Today here in the LR labs we are going to be taking a look at some new technology and a bit of older technology. Back in 2009 ATI/AMD released the Radeon HD 5770 video card for around $159.99. More recently AMD released the 6800 series video cards that included the Radeon HD 6850 which, by coincidence or not, can be had for around $159.99 after rebates for the standard version with a 775 MHz core speed and a 1000 MHz Memory speed. For about $20 more you can get the Black Edition which is slightly overclocked at 820 MHz Core and 1200 MHz Memory speed, at least that's what mine came clocked with. So now the question stands, "how far have we come over the last year in the $160.00 price point for an AMD Radeon 6850?"As we all know, AMD was primarily a CPU and chip set maker up until its acquisition of ATI a few years back. AMD made the decision last year to start to eliminate the ATI name from its flagship products such as the Radeon HD video card line. Today we are going to be taking a look at both of these cards to see just how much has changed since the 5770's came out in October of 2009.