PowerColor HD6850 1GB GDDR5 and PowerColor PCS+ HD6870 1GB GDDR5
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Cooling
| PowerColor HD6850 1GB GDDR5 |
The cooler features a massive heatsink, with fins covering almost the entire PCB. Heatpipes further improve heat transfer. The plastic cover has a large, slow fan in the middle, so the cooler is very quiet (except maybe for when it starts). The cooler only touches the GPU, not memory chips as well. |
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| PowerColor PCS+ HD6870 1GB GDDR5 |
A similar but slightly larger device with a copper heatsink baseplate. |
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Traditionally, we monitored temperatures using the EVGA utility (based on RivaTuner).
PowerColor HD6850 1GB GDDR5
PowerColor PCS+ HD6870 1GB GDDR5
I think the 85°C of PowerColor PCS+ HD6870 1GB GDDR5 is a bit too high for such graphics cards, but that's what you sacrifice for factory overclocking. It's nothing extreme though. As for PowerColor HD6850 1GB GDDR5, it does much better in terms of temperature.
Bundles
A basic bundle should include a user manual, a software CD, and adapters/bridges where applicable. Now let's see what other accessories are bundled with each card.
| PowerColor HD6850 1GB GDDR5 |
This is a basic bundle plus a DVI-to-VGA adapter. |
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| PowerColor PCS+ HD6870 1GB GDDR5 |
This is a basic bundle plus DVI-to-VGA and mini-DP-to-DP adapters and a CrossFire bridge. |
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Boxes
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