MSI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition

AMD's Radeon HD 6800 series is placed in the critical upper mid-range segment and studied there in the form of the Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 for buyers. The smaller version kicks the strong GeForce GTX 460 from Nvidia, certainly not an easy opponent. However, the customer has the choice not only in Nvidia but also in AMD. Of the Radeon HD 6850, there are also numerous partner models, so that possible in terms of the different clock speeds and cooling systems are many different variants. In order to assist in the decision, we have therefore already some time ago, five different "Radeon HD 6850" models considered. We wanted to close the chapter of the smallest Radeon HD 6800 model really, but MSI has now sent another version of the race, which has the potential to delay its class and they are: the Radeon HD 6850 OC Cyclone Power Edition.

MSI has a total of three variants of the Radeon HD 6850 in its own portfolio:

• MSI Radeon HD 6850: Own design, standard clock speeds, 1,024 MB
• MSI Radeon HD 6850 OC: your own design, slightly higher clock speeds, 1,024 MB
• MSI Radeon HD 6850 OC Cyclone Power Edition : Own design, higher clock speeds, PCB optimized for OC and features, "silent mode", 1,024 MB

Two special features we have to mention it in the MSI Radeon HD 6850 OC Cyclone Power Edition separately. Thus, MSI optimized, there are the PCB of the graphics card and it can not only (as usual) to adjust the GPU voltage but also the tensions of GDDR5 memory and the clock. Secondly, the graphics card, similar to the reference design Radeon HD 6950 and Radeon HD 6970, equipped with a second BIOS. There is a switch on the board, it switches to that between the two software versions. The default setting (performance) can rotate the fan at very high speeds, while the silent setting the speed in 3D mode reduced to ensure a quieter operation.