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AMD Radeon HD 6870 Review

Discussion in 'Articles and Reviews Comments' started by Julio Franco, Oct 21, 2010.

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  1. Micael Newcomer, in training

    I love that a new card is coming out to tackle the Nvidia 460, but i'd expect more from the numbering of the card, you'd think this card would be better than it's predecessor.
    Micael, Oct 26, 2010
    #61

  2. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    What games and at what resolution? What is your definition of great/good/acceptable performance? I can think of several games that you cannot max out on the "typical" 24 inch monitor.
    LNCPapa, Oct 26, 2010
    #62

  3. UT66 Newcomer, in training

    UT66, Oct 26, 2010
    #63

  4. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    ROFL - you chose a scene with no textures at all. I could tell by all the screenshots I found online showing off MLAA that there was some blurring occurring.

    For instance, look at this link and then pay attention to the text in the second set of images - can you tell that you're losing detail there?

    Or load these two images up in seperate tabs, maximize each and toggle back and forth between them:
    Image 1 Image 2

    You can see even more of these examples here.

    Now don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty impressive especially without any cost to your GPU, but only if you don't already have the muscle to use another form of AA AND you are willing to give up some of your definition.
    LNCPapa, Oct 26, 2010
    #64

  5. chogo Newcomer, in training

    I'm in the same boat waiting to do an upgrade. I have no preference of red vs green but buy strictly based on performance and value. I like the performance and efficiency of the new 6870 versus the OC'd 1GB GTX 460's but I'm a little concerned about the lack of OC'ing headroom on the 6870 and past driver issues. I think a GTX 460 upgrade may still be a viable option if it is available at a performance justified price and with its better OC'ing headroom especially on non-reference boards.

    We now need some benchmarks comparing max OC'd 6870's and GTX 460's.
    chogo, Oct 27, 2010
    #65

  6. ruzveh Banned

    There seems to be a lot of value in these 6 series graphics card from AMD. Looking fwd to buy one for myself
    ruzveh, Oct 29, 2010
    #66

  7. FransB Newcomer, in training

    Interesting Card, but i wait :)
    FransB, Oct 31, 2010
    #67

  8. josmcc Newcomer, in training

    Stream Processors rock
    josmcc, Oct 31, 2010
    #68

  9. mark1vm Newcomer, in training

    well i have 2x 5870 in cfx and have to say it plays pretty good have not seen any problems yet.and im sure they will be replaced by the end of the year,but i dont think that you should have to update to the 6000 series if your cards are in the 5870-5970 cant be that much of a difference rather wait until the 7000 series come out
    mark1vm, Nov 4, 2010
    #69

  10. raventrickster Newcomer, in training

    This just became my new "I want" card. Unfortunately that kind of money is quite a ways off. We'll see what the summer brings.
    raventrickster, Nov 7, 2010
    #70

  11. white2010 Newcomer, in training

    Best review
    amd with this new product will make their position solid in vga market better than their rival nvdia
    if nvdia can not asnwer this product will better ones, their market share will be shrink fast
    white2010, Nov 7, 2010
    #71

  12. compu4 Newcomer, in training

    Metro 2033 does have a built in benchmark; using this probably would have improved the validity of your test results. It is in the steamapps\common\metro2033 folder (Metro2033benchmark.exe).
    compu4, Nov 11, 2010
    #72

  13. Guest

    I am new to your forum and had questions about this review. I was surprised there was no overclocking attemps made on these cards. Over all i loved the review and it did answer some questions but I had to go elseware to find other information.

    I have been running a HIS Radeon 4890 for a while now and plan to sell it on Craigslist as i want a DX11 supported card. I looked on Newegg.com and found an OpenBox ASUS 5850 OC for $169 and an ASUS 6870 stock for $181. I was too late to get the 6870 so I got the 5850. Here is where I have a problem. Reading overclockers forums the 5850 is actually better than the 6870. Trust me I was scratching my head on that as well. It can be pushed on the core clock better than the 6870, both run the same speed DDR5 memory, both have 256bit memory interfaces, but the 5850 has more streams, 1440 to 1120 to be exact.

    Can anyone confirm this?
    Guest, Feb 9, 2011
    #73

  14. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

    The 5850 is right between the 6850 and the 6870 performance wise. The reason it does more with less SPU's is that the tweaks in the 6000 architecture make it more efficient. The 6850 and the 6870 were not intended to be the replacements for the 5850 and the 5870. The 6950 and the 6970 were.
    As far as overclocking goes, it depends on which 5850 you have. my 5850's for instance are the Asus EAH DirectCu HD 5850's , and they overclock extremely well. so that could be true of the forums you are talking about.
    red1776, Feb 9, 2011
    #74

  15. Guest

    wow!! what a great debate!! :)
    so what should i buy GTX 460 HD / 6870 / HD 5850 / GTX 470.....
    though i trust nvidia more...
    Guest, Jul 28, 2011
    #75
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