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AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition

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Getting one of these Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

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61 FPS
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The Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition is released on the 01 Jun 2012
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Architecture
GCN 1.0 Pitcairn XT
Process
28nm
TMUs
80
Texture Rate
81 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
32 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
1280
Driver Support
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Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.4
Resolution (WxH)
4096x2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
2048 MB
Memory Speed
1210 MHz
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
154.9GB/sec
L2 Cache
512KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
1
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1010 MHz
Power
Max Power
None
PSU
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
Radeon R9 290X
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Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition is a special edition of the powerful Radeon HD 7870. See the standard version for more information about it.
The new features include the DirectCU II cooling solution which is 20% more effective than the reference cooler, according to Asus and a small increase in the core-clock to 1010MHz as well as in the memory clock to 1210MHz.
Benchmarks indicate almost no performance boost when compared to the standard Radeon HD 7870 and so its performance is on level with the it as the boost is beneath 1%.
All games, including demanding one's, will run on the highest settings.


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I replaced my older ati 6970 with asus 7870 DC2 edition , my max temp attained is 74 C, while min is around 34-35, Is temp are ok for dual fan graphic card?????

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any reply will be appreciated :)

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yes those temps are ok,nothing to worry about :)

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will my cpu bottleneck this card

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Hey this card or Zotac GTX 660 AMP edition. Game debate says 660 is 3% better due to very high OC. Plz help

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Hey i have the HD 7870 on my one, and i overclock it from 1000Mhz to 1150Mhz so i think it would be definitly better than the GTX 660.

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Why is my card 2% better then this card???

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it has been oc'd a lot, whilst this has been mildy OC'd

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Yep, great card. Haven't found anything I can't run on max yet.

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why this card is better than mine,…………….?? :( :(

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im gona upgrade to this card

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hi i want to upgrade my rig what gpu is better
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To be honest, this is a awesome card! With the prize of 259 € this was a really good choice!
Some benchmarks i did with my pc(average fps measured with fraps):
Minecraft: 238
Skyrim: 83(vsync off)
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Everything was tested with best graph. Bf 3 with 2 x mxaa.
And i got to say that the cooling of this card, it is fabulous! I was able to run with Gpu 1450MHz and memory 1425 MHz stable w/ temperature of 63

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