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AMD Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition

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Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition GPU Variants
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A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

How many years will the Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which meets 800 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 281% better performance. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 211% better and can run 716 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.
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The Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition is released on 01 Nov 2011

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GPU
Architecture
Terascale 2 Barts XT
Process
40nm
TMUs
56
Texture Rate
50 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
29 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
1120
Driver Support
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Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.3
Resolution (WxH)
2560x1600
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
1024 MB
Memory Speed
1050 MHz
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
134.4GB/sec
L2 Cache
512KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
900 MHz
Power
Max Power
None
PSU
500 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i5-760 2.8GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
Radeon HD 7970
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Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon HD 6870. See its page for more information about it.
It has no new features and so it can be addressed as a renamed Radeon HD 6870. Therefore its performance is exactly like the standard's.


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Radeon HD 6870 PowerColor 1GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements
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RAM
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Cyberpunk 2077 135% 205%
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 57% 170%
Outriders 8% 195%
Far Cry 6 170% 342%
Little Nightmares 2 12% 41%
Hitman 3 32% 297%
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