Yes, I know. I do own Nvidia GPU.
But, OCing Shader Clock is not much effective than Memory and Core Clock.
You can try raise your Memory Clock by 100Mhz vs Shader Clock by 100MHz and test it out.
Personally, I tried that.
Memory Clock have better result compared to Shader Clock.

even oc gpu ram producing better result than the core...
but consume more power and easier to damage it..
pay extra careful when playing with it..

Yes, however, it's just on par(or slightly better or weaker) with Core. Not better than it.
It pawns Shader.

im on 10.10e.. i found out that when u set to supersampling even on idle your gc temp can go up alot than u set it to the lowest or adaptive.. scary eh

do you open internet browser, most likely your browser have hardware acceleration which make antialliasing takes effect, maybe windows aero also take it

Thx for furmark but the card failed again =(

maybe should try it when i got time lo~ haiz the card make me disappoint again =(

yalo but the artifact still appear again after i switch on computer this morning =(

Passive 6850 by sapphire! I wonder when will it be released here!

http://www.techpowerup.com/135146/PowerCol...phics-Card.html

only good for people that have side fan

not good for tropical climate

mine got 45~50c sometimes with fan

LMAO, the heatsink definitely not appeal to some, but for those who want near silent case for HTPC, etc.
Doubt many Malaysian will take this unless they have a darn good case or a darn good air-cond room

Probably can mount a fan there or in close proximity with a big heatsink like that adding a quiet fan should be sufficient

Not sure, but if the casing have good airflow and the cooler is designed properly why not. Passive coolers with good airflow can be cooler than active coolers with puny little heatsinks. Only problem is how much a premium is it.

An example compared to a reference card.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...-review-20.html


Yea. All for the quest of silentness or you can even zip tie a fan on the heat sink I guess =)

I am using a Corsair 550W CPU with 5970, 4 hours straight blackops is no problem at all.

blackops have cpu lag issue, your hd5970 not throlled? Beside black ops are too easy for hd5970, maybe if you put max setting. gpu usage wont be higher than 40%,hence less current used

because malaysia are hot country, i bet powercolor wont release this model, scared of massive rma, beside passive-cooler are dependent to environment temperature

This post has been edited by zerorating: Nov 26 2010, 11:02 AM

6850 not that hot.. it's possible to use passive cooler here..

+1, it is not strange to have passive cooler for 6850 card, try passive cooler on 6970 or 5870 I bet without fan, it still can produce good cooling temperature. As long your casing got enough room letting air to flow.

its possible (for other country, not hot country like malaysia), see how many temperature when running on place without a/c when the stock cooler reaches 80c

by looking on the cooler also looks very good..

even mine set to 20% fan speed also the temp around 46C on idle..
load around 60+ not even reaching 90c..

That's one helluva big passive cooler there .

But I don't see why can't it be used in our country. As long as the chassis has a good ventilation, then we're set . Otherwise, the heatsink looks large enough to accommodate a 90MM or 120MM fan .

yes it's nice with more heatpipes..

+2, HAF-X FTW!!! (opps, the money is spend somewhere else to make it cooler )