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AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition

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How well can the Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition run games
Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition GPU Variants
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Getting one of these Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire 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. Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

How many years will the Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire 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 152% better performance. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 105% better and can meet 718 of their recommended requirements.
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6 FPS
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The Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition is released on 01 Oct 2012

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GPU
Architecture
GCN 1.0 Tahiti LE
Process
28nm
TMUs
96
Texture Rate
89 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
30 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
1536
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
1500 MHz
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
192GB/sec
L2 Cache
512KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
1
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
925 MHz
Power
Max Power
None
PSU
500 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
Best RAM Match
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
Radeon R9 290X
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Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition is a special edition of Radeon HD 7870 XT (not to be confused with Radeon HD 7870). Refer to Radeon 7870 XT's page to know more about it.
This edition features a new cooling system but has no overclocking out of the box and so it performs exactly like the reference Radeon HD 7870 XT.


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Radeon HD 7870 XT Sapphire Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements
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RAM
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