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
Published: 2012-05-18, Author: Carl , review by: HardCOREware.net
Abstract: Today we'll be comparing AMD vs Nvidia, but rather than looking at the latest $1000 or $700 or even $400 cards based on the latest chipsets, we'll instead be paying attention to a pair of models that have been around for a while. There are a few reasons f...
Abstract: Having launched its Barts-based Radeon HD 68xx series and Cayman-based Radeon HD 69xx series together with the dual-processor Radeon HD 6990, AMD now enjoys a strong position in the graphics card market. In the lower market segment the company has roll...
Abstract: Thee successor to AMD's popular Radeon HD 5850, the Radeon HD 6870 is the larger, more capable member of AMD's new 6800 series lineup. This midrange graphics card manages to outpace its closest relative--the Radeon HD 5850 --while doing minimal damage ...
Abstract: Both the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 offer great performance for the prices and being able to drive multiple displays with one card via DisplayPort is great. While these cards might not appeal to the enthusiast gamer, they still offer up plenty of power and plenty of features.
Abstract: Computers with two or more graphics card are an interesting concept, one that has always intrigued enthusiasts. Ever since Voodoo 2, one of the most popular PCI 3D accelerators of all time, a dual graphics subsystem has been something that everyone is ...
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The 6870 is about 20$ more expensive than the 6850, and it also performs a tad better than the little brother (6850). I would seriously go for the 6870 if you've got the extra 20$ since it's worth it, you get a faster card that will perform a tad bett...
Abstract: Design Comparison with the reference design, front viewAMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBReference AMD Radeon HD 5870Comparison with the reference design, rear viewAMD Radeon HD 6850 1024MBReference AMD Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBReference AMD Radeo...
Abstract: According to statistical data collected by the Steam system, multi-GPU configurations are very far from popular. They are only present in computers of less than 1 percent of all gamers. Interestingly, 96% of such configurations are based on Nvidia’s SL...
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,...
