Testseek.com have collected 128 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 PCIe.
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The editors liked
Best singleGPU performance
Huge improvement
Nearly 100% over 4870
Insignificant idle power
Low noise allaround
DirectX 11
First!
High singlecore clock speed
Huge performance improvement
Support for DirectX 11
DirectX 10.1
Sexy looks
Very low power consumption
Reasonably quiet in idle
GDDR5 memory
Low temperatures
Support for software based voltage control
Support for AMD EyeFinity Technology
Native...
The editors didn't like
High power consumption at full load
Needs matching highend hardware to appreciate fully
Abstract: All Mac Pro GPUs above were in a in a 'Mid 2010' Mac Pro 3.33GHz Hex-Core. The GeForce GTX 680MX is the only exception -- embedded in the 'Late 2012' (27") iMac 3.4GHz Core i7. All Macs were running OS X 10.8.3...
Abstract: Once again we look at ATI’s CrossFireX versus NVIDIA’s SLI in terms of real world gaming performance, but this time we are using three brand new games that have just been released. This will show us how CrossFireX and SLI perform in new game releases ...
Abstract: We’ve been seeing NVIDIA’s new mainstream champion, the GeForce GTX 460 hold the spotlight by providing a solid gameplay experience while representing a very good value. When two of these Galaxy GTX 460 1GB video cards are combined in a system and SLI...
Putting together these value comparisons is harder than it looks. Oh, sure, looking at our overall value graphs and making broad generalizations is a lot of fun, but it can be quite misleading. You've gotta keep the hidden variables in mind. If this en...
Using three 1,920 x 1,080 screens represents the largest practical amount of screen space with which to show the benefits of the 2GB of memory of the Eyefinity 6 card, as 21.5in and 23.5in screens use this resolution and the 16:9 aspect ratio is dominant...
So what conclusion can be drawn from todays testing?Firstly I'm sure a lot of you have come into todays review with a preconceived notion of exactly what card you'd like. In previous times the general consensus was to purchase the highest priced card y...
It would probably be something of an insult to your intelligence to being our conclusions by telling you that two Radeon HD 5870 boards in CrossFire is faster than a single card, but.... well, it is. Thankfully, the days of poor performance scaling w...
Abstract: Summing up today’s test session, we have to admit that the Radeon HD 5850 is going to be the only real opponent to the Radeon HD 5870 until the arrival of the next generation of graphics cards from Nvidia. In fact, it is such a dangerous opponent that purchasing the top RV870-based model may not seem reasonable..
