1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:07,440 Now, I did a lot of launch coverage on the Radeon 6870, but I had a bit of a 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:12,719 realization today that I haven't even done an unboxing of the 6850. So, let's 3 00:00:10,639 --> 00:00:18,080 get started here. Just going to open up this XFX Radeon 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:22,960 6850. So, here we are. Let's start getting this opened up. And basically, 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:30,160 the Radeon 6850 has the same amount of RAM. It has the same GPU on it as the 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:33,600 6870. It is a member of the same series 7 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:36,320 of video cards, which is 6800 series. 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:41,600 And the only real difference is that it has a few less functional units, and 9 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:44,559 it's not quite as fast. So, oh yeah, it's also cheaper. I guess that's 10 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:48,000 another factor. So, XFX has a little brochure in here about some of their 11 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:50,960 products, including their Pro series, some adapters and connectors that you 12 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:55,320 might need if you're going to run affinity, for example. Some monitor 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:59,680 stands, two or three times moni. I'm glad they had this brochure in 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:03,680 here. Some low profofile kits for their graphics cards. All the power supplies. 15 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:08,680 We mentioned that already. Specs and like little internal like 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:12,880 cutouts. That's nice. It's useful, you know. All right. We've got a door 17 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:17,360 hanger. Do not disturb. I'm gaming. They've even updated it. I have one of 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:22,240 these with the old XFX dog on it or wolf or whatever it's supposed to be. And uh 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:26,560 yeah. Yeah, they've updated it. Cool. So, so there's some information on the 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:31,200 North America limited lifetime warranty. Remember, XFX includes a double lifetime 21 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:35,280 warranty. That means that even if you sell the card, whoever you sell it to 22 00:01:33,119 --> 00:01:38,479 also gets a lifetime warranty. They also have a modder friendly warranty, which 23 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:41,920 means you can install aftermarket heat sinks without voiding your warranty as 24 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:47,520 long as you keep the original one. Driver CD install guide, throw it away. AMD graphics card, another disc, throw 25 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:51,040 it away. And quick install guide. If you've ever installed a graphics card 26 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:55,759 before, throw it away. Okay, nothing in 27 00:01:53,240 --> 00:02:01,280 there. Seems like there's an error. Okay, next we have the Radeon 6850 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:06,159 itself. Now, something that I want to point out is that this is not a 29 00:02:03,759 --> 00:02:09,840 reference cooler. This is a reference board, but this is not a reference 30 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:14,680 cooler design. The reference cooler, you can actually see a reference 6870 here. 31 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:20,000 Now, why you might ask, do 6870s come with a reference cooler and 32 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:24,239 the 6850 does not? And the reason is because AMD has decided that for this 33 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:29,440 particular graphics card launch, they are not going to limit board partners in 34 00:02:26,879 --> 00:02:32,879 terms of which graph uh which cooler they use on the 6850. So that means 35 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:37,519 we've got all kinds of unique designs. So you can see the XFX1 uses a flower 36 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:41,360 style heat sink which looks like it has two large heat pipes. So here I want you 37 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,080 to have a look at that heat pipe in there. That appears to be a Oh, words 38 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:51,760 fail me. I can't remember how many millimeters that looks like it is. That's a big heat pipe or rather two. 39 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:55,280 And then you can see there is a copper uh core to the GPU cooler itself. You 40 00:02:53,760 --> 00:03:00,400 can see that through there. And then that runs out to aluminum fins which are 41 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:04,400 doing most of the cooling work. Now I just want to kind of look down here. It 42 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:08,400 looks like the graphics uh card memory chips are not directly cooled. Although 43 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:12,640 they are all situated, you can see the memory chips here and uh you can kind of 44 00:03:10,959 --> 00:03:15,840 see them through there are all situated almost directly under the fan. So you're 45 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:20,560 going to get a lot of incidental air flow. They've also cleverly shrouded the 46 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:24,720 cooler in such a way that when the air flow goes Okay, so you're pushing air 47 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,760 into the cooler. That means you're going to have a lot of incidental air flow 48 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:31,120 coming out this way. And they've also put vents here at the back. So you make 49 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:35,599 sure that some of it is going to be able to run over the VRM and then carry that 50 00:03:33,519 --> 00:03:39,000 heat out of the graphics card. You've got a six pin PCIe power connector here. 51 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:43,519 You've got Yeah, actually, you know what? I'm 52 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:47,920 totally wrong. Just like the 6870, the VRM are actually here. And there is a 53 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:52,640 little ventilation hole here in the shape of the XFX logo as you may or may 54 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:56,640 not have picked up on. Now, the 6850 has fewer connectors on the back panel. It 55 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:04,400 has two DVI, one HDMI, and one DisplayPort. The 6870 actually includes uh two 56 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:07,920 DVI, one HDMI, and two mini display 57 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:09,680 port. So, it's a slightly ah different 58 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:13,760 layout. There you are. Let's just compare those really quick. So, this is 59 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:17,919 more like the layout on the previous 5000 series cards. We've got a back 60 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:23,280 plate here holding on our GPU cooler. We've got a standard PCIe 16X interface. 61 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:27,120 Just like the 6870, the 6850 only supports two-way Crossfire, not 62 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:30,240 three-way Crossfire. And I think that covers pretty much everything I wanted 63 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:34,320 to say. This is an 80 mil fan, so it should operate very quietly. Thank you 64 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:40,960 for checking out my unboxing of the XFX Radeon HD 6850. And don't forget to 65 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,960 subscribe to Linus Tech Tips.