The new 6000 series cards haven’t quite made the splash we expected. Plus, as the smaller sibling of the pair, the HD 6850 could easily be overlooked. However, just like the more-powerful , this card provides an excellent balance of price and performance.It may be a cut-down version of the , but the HD 6850 still provides plenty of graphical power. In terms of pricing its on a par with the old HD 5830, and is around the same price as the cheaper of the Nvidias GTX 460 cards. In terms of performance, however, it easily outshines both these - in fact its pretty much the equal of the old HD 5850, which costs around 200.