dual-fan
• OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
• Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT

Drivers:

• Nvidia Driver: 275.20
• AMD Driver: 11.4

Benchmarks DX11:

• Futuremark: 3DMark 11
• Aliens vs Predator
• Unigine Heaven 2.1
• Metro 2033
• Lost Planet 2
• Colin McRae: DiRT 2
• Dragon Age II
• F1 2010

Benchmarks DX10:

• Futuremark: 3DMark Vantage
• Crysis Warhead
• Just Cause 2
• Batman Arkham Asylum

Test Settings:

All in-game benchmarks were performed at resolutions of 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600. Vsync is disabled in the control panel, AA is set to x4 with AF set to x16 and all the in-game settings are turned up to high.

Usage:

• Power consumption
• Temperature
• (Soon to come) acoustics testing

Specifications:

(Note: All models might not be included in this review. The table below is to be used for comparison purposes)