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Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition Review

Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition is a special edition of the powerful Radeon HD 7870. See the standard version for more information about it.
The differences include an increase in the core-clock that went from 1000MHz to 1100MHz and a new quiet and efficient cooling system is also available.
Benchmarks indicate a 5% performance boost when compared to the standard Radeon HD 7870.
All games, including demanding one's, will run on the highest settings.
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Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition Performance Specification

Core Speed

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Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
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Direct X

Shader

Open GL

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1100 MHz

Pitcairn XT

2048 MB

1200 MHz

256 Bit

GDDR5

153.6GB/sec

28nm

88 GTexel/s

35.2 GPixel/s

1280

DX 11.1

5.0

4.2

2560x1600

175 Watts

500 Watt & 35 Amps

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

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DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

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Best RAM Match

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No the Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 7870 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz

8 GB

1920 x 1080

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runedj4

03:44 Jun-14-2013

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APU A8-3820 Quad Core

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Radeon HD 7750 PowerColor 1GB Edition

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If i were to add a i5 or Fx 6100 plus this (i know i would need a new mobo) would my psu hold fine ?

emilsz

13:27 Jun-14-2013

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FX-8320 oc: 30%

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Radeon HD 7770 MSI 2PM OC Edition oc: 15%

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8GB DDR3 1333MHz

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1920 x 1080
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Nokia C1-01

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Yeah should be all fine.
Although get an FX 6300 instead. It will perform much better than a 6100 and will cost much less than any of i5s ;)
if you feel like money is no problem I would say, go with an fx 8320

runedj4

17:16 Jun-15-2013

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alright thanks buddy.

emilsz

17:23 Jun-15-2013

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no problem man

mroblivion94

21:49 Jun-11-2013

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Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

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will this card work well with the AMD A10-5700 APU cpu?

emilsz

21:54 Jun-11-2013

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that cpu would not be the best choice for this card as it would cause bottleneck. A 7850 would suit that cpu better.

S3NTIN3L

17:06 Jun-02-2013

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Cmon anyone? plz Can this card max any game? Pip?

KOKOSKAPETEL

20:29 Jun-07-2013

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yes this card can max every game out now.

S3NTIN3L

23:12 May-29-2013

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SO this card can max any game?

scottyjay

03:50 May-16-2013

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Excellent card. My rig maxes Far Cry 3 with the latest drivers at a steady 70 fps on average

S3NTIN3L

16:44 May-18-2013

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And metro last light?

scottyjay

00:02 May-19-2013

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Haven't tried that yet, but I will when I get the game :)

mydreamrigmaza90210

14:53 Apr-09-2013

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will this gpu be able to go on the Asus M5A78l-M/USB3 motherboard?

debat0r

20:25 Apr-09-2013

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Phenom II X6 1055T oc: 35%

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Radeon HD 6770

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1440 x 900
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Sony Xperia S

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As long as it has PCIe x16 2.0 or 3.0 then, yes :)

mydreamrigmaza90210

11:20 Apr-10-2013

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oh, thanks I was kinda worrying

SgtPeppers19

03:37 Apr-05-2013

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Such a significant upgrade from my old 4850, and only 20$ more than the 2gb sapphire 7850 when I bought it today!

debat0r

20:54 Apr-05-2013

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Sony Xperia S

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Nice, it certainly is a good upgrade! Don't forget to add your fps ratings for the games you've played ; )

sav4g3xd

09:43 Mar-12-2013

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GeForce GT 630

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Hi im thinking about getting this since it's a really good price on it.. about 200 euros should i get this or the Gtx 660 2gb?

DiscGolfer947

17:29 Mar-18-2013

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Get this, a 660ti would be equivilent performence from nVidia.

Kandalf

17:33 Mar-21-2013

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you sure about that?? So why does my gtx 660 is 7% better ?

remi959

10:10 Apr-01-2013

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That's equivalent. -_-

debat0r

10:25 Apr-01-2013

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660ti is the competitor of the 7950, the 660 is about the same as this one. Look up some professional reviews before you buy something as expensive as this :)

crazycavs

23:46 Jan-30-2013

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