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Release Period	-	Oct-2010

Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition Review

Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition is a special edition of the Radeon HD 6870, part of the Radeon HD 6000 Series released by AMD in 2010/2011. See the page of the standard version for more information about it.
Compared to the standard edition, Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition features increased core and memory clocks, as well as a special fan to reduce the temperature increase that results from the over-clocking.
The performance is boost is around 3.5% when compared to the reference Radeon HD 6870.
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Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition Performance Specification

Core Speed

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)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

940 MHz

Barts XT

1024 MB

1150 MHz

256 Bit

GDDR5

147.2GB/sec

40nm

52.64 GTexel/s

30.08 GPixel/s

1120

DX 11

5.0

4.1

2560x1600

151 Watts

650 Watt & 28 Amps

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

GPU Upgrade

Approved

GD Value

GD RATING

GPU Features

No the Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Core i5-760 Quad 2.8GHz

8 GB

1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 7970

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9.5

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taq2672

13:05 Sep-30-2012

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Saved at: Oct-02-2012

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Phenom II X6 1090T oc: 20%

GFX

Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition

RAM

4GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

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i oc this proc can get same bandwidth 160gb/s same performance as hd6950. very nice gc..

jfdaigle

03:27 May-08-2012

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Saved at: May-23-2013

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CPU

Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz oc: 35%

GFX

Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition x2 oc: 10%

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1680 x 1050
width x height

Phone

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S

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Great card. Good factory OC...Only down side, the very short time period it was made available. By the time I had enough money to buy a second card for my Xfire config, it was no where to be found, or at a rediculous price vecause or rarety....
In all, great card though

eliajanineh

11:28 May-06-2012

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Core i5-2500 3.3GHz oc: 5%

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Radeon HD 6870 XFX Black Edition

RAM

4GB DDR3 1333MHz

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1920 x 1080
width x height

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Great factory OC Card

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