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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
  • Like all ATI cards
  • It could use more memory bus width.
  • Not the best price/performance
  • Tends to be noisy under load
  • Not much overclocking potential on our sample
  • Long card
  • Might not fit all cases
  • DirectX 11 wont be relevant for quite a while
  • No support for CUDA / PhysX

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  Published: 2009-09-22, review by: firingsquad.com

  • Abstract:  ATI Radeon HD 5870 Performance PreviewAll warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we ...

 
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  Published: 2009-09-21, review by: hardwareunboxed.com

  • The new ATI Radeon HD 5870 is a seriously impressive graphics card, delivering a level of performance and efficiency previous unseen from a single-GPU graphics card. Having pushed the Radeon HD 5870 though 15 different games at 3 different resolutions,...

 
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  Published: 2010-10-20, review by: impulsegamer.com

  • At the end of the day, this card has the power but unfortunately the world is not just ready for this card. In a few months time, when more games support the features and more specifically DirectX 11, this card will start to advance in performance and...

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  Published: 2009-11-12, review by: pcauthority.com.au

  • A stunningly powerful card that tops the last generation’s best dual-GPU monsters. ...

 
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  Published: 2009-10-01, review by: impulsegamer.com

  • Although the Radeon HD 5870 is the king of the hill, it does come at a cost to the gamer, however if you're serious about gaming, than it's definitely something to consider. AMD have come a long way since the Radeon HD 4870 and with a few new cards ju...

 
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  Published: 2009-09-24, Author: Shane , review by: tweaktown.com

  • Having a direct look at the new generation card to its older generation sibling gives us a good idea of just how hard a company has worked to improve the technology they use in todays graphics cards. The HD 5870 is no different; its easy for peop...

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  Published: 2009-09-22, review by: goodgearguide.com.au

  • Significantly superior performance to the ATI Radeon HD4870 and HD4870X2 cards, good power consumption relative to performance
  • Loud fan at full noise
  • ATI’s brand new Radeon HD5870 is one of the most powerful graphics cards on the market. It out-performs the last generation models in all of our tests, and it even edges out NVIDIA’s GTX295 in some benchmarks too. Best of all, it does this whi...

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  Published: 2014-02-05, Author: Marc , review by: ocaholic.ch.english

  • Abstract:  A gamer simply can't get enough graphics power in their rig, which makes the upgrade question omnipresent. To show you whether it makes sense to upgrade from one generation to another we created this series of articles, where we will compare graphics card...

 
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  Published: 2013-02-28, Author: Christian , review by: ocaholic.ch.english

  • Abstract:  It hasn't been a long time that Unigine Corporation released a new version of their Heaven benchmark. One day after that, they showed a new benchmark: Unigine Valley 1.0. The developer team behind which has its roots in Siberia, found inspiration in their...

 
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  Published: 2013-02-04, Author: Koen , review by: uk.hardware.info

  • Abstract:  Today Futuremark released a new version of its popular 3DMark benchmarking software, which has been part of the standard Hardware.Info tests since the first version appeared in 1999. Futuremark seems to be taking a cue from Apple with the name this time...

 
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