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Radeon HD 5870 1024MB Review

Radeon HD 5870 1024MB is a High-End GPU part of the Evergreen HD 5000 family. HD 5870 wears the Cypress XT, which allows for 1600 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The Texture units increase from the Cypress Pro HD 5850 chip improves HD 5870 Filtering capabilities, while still mantaining the 256-bit Memory interface on GDDR5. Most modern demanding games will run on Ultra settings on Full HD, whereas really demanding games such as Crysis 3 and Far Cry 3 will require lowered Aliasing settings in order to achieve fluent FPS on 1080p. Power draw is rather overwhelming, and gamers looking to get this GPU will need a decent 500W PSU with two PCIe connectors.
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Radeon HD 5870 1024MB Performance Specification

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Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

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PSU

GPU Details

850 MHz

Evergreen Cypress XT

1024 MB

1200 MHz

256 Bit

GDDR5

153.6GB/sec

40nm

68 GTexel/s

27.2 GPixel/s

1600

DX 11

5.0

3.2

2560x1600

188 Watts

500 Watt & 40 Amps

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No the Radeon HD 5870 1024MB graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 5870 1024MB graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 5870 1024MB graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 5870 1024MB graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

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talhkora

16:10 Jan-28-2013

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Woah so 5870 is better then 6870 cuz this one has a 10 star and the other 9? Same as with 5850 has 10 star and the 6850 has 8, should that be fixed or is it ment to be?

powerbreak

09:57 Feb-23-2013

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As you may didnt notice this card have everything superior then 6870 exapt core speed which 6870 have 50MHz more then this card. I think same goes for 5850 and 6850.

poorgamer

13:10 Jun-20-2012

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Why HD 5870 stronger Than HD 6870
Or HD 5870 is HD 6970 equilvalent

Rayven

19:59 Jul-09-2012

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Yeah 5870 is better than 6870 , 6870 is between 5850 and 5870

SgtElvir

18:08 Jul-16-2012

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hd 6870 is 7% better than hd 5870 :) This card has 9 stars and 6870 has 10.

The_ReApEr_ZA

18:39 Jul-16-2012

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For accurate answer, look at gaming benchmarks.
If you want to run single card....the 5870 is better.
If you want to Crossfire....the 6870 crossfire will be better than 5870 crossfire.

Rayven

22:31 Jul-26-2012

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