Testseek.com have collected 145 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCIe.
October 2010
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The editors liked
Fast
Decent cooler
Overclocking
Largely excellent midrange gaming performance. Improved technologies and video quality over previous-generation cards. Competitively priced.
Stellar general performance for the price
Great power efficiency
Great gaming performance for the price
Stereoscopic 3D support with compatible monitors and HDTVs
Five ports makes connecting multiple monitors easier
Excellent mainstream DX11 graphics performance
Barts GPU Introduces stereoscopic 3D functionality
Reduced heat output enables nearly silent cooling fan
Fan exhausts all heated air outside of case
UVD3 Adds multiview CODEC for 3D Bluray playback
Improves DisplayPort to 1.2 with display chaining
Supports CrossFire functionality
Decent performance for the £200 class price
DX11 enhancements
New features
Cool and low power draw at 150W top power
The editors didn't like
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Slightly less powerful than same-priced
Overclocked competing cards. Only one dual-link DVI port.
Fledgling 3D support
Doesn't best Nvidia's GTX 480 (or even AMD's own previous-generation HD 5870)
Requires two six-pin power connectors
Blocks adjacent slot
Limited initial AMD HD3D product support
Fails to fix anisotropic texture filtering
Barts GPU yields minimal overclock
Can't quite beat selected GTX460 overclocked parts
Should have been named HD6860 as it's not faster than HD5870
A card that is an evolution of a successful series of cards, with competitive pricing cannot be bad. The 6800 series has attacked in NVIDIA’s GTX 460 turf quite strongly. It has motivated NVIDIA to already slash prices of the two most threatened cards,...
Gaming: Please check out gaming-oriented reviews of the HD 6870 at sites like like HardwareCanucks, The Tech Report, and AnandTech. The general consensus is that the HD 6870 performs somewhere in-between the HD 5850 and HD 5870 and is a much more ener...
Abstract: If all AMD wanted to do by releasing the Radeon HD 6870 was call Nvidia onto the carpet, it succeeded. That the outcome was essentially a draw, albeit one that left AMD just a bit more sore, doesn't call into..
Largely excellent midrange gaming performance. Improved technologies and video quality over previous-generation cards. Competitively priced.
Slightly less powerful than same-priced, overclocked competing cards. Only one dual-link DVI port.
The AMD Radeon HD 6870 represents some major improvements in the sub-$250 video card space, but Nvidia solutions can provide a bit more performance for the same price. ...
Abstract: So it looks like Nvidia, which was late in releasing its DirectX 11 architecture and transferring all its product lines to it, has been given no time to rest. AMD has used its opponent’s delay to prepare a new and sensitive blow. We are now looking forward to the Radeon HD 6900 “Cayman” to see if it will bring AMD the title of the maker..
To be frank, this one is a no brainer. AMD's Radeon HD 5850 had a good run, but its simply outclassed by a newcomer that offers superior performance, comparable power efficiency, and a lower price tag. A great card may be riding off into the sunset, b...
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Published: 2010-10-25, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Abstract: For a journalist, there's nothing better than having a good story to tell. At least, that's always been my way of thinking, and we've had no shortage of intrigue, one-upsmanship, and swings of momentum in the GPU arena over the past year or so. AMD gra...
The arrival of the HD 6870 1GB is causing a total reshuffle of GPU pricing from both red and green camps, so you’ll have to forgive us if inevitable price-shifts change the situation post-publishing this article. At time of writing the HD 6870 1GB is s...
Putting the new Radeon naming scheme aside, we'd like to focus more on the Radeon HD 6870's price and performance. The GeForce GTX 460 clearly got under AMD's skin, as the company created a product specifically to compete with it. At $239, the Radeon ...
