MSI R6850 Cyclone Power Edition Review

Written by Harry Butler

April 1, 2011 | 07:44

Tags: #april-fool #hd-6850 #lol #radeon-hd-6850

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Arma II: Operation Arrowhead

Publisher: IDEA Games

From our Operation Arrowhead Review:
'Speaking of engines, Operation Arrowhead is still a massive challenge for any PC to play smoothly, so you should forget about running it on maximum settings. Bohemia Interactive claims to have optimised things for Arrowhead, but we didn’t find that it ran any faster than Arma II. This is a great shame, as when maxed out, Operation Arrowhead’s guerrilla-infested mountains are simply breathtaking to behold.

Operation Arrowhead doesn’t fundamentally change the gameplay of Arma II, so it’s still a very unforgiving mil-sim. If you’re expecting to run and gun and live then forget it, in a mil-sim such as Operation Arrowhead you have to think like a soldier to survive.
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We test this hugely demanding game at its most challenging settings, with all the detail options set to Very High and High anti-aliasing enabled. For the benchmark itself, we use a 60-second FRAPs run performed within our own custom time demo. As the benchmark is variable due to AI inconsistencies, tests are performed three times and the average result is used.

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Arma II: Operation Arrowhead

1,680 x 1,050 4x AA 16x AF, DirectX 11, Very High Detail

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (overclocked)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (stock)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.3GB
  • MSI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2) 896MB
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Arma II: Operation Arrowhead

1,920 x 1,080 4x AA 16x AF, DirectX 11, Very High Detail

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (overclocked)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (stock)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • MSI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2) 896MB
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Arma II: Operation Arrowhead

2,560 x 1,600 4x AA 16x AF, DirectX 11, Very High Detail

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (overclocked)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (stock)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2) 896MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • MSI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB
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For an explanation of the meaning of these numbers, head to the Results Analysis page.
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