HIS HD6850 IceQ X Turbo 1GB (H685QNT1GD)
Mar 24th, 2011 | By JaredGames are a big factor in many consumers’ purchasing decisions and particularly so when looking at the HD 68xx series video cards.
First up on the block is Crysis. Crysis obviously needs no introduction as a system killer even after all of these years when it comes to performance. All settings were set to Very High with 2x anti-aliasing and the built in GPU benchmark was used.
At resolutions up to 1680×1050 Crysis is completely playable with averages above 30 FPS. As we have seen in just about every benchmark there are nice gains from overclocking.
Next up is Far Cry 2 that utilizes a new game engine designed specifically for this game called Dunia. The Dunia engine is DirectX 10 and should stress the cards pretty good. Tests were run with settings at Ultra High and 8x anti-aliasing.
Far Cry 2 is playable at any settings for the 6850 IceQ X Turbo at either the factory overclock or my additional overclocked settings. There is an increase of nearly 5 FPS from the overclock across the board.
Metro 2033 is another first person shooter that was released in 2010 and focuses on survival in a post-apocalyptic Russia. With DirectX 11 support, Metro 2033 boasts some stunning visuals. The built in benchmarking tool was used with the following settings: DX11, Very High, AAA and 16x AF.
We see more modest games from overclocking in Metro 2033 but still some good results here with some fairly demanding settings.
The last game benchmark on the agenda today is Codemaster’s Dirt 2. For testing I used the Ultra preset with 4x MSAA and used the games built in graphics benchmark.
HIS’s 6850 IceQ X Turbo handles Dirt 2 with no problems whatsoever. There is close to a 4 FPS gain across the board from overclocking and the 6850 nips at the heels of the 5870.