In particular, AMD has stated that these launch parts, named Barts (part of the Northern Islands family) are mainstream offerings. Just how mainstream? The HD 6850 is set to retail for $179, while the ...

The AMD Radeon HD 6850 is an impressive performer, and its modest price tag will blow you away. Don’t be fooled by the Radeon HD 6850’s position on the 6800-series totem pole. It may occupy ...

It's all a little weird, but AMD did a last minute reshuffle on names. What we thought was going to be the HD 6750 and HD 6770, launching this week is instead the HD 6850 and HD 6870. When people ...

AMD’s current plan is to launch 5 new graphics cards by the end of the year and it will start with today’s Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870. Next in line is Radeon HD 6970, the fastest single ...

With the release of the Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards, AMD delivers fantastic value for the average PC gamer. If you want great game performance but don’t want to spend too ...

Though, as you'll note here, the new Radeon HD 6850 offers 160 more stream processors and higher overall compute throughput as well. AMD is also coming out with enhanced image quality features ...

AMD released its long-awaited Radeon HD 6800 series of graphics cards late last week. We of course posted an in-depth look at the company’s two launch models, the Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850, and in ...

So instead of trotting out a $600 part to premier its new lineup of GPUs, AMD is rolling out a pair of more accessible GPUs--the Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850. The new 6000 series parts are basically ...

It's not like we didn't know they were coming, but here they are anyway - AMD's brand new Radeon HD 6870 & 6850 graphics cards. Codenamed "Barts" (no, not after the yellow haired member of the ...

All week long, we have posted information about Nvidia based cards, as well as speculations about AMD based 68xx series cards, and finally we have some product shots of the 6850 and 6870 cards ...

A strong entry in the sub-$200 video card arena, the AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics card provides some real competition for Nvidia's 768MB GTX 460. The folks at AMD were blindsided by Nvidia's ...

We no longer have to ask whether AMD has met the challenge, because the 6000 series is here, with one of its inaugural models the Radeon HD 6850 priced at $179 (list), and the answer is ...