AMD officially kicked off the holiday shopping season with the release of the Radeon HD6870 and HD6850, the first line up from the latest generation of the graphic cards. These cards are targeted at the $200 price bracket where most gamers would be spending the money on. Our initial review on the Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon HD 6850 shows that these cards performs quite well. The HD6850 is capable of taking Nvidia's GTX 460 head on. The HD6870 comes close to the GTX 470, and occasionally even outperforms AMD's own HD5870.