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Asus 1GB Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU PCI-E 2

by Asus
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
Price: £159.99
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  • Factory Overclocked at 790MHz for 10MHz higher than clock performance
  • Boost up to 50% higher with ASUS exclusive Voltage Tweak
  • Exclusive DirectCU thermal solution reaches 20% cooler
  • 3 year warranty
  • DirectX11 support
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Product Information

Technical Details
BrandAsus
Item Weight1.5 Kg
Product Dimensions41.1 x 23.6 x 9.1 cm
Item model numberEAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2
Graphics Card DescriptionRadeon HD 6850
Graphics RAM TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card Ram Size1 GB
  
Additional Information
ASINB004HXW5OU
Best Sellers Rank 24,252 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight2.7 Kg
Date First Available5 Jan 2011
  
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Product Description

The awaited 6000 series comes with plenty of ASUS unique features. Direct CU is an ASUS exclusive technology incorporating the effective heat conducting properties of copper. This effectively diffuses heat away from the GPU allowing it to work harder and deliver fantastic performance delivering 20% cooler operation.

ASUS exclusive Voltage Tweak Technology will boost performance by up to 50%, as well as this, users can benefit from 20% cooler card during game play and up to 35% less noise, under idle mode than generic HD 6850 with DIRECTCU Technology. Furthermore this product is pre overclocked to 790Mhz Core Clock Speed.

EMI Shield effectively blocks 66% radiation to protect users health and improves the clarity of graphics. Microsoft DirectX 11 support brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and the experience top quality performance. Microsoft Windows 7 Support enables PC users to enjoy an advanced computing experience and to do more with their PC.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic mid-range card 29 Mar 2011
By Andrew TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
The 6850 Direct CU is a fantastic card with typical high standards of Asus build quality. One of the biggest selling points this card has is the combination of cooling performance and high overclocking capabilities

The Direct CU cooler is very impressive, holding the card around the 65c threshold when gaming, and during normal use is barely audible. Though even when gaming its not intrusively loud. While there is no free game, the bundle includes a leather wallet, which can hold a small collection of CD's, or DVD's.

Overclocking headroom is fantastic, but I don't understand why Asus didn't set the default clocks higher - even 850mhz on the core and 1100mhz via the memory is fine using AMD's own catalyst overdrive feature.

I've had mine at 1000/1250 with a voltage bump using msi afterburner and the temps weren't too bad. I think 950/1150 is more realistic though, a sweet spot if you will. Though I do tend to keep the core at 850/1100 for everyday use, which it handles fine without the need for extra voltage.

If you are getting a 6850 I thoroughly recommend the asus one!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars High Performance Graphics Card 23 May 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
The Asus Radeon HD6850 simply plugs into a PCI-E motherboard slot and is ready to use. One slightly unexpected feature is the requirement for TWO auxiliary power connections (in some of the reviews describing earlier versions only one auxiliary power connection was present; Asus apparently changed that to two connections more recently).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very quiet 31 Aug 2011
By Uriel
Amazon Verified Purchase
Was looking for a replacement for a silent nVidia solution that burnt a couple weeks back. There is nothing in the area of silent on the market these days so had to go for a conventional cooling video card.

My demands were something with acceptable performance for a casual gamer, with a good price naturally and as quiet as possible. According to reviews the performance for this GPU was just right, the price was not too bad either, the only question was the amount of noise from the card. I went for it nevertheless, thinking that if it is too noisy I'll be just falling back to a cheap silent video I've got when I am not playing for extended periods of time.

However, to my big surprise, the card proved to be very quiet, after assembling the rig I could not tell that the old silent video card was gone and one with a fan was installed. The performance is fairly acceptable in line with the reviews and it is still fairly quiet even during load so I would call it one of the best solutions in terms of price, performance and noise levels.

5 stars without a question.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent card
Excellent card. It will play all the latest games at reasonable resolutions.
It is very quite.
I would highly recommend this card
Published 1 month ago by Burny
5.0 out of 5 stars Asus 1GB Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU PCI-E 2
Excellent card! Played any game i could throw at it in 1080p with ease, Providing your CPU is up to it too. Read more
Published 1 month ago by loren
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product
I am very pleased with this upgrade which was easy to fit. However although the packaging was a work of art there were no instructions included in the box which would have made... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lincspilot
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
This is a brilliant card (bang for buck) can run battlefield 3 on ultra online at 55-100 fps if you have the cpu to match it, also would make a cheap and very powerful crossfire... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bibnisman
5.0 out of 5 stars Best value for money GPU
The 6850 series cards are still powerful enough to play any game at 720p and most at 1080p. The ASUS cucore cards are among the best as they have a non-reference pcb, better and... Read more
Published 10 months ago by NIKOLAOS DASKAS
5.0 out of 5 stars Value Video Card
This video card was purchased as an update and replacement for a failed video card in my 5 year old dual core Mesh desktop computer. Read more
Published 11 months ago by ReMark
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy graphics card joy!
Great graphics card. Whisper quiet and the little Smart Doctor app that comes with it is pretty nifty too. No complaints about this. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dave
4.0 out of 5 stars So good I bought another one
I bought this graphics to replace my Radeon HD4850. This one has Dx11 support and the difference it makes to Crysis 2 is a "so good I could weep" kind of visual experience. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Derek Golding
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW
This is my first ever time installing a graphic card and this card made my day. Going to buy ASUS products for life now. Read more
Published 12 months ago by LeftoverTofu
4.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money GPU ..but really modarate work on drivers
I bought this card to replace my 2 year old GPU card as it's a very good value for money but it proved that the ASUS drivers have a lot of problems. Read more
Published 12 months ago by N. Voudouris
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