• Asus EAH6850 Direct CU

    Asus EAH6850 Direct CU

    Roydon Cerejo, Feb 23, 2011 1518 hrs IST

    Offers very good performance and features

    Good cooler, performs 10-15% faster than GTX 460 1GB (on average), nifty software to adjust core voltage, runs silent

    A bit pricey

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Asus took us by surprise when they launched their GTS 450 Direct CU edition graphics card for a stellar price. Not only was it the fastest card for less than 10K, it excelled in other areas as well by keeping the temperatures in check no matter how far we pushed the card. The AMD HD 6850 that's up for review features the very same magic cooler and comes at a very competitive price.

The Asus EAH6850 is factory overclocked, but not by much. The only change as compared to the reference card is the core speed, which has been bumped to 790MHz from 775MHz. The memory is left untouched. I guess Asus has left some room for the user to try his hand at overclocking using their SmartDoctor utility. The dual slot card has an open back design, which means the hot air isn't channeled out of the case directly but is dumped inside the case itself.

As long as you have one exhaust fan in your case, this should be a non-issue. While the MRP is somewhere around 14K, you can find this particular model in stores for close to 12K. This puts it straight up against the GTX 460 1GB, as currently there isn't any other DX11 card at this price point. So instead of giving you a laundry list of graphics card scores, let's pit them against each other and see which card makes a better buy in this segment.

Asus EAH6850 Direct CU





Bundle

  • Instruction booklet
  • Driver and Utility disks
  • CrossFire bridge
  • 2x PCIE to Molex power cable
  • DVI to VGA adapter
  • CD wallet

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(4) Comments
Shubham
,Lucknow, on Feb 24, 2011 05:49 PM
Can u tell from where can i get the latest prices of hardware in India and order them online (like newegg or amazon in US) ?
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Shubham
,Lucknow, on Feb 24, 2011 05:51 PM
And also i wanna upgrade from my crappy 9400gt. I have a Core2Duo @ 2.93Ghz so suggest a good GPU which my CPU can handle. Also what amount of power would be required as i suppose I'll have to change the PSU too.
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Rohan
,Allahabad, on Feb 24, 2011 03:03 PM
Hey Roydon, can you tell me from where can i get the latest prices of hardware in India? Is there a dedicated dite for it (like newegg.com or amazon.com in the US)? And can I order them online too? Also I have a desktop which has a Core2Duo E7500 @ 2.93 GHZ but only has a GeForce 9400GT :(. So i was thinking of upgrading. please suggest me a good GPU to go along my CPU and what amount of power is required to handle that? (as i think i might need a new PSU too)
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Abhishek
,noida, on Feb 24, 2011 02:52 PM
In most of the reviews you are using PSU of atleast 1000W while some gamers like me use PSU of 500-600 Watts, wouldn't it be good if you could have a test bench with minimal PSU requirement or wouldn't it be better if you could tell that how many watts are sufficient to run the card. Also it would be nice if you could use an AMD based test rig too as it will give gamers an idea that if they want to go for an AMD based system or already using an AMD based system how much performance they could expect. Hope TechTree would read my comments and do something good for gamers.
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