“The HIS HD6850 IceQ X is quite possibly the best HD6850 on the market. The appearance is sure to divide opinion, after all you can’t release a semi transparent aqua coloured graphics card and expect everyone to accept it without question. We actually think it looks rather striking and while our first impression was negative, we grew to like the appearance.” - KitGuru "Must Have Award"

"The IceQ X Turbo HD 6850 reminds us why we love the IceQ series so much; the cooling performance you get from the IceQ based cards is great. We're a good couple of degrees cooler than the reference card, while we're a good couple of FPS faster, all for only slightly more money. The first model to get the IceQ treatment is the baby HD 6850 which has proven that it's capable of offering us some great performance for the price. Fortunately HIS haven't just strapped on a new cooler, though, with the model falling under the IceQ X Turbo series which means that apart from that updated cooler, it also carries with it an overclock." - TweakTown - "Best Value Award"

"The HIS HD5450 Silence is a great card and this version is specifically targeting an audience with only PCIe 1x slot support. The vanilla version at half the price will be a more sensible option for a semi modern media center, but we appreciate HIS are helping to support people with legacy systems." - KitGuru "Worth Considering"

"6970 is quite videcard, big plus that videocard can be really overclocked, in Vantage result - 20657, 3D mark 11 (professional) 3896. Videocard have two Bios, Nvidia haven't this. Super fast, Faster than 570 gtx but lower price." - CHIP "Editor's Choice"

"the cooling system is very powerful and besides I could not hear it at all at 1m distance . thumbs up for HIS IceQ Turbo X video card that is very successfu" - WASD "Recommended Award"

"The HIS HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo 1GB GDDR5 Video Card comes pre-overclocked, is packed with excellent features, massive cooler with a quiet fan and is affordable. This is without a doubt, one of the best bang-for-the-buck video cards on the planet. If value for your money is what you are after, this is it!" - 3D Gameman "KickAss Award"

"HIS HD 6970 Turbo 2GB is a nice little buy. The best thing is that the premium for the pre overclock is only minor, making it easy to justify." - TweakTown "Must Have Award"

"Overall we are very impressed with the performance of the adapter.  When performing basic tasks like browsing and word processing, you wouldn’t know that the monitor is connected to anything other than a graphics card....it represents great value for money and is perfect for those on the go or those who need multiple displays on their laptop.  Thanks to it’s Mac compatibility, we can see many Macbook owners adopting these so they can use multiple external displays." KitGuru "Must Have Award"

"The HD 6850 is an excellent graphics card. In the DX11 gaming benchmarks Metro 2033 and Alien Vs. Predate it sets new benchmarks in its price class. Overall, the card is fast enough to enjoy the latest games in HD"- PC Go "Sehr Gut Award"

"Performance gaming at a very low price point. The HD6970 eats the HD5870 for breakfast and is priced way lower than its predecessor was at launch." - KitGuru "Must Have Award"

"This card really surprised me in the end. I offer great performance for the price.... This card really targets the average gamer that wants to get real performance without spending next month’s rent money to get it." - Gamers' Daily New "Gold Award"

"The HD 6950 only show some of what it’s capable of when looking at one card.  Throw two together, like we did with the HIS, and you’ve just got an unreal setup that offers strong performance and at a strong price point.  For all our power it’s one of the better valued setups and by itself the model still holds very good value." - TweakTown "Best Vaule Award"

"Radeon HD 6900-series provides excellent scaling.  Two Radeon HD 6970s make mincemeat of most present games" - HEXUS "Performance Award"

"new tesselation calcul unit, UVD 3, new video interface support, 3D...Regarding the HIS product especially, the reviewer find it quiet when idle and not to loud when in charge.For the temperature ,measurement are of 45°C under windows and 77°C under Furmark that are very good values to the reviewer opinion." - PC Jeux. "90% score"

"The Radeon HD 6870 is one of AMD's second-generation of DX-11 graphite. Compared to the AMD reference design HIS has "turbo" card.  The 1024 MByte clocked higher, and in 3DMark Vantage-performance test is made this with 18.759 Noticeable points, an increase
equivalent of about 4% (reference18. 057 map). " - PCgo "Sher Gut Award"

" HD6970 does its job of providing a good performance card in the sub-£300 bracket. It is fairly cool, and fairly quiet and the tessellation improvements AMD have brought really do make a difference over the previous cards." - Overclock3D "Bronze Award"

"The HD6850 gives great performance for a few beers over a couple of hundred ... should make it attractive enough to anyone who has yet to join the DirectX 11 generation which is the sole intention of AMD with this product release." Overclock 3D "Bronze Award"

"HIS themselves have to be applauded for releasing their cards in such quantities at launch. The reference design ran cool and silent, drawing very little power....8% on the core but there are reports of much higher clocks being attaine" - Vortez"Bronze Award"

"A powerful card for a very reasonable price, the HD 6950 is a great choice for any keen gamer." - Expert Review "Best Buy"

"If you're on a system that doesn't have a PCIe x16 slot and want Eyefinity in a efficient capacity, this isn't just the best option, but the only one!" - Tweaktown "Best Features"