nVidia equivalent of Radeon HD 6850?

Your quote is messed up but, yeah, thats just horse hooey. Im sure (hope) he is joking.

I have an ASUS HD6850 and that card uses 2 6 pin connectors. It's a fantastic card for the price although I'm starting to see the price of 6870's coming down to within $20 of the 6850 so I don't know.

That "SE" comment people are making is an important one to heed. I almost bought an "SE" version to save a few bucks when I bought my (no longer my) 460 768mb version. The "slower edition" (I like that one earth haha) isn't worth the money trade off.

I notice you're considering a 6870, this isn't a bad option either. Just remember ATi doesn't have CUDA so you could get a better card but you'd be right back into the "no CUDA" boat.