Did anyone else pick up a 6 Series today?

[zerotol]

I just bought a Gigabyte non reference 6850 and I'm liking it for my other AMD 965 machine. Here is the YouTube unboxing video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90QxTSx6-8E

And also, my temps are: 34C idle, 54C+ load, 69C Furmark

I am interested in its acoustics.

Is it very silent?

[OCX600RR]

I am interested in its acoustics.

Is it very silent?

I PM'd him about the noise, here's what he had to say -

"Its pretty loud at 70%, though you can turn it down, didn't really notice much cooling difference when I turned it down."

[Krelin]

..Who wants Dolph Lungren on their card?

[ScottyPimpin]

Picked up the gigabyte 6870 today, will arrive in a few days from the egg!

Upgraded from a 4890, can't wait to play BC2 this weekend with it!

[XRogerX]

Other than 6870 supporting DX11 and running quite a bit cooler, I think you should probably wait for Cayman. 3x 4890 in tri xfire is a hell of a config and I don't think you'd see much of a gain going to 2x 6870 (remember, 6800 series is limited to two cards in xfire only!)

I ordered a pair of Sapphire 6850s which should get here tomorrow.

Hey Hemi thanks for the info but i only use the 4890 tirfire for benchmarking for the forum warz, but for everyday use i use only 1x4890

[Chrono Detector]

I am interested in its acoustics.

Is it very silent?

I PM'd him about the noise, here's what he had to say -

"Its pretty loud at 70%, though you can turn it down, didn't really notice much cooling difference when I turned it down."

At first its loud, when you install CCC by default and it sets to 70% for some reason, but set it to 20% and it will be quiet. Gigabyte did a good job cooling this card.

[Gaul]

My Asus 6870's just got here. God i'm hoping they'll do 1Ghz. Wonder how long it will be till RBE will support 6870 bios modding.

my 6870 CF easly touch 1GH/1150 each......

here :

[flopper]

ordered a 6850.
figure I can give it to my sisters kid later.
always fun with new ahrdware

[Hemi345]

Hey Hemi thanks for the info but i only use the 4890 tirfire for benchmarking for the forum warz, but for everyday use i use only 1x4890

Ahh. A friend is in the same situation. Since none of the guides have the 68xx mixed in with all the cards yet, we tried to guesstimate where they position using these two charts:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/a...ange-market/12

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/175?vs=164

*Since the numbers differ from the Anandtech's "Bench" to the 6800 series review for the 5850, I added/subtracted the % difference of the 5850 to adjust the 4890 numbers.

HAWX 1920x1200:
6850CF - 169
5870 - 102
6870 - 101
5850 - 89
6850 - 88
4890 -69*

Mass Effect 1920x1200:
6850CF - 112
5870 - 73.1
6870 - 64.9
5850 - 61.9
6850 - 59.2
4890 -53.3*

$360 for a pair of small/cool/quiet 6850s was just too attractive

Hope this helps.