WEBVTT 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 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:12.719 realization today that I haven't even done an unboxing of the 6850. So, let's 00:00:10.639 --> 00:00:18.080 get started here. Just going to open up this XFX Radeon 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:22.960 6850. So, here we are. Let's start getting this opened up. And basically, 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 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:33.600 6870. It is a member of the same series 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:36.320 of video cards, which is 6800 series. 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:41.600 And the only real difference is that it has a few less functional units, and 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 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:48.000 another factor. So, XFX has a little brochure in here about some of their 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:50.960 products, including their Pro series, some adapters and connectors that you 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:55.320 might need if you're going to run affinity, for example. Some monitor 00:00:53.120 --> 00:00:59.680 stands, two or three times moni. I'm glad they had this brochure in 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:03.680 here. Some low profofile kits for their graphics cards. All the power supplies. 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:08.680 We mentioned that already. Specs and like little internal like 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:12.880 cutouts. That's nice. It's useful, you know. All right. We've got a door 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:17.360 hanger. Do not disturb. I'm gaming. They've even updated it. I have one of 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 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:26.560 yeah. Yeah, they've updated it. Cool. So, so there's some information on the 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:31.200 North America limited lifetime warranty. Remember, XFX includes a double lifetime 00:01:29.119 --> 00:01:35.280 warranty. That means that even if you sell the card, whoever you sell it to 00:01:33.119 --> 00:01:38.479 also gets a lifetime warranty. They also have a modder friendly warranty, which 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:41.920 means you can install aftermarket heat sinks without voiding your warranty as 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 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:51.040 it away. And quick install guide. If you've ever installed a graphics card 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:55.759 before, throw it away. Okay, nothing in 00:01:53.240 --> 00:02:01.280 there. Seems like there's an error. Okay, next we have the Radeon 6850 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:06.159 itself. Now, something that I want to point out is that this is not a 00:02:03.759 --> 00:02:09.840 reference cooler. This is a reference board, but this is not a reference 00:02:08.160 --> 00:02:14.680 cooler design. The reference cooler, you can actually see a reference 6870 here. 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:20.000 Now, why you might ask, do 6870s come with a reference cooler and 00:02:17.440 --> 00:02:24.239 the 6850 does not? And the reason is because AMD has decided that for this 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:29.440 particular graphics card launch, they are not going to limit board partners in 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:32.879 terms of which graph uh which cooler they use on the 6850. So that means 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 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 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 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. 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 00:02:53.760 --> 00:03:00.400 can see that through there. And then that runs out to aluminum fins which are 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 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:08.400 looks like the graphics uh card memory chips are not directly cooled. Although 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 00:03:10.959 --> 00:03:15.840 see them through there are all situated almost directly under the fan. So you're 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:20.560 going to get a lot of incidental air flow. They've also cleverly shrouded the 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 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:27.760 into the cooler. That means you're going to have a lot of incidental air flow 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 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 00:03:33.519 --> 00:03:39.000 heat out of the graphics card. You've got a six pin PCIe power connector here. 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.519 You've got Yeah, actually, you know what? I'm 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:47.920 totally wrong. Just like the 6870, the VRM are actually here. And there is a 00:03:46.239 --> 00:03:52.640 little ventilation hole here in the shape of the XFX logo as you may or may 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:56.640 not have picked up on. Now, the 6850 has fewer connectors on the back panel. It 00:03:54.400 --> 00:04:04.400 has two DVI, one HDMI, and one DisplayPort. The 6870 actually includes uh two 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:07.920 DVI, one HDMI, and two mini display 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:09.680 port. So, it's a slightly ah different 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:13.760 layout. There you are. Let's just compare those really quick. So, this is 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:17.919 more like the layout on the previous 5000 series cards. We've got a back 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:23.280 plate here holding on our GPU cooler. We've got a standard PCIe 16X interface. 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:27.120 Just like the 6870, the 6850 only supports two-way Crossfire, not 00:04:24.960 --> 00:04:30.240 three-way Crossfire. And I think that covers pretty much everything I wanted 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:34.320 to say. This is an 80 mil fan, so it should operate very quietly. Thank you 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:40.960 for checking out my unboxing of the XFX Radeon HD 6850. And don't forget to 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:40.960 subscribe to Linus Tech Tips.