The Radeon HD 5870 MSI Lightning Edition was released on 23 Feb 2010
AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 5870 MSI Lightning Edition
GPU
Architecture
Terascale 2 Cypress XT
Process
40nm
TMUs
80
Texture Rate
72 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
29 GPixel/s
Ray Tracing
Tensor Cores
Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11
Shader
5.0
Open GL
3.2
Resolution (WxH)
2560 x 1600
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
1024MB
Memory Speed
1200MHz
Memory Bus
256bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
153.6GB/sec
L2 Cache
512
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
900 MHz
Power
Max Power
188 Watts
PSU
500 Watt & 40 Amps
Power Connector
2x 6-pin
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
GD Official
GD RATING
Approved
Radeon HD 5870 MSI Lightning Edition Game Requirement Analysis
Overview
Radeon HD 5870 MSI Lightning Edition is a special edition of AMD's High-End Radeon HD 5870, created by MSI.
Overclock Out of The Box
The Central Unit now runs at 900MHz, instead of 850MHz while the Memory Clock remains the same.
Cooling Solution
The Cooling System has MSI's custom-designed Twin Frozr II Thermal Design, meaning the Graphics Card runs cooler under load.
Performance
Benchmarks indicate a 3% performance over the reference Radeon HD 5870.