XFX HD-685X-ZNBC Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition Video Card - 1GB, DDR5, PCI-Express 2.1 (x16), Dual-DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, CrossFireX Ready, EyefinityItem#: P450-6857  |  Model#: HD-685X-ZNBC

Great Bang for the Buck

Card is a bit loud, but not too bad. This is to be expected with any higher-end card. The card performs very well with the capability to overclock easily. Only downfall is you cannot use a three monitor setup using both DVI connections and the HDMI. You can if you use the display port. The HDMI and DVI processing is done through the same chipset therefor limiting the amount of monitors you can use based on your setup. Other than that, this card has been awesome. Was able to get around this issue using the onboard video in a hybrid crossfire setup.

Awesome product!

Lets just say I can run any game that is out right now at their highest graphic settings. I tested them all, Crysis 2, Dead Space 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, etc. As for the

Good Gaming Decision

I bought two of these cards for the purpose of gaming and some light end overclocking in my first build. Out of the box I was saddended to find that I had to order a crossfire bridge seperately, so I had to wait a week to test out the full power of the set. Even alone I was surprised to be posting numbers above 4000 in 3D Mark11, adding the second card doubled my frames and boosted my score to around 7100. In any games I have played thus far (all of the latest titles) they have never missed a beat with ultra graphics and full anti-aliasing. As for the noise, I don't understand why people complain. If you want a quiet card then maybe you shouldnt be playing games! These cards are powerful and need to be cooled, the noise isnt even bad at all! In summary these are great cards for gaming, and I would imagine video and photo editing would be greatly helped by these too. Great buy!

I happy wit it!

All good but is loud at 50% fan speed. I turn down to 40% and I can barley hear it in Web browsing mod. If games are going cant even noticed sound from fan. Over all I love it and make sure to turn your Fan speed to 40%-42% if u like to cut the noise down.

Excellent card but noisy as hell!

I owned a few video cards and this one is the loudest I have ever had. Even when running at minimal non-gaming windows 7 it buzzes constantly. When playing a game it quickly rises to about 70 degrees celcius and the fan goes nuts. This is a great deal in term of performance since it runs maximum resolution on all recent games with very little lag (if any). Good thing is that I play with a gaming headset so the noise doesn't botter me much. But if you want to play without a headset it will get to you. Good overclocker if you change the fan.