ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU Review

👤by Sahil Mannick Comments 📅21-10-10
3DMark 06 & Vantage

3DMark 06

Futuremark has been the testing ground for enthusiasts ever since their first release in 1999! While 2006 is long gone, it's still very popular amongst benchers.


3DMark06 highlights just how CPU dependent it has become over the years. Nonetheless, we can still see the difference between the cards. The HD6870 falls between HD5850 and HD5870 performance and manages to take the lead when overclocked.

The HD6850 is a bit more disappointing in that regards, being unable to match Nvidia’s GTX460 and likewise when both are overclocked.

3DMark Vantage

This latest benchmark suite from Futuremark introduces DX 10 & PhysX support. Despite being on the verge of DX 11 games arriving, Vantage is still the chosen benchmark amongst enthusiasts these days.




The latest Futuremark benchmark tool is more adept at differentiating the cards. The HD6870 closely mirrors the HD5850 results and far exceeds the GTX460 performance. Unfortunately, the gains aren’t significant enough when overclocked to match an overclocked HD5850 or a stock HD5870. The HD6870 has a clear 15-20% performance lead over the GTX460 at stock speed but this reduces to around 9% under overclocked speeds.

The HD6850 trades blows with the GTX460 in the performance pre-set at both stock and overclocked speeds. In the extreme pre-set however, it falls short of the HD6850 by 9% at stock speed and 7.5% with both overclocked.


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