Radeon HD 8870M Can Run PC Game System Requirements

The Radeon HD 8870M is released on the 01 Apr 2013

AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 8870M

GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Venus XT

Process

28nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

31 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

12 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

640

Driver Support

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 11.1

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.2

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon HD 8870M graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

2048 MB

Memory Speed

1125 MHz

Memory Bus

128 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

72GB/sec

L2 Cache

256KB

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

725 MHz

Boost Clock

775 MHz

Power

Max Power

50 Watts

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i5-3380M 2.9GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1600 x 900

GPU Upgrade

Radeon R9 M290X

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Radeon HD 8870M Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
Radeon HD 8870M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture.

Architecture
The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology.

GPU
It equips a GPU codenamed Venus XT which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 725MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The memory clock operates at 1125MHz.

Features
DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 50W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops.

Performance
Gaming benchmarks put its performance on average with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 670M.

System Suggestions
We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8870M.

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Radeon HD 8870M vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i3-9350KF 4-Core 4.0GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon R9 290

268%

RAM

11GB

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Dahvie

Dahvie's Rig
Saved at: May-20-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 7670M

RAM

4GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1366 x 768
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy SIII 16GB

Dahvie's Game Library

22:45 Oct-12-2014

Sup guys. Is this card better than 750m for gaming ?

therione13

therione13's Rig
Saved at: Apr-21-2019

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CPU

Core i5-8400 6-Core 2.8GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 1060

RAM

16GB DDR4 3200MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

LG G6

therione13's Game Library

15:44 Dec-14-2014

yes it is. my friend have i5 4210u with 8870m and his brother 750m with i5 4200m both 8gb ram and with 8870m can get up to 10 fps more in some games in others like 1 fps better.

ultrafan996

ultrafan996's Rig
Saved at: Jan-25-2016

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-4702MQ 4-Core 2.2GHz

GFX

GeForce GT 750M

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy S IV

ultrafan996's Game Library

17:02 May-12-2014

Hello guys i want to buy a laptop(Laptop DELL 17.3'' Inspiron 17 3737, Procesor IntelÂ® Coreâ„¢ i7-4500U 1.8GHz Haswell, 8GB, 1TB, Radeon HD 8870M 2GB).
I want to know how good is this Gpu in games. :)

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eliassakran

eliassakran's Test Rig
Saved at: Jun-18-2014

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CPU

FX-6350 oc: 5%

GFX

Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire 3GB Boost Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 4 32GB

eliassakran's Game Library

18:08 May-30-2014

Your gpu, is it a ddr3 or a gdrr5 ?

ultrafan996

ultrafan996's Rig
Saved at: Jan-25-2016

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CPU

Core i7-4702MQ 4-Core 2.2GHz

GFX

GeForce GT 750M

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy S IV

ultrafan996's Game Library

21:59 May-31-2014

it's a gddr5 ;)

Generalissimo

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Saved at: Mar-05-2017

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-4500U 2-Core 1.8GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 8870M

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1600 x 900
width x height

Generalissimo's Game Library

13:24 Oct-18-2014

I have THIS laptop, exactly this one.
It is quite good, due to the dual core cpu you have some bottleneck In cpu demanding games, while you got some gpu bottleneck in others, but it's pretty much ok for the money. If I had 200 euros more I would go for quad core cpu and this/better gpu with a full hd screen. the screen is a glare one :S
also, do NOT update to win 8.1, and if you do, go back to 8

abelegu2

abelegu2's Rig
Saved at: Aug-02-2017

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-6700HQ 4-Core 2.6GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 1060M

RAM

16GB DDR4 2133MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 6s 128GB

abelegu2's Game Library

12:30 Feb-23-2014

Would this pair well with an Core i7 4500U? Would it bottleneck this GPU?

amkanovski

amkanovski's Rig
Saved at: Aug-24-2018

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CPU

Core i7-4500U 2-Core 1.8GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 8870M

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1600 x 900
width x height

Phone

LG G2 16 GB

amkanovski's Game Library

11:46 Apr-18-2014

I'm playing metro: last light on core i7 4500U + HD8870M (resolution: 1600x900 high settings) and have no problems. I think this CPU and GPU are good pair.

Generalissimo

Generalissimo's Rig
Saved at: Mar-05-2017

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Core i7-4500U 2-Core 1.8GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 8870M

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1600 x 900
width x height

Generalissimo's Game Library

00:48 Nov-06-2014

dell inspiron 3737 FTW :-)

SequeStyle

SequeStyle's Rig
Saved at: Aug-05-2013

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CPU

Phenom II X4 N970

GFX

Mobility Radeon HD 5650

RAM

8GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1366 x 768
width x height

SequeStyle's Game Library

14:14 Jan-09-2013

well at least AMD claims it to be 90% better than gt 650M ^^

Tero

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Saved at: May-22-2018

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CPU

Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 980 Ti MSI Gaming 6GB Edition SLI

RAM

32GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

2560 x 1440
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 32GB

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Well this is a high-end GPU ;)

SequeStyle

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Phenom II X4 N970

GFX

Mobility Radeon HD 5650

RAM

8GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1366 x 768
width x height

SequeStyle's Game Library

09:30 Nov-03-2012

same amount of pipelines as gtx 680mx, wow!

Pip

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Pip's Rig
Saved at: Aug-03-2016

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Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 660 Ti WindForce 2X OC Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone SE 64GB

Pip's Game Library

09:43 Nov-03-2012

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1,464

Not comparable though. Totally difference architectures :D

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