Asus Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU 2 2GB GDDR5 PCIe HD7870-DC2-2GD5

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

0
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros:

Good performance increase, Overclocked out of the box, No price increase for overclocking, Some additional OC headroom left, Quiet in idle, Native fullsize HDMI output, Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1, Support for multiple independent aud

Cons:

Noisy under load, Price too high to be competitive, Increased power consumption, CCC Overdrive memory limits too low

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Last revision on March 1, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Good performance increase, Overclocked out of the box, No price increase for overclocking, Some additional OC headroom left, Quiet in idle, Native fullsize HDMI output, Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1, Support for multiple independent aud

Reviewers Didn't Like

Noisy under load, Price too high to be competitive, Increased power consumption, CCC Overdrive memory limits too low

Expert reviews and ratings

Overall the Asus Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II looks like a pretty good graphics card. The problem is that it finds itself up against the brand new nVidia GTX 670. And on that score it's a loser. The latter card may be more expensive, but for an extra...

By PC Advisor on May 16, 2012

For the first time, AMD has launched their entire graphics card line-up, catering to all the segments in less than three months. Their usual strategy of waiting for at least six months before the launch of the mainstream and mid-range cards didn’t...

By Tech2 on April 11, 2012

We were positively surprised by AMD's new Radeon HD 7800 Series in our launch day review. Since then nothing has changed. The ASUS HD 7870 Direct CU II uses the same reference design PCB, adds a bigger cooler and increases clock speeds...

By techPowerUp! on March 30, 2012

Asus's latest edition of the 7870 is a winner. As always the DCII cooler does an excellent job, holding temperatures to very nice numbers even with a solid OC involved. The fans are just this side of silent at idle, and even with a sustained 100%...

By overclockers.com on June 20, 2013

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is one of the largest and most successful computer hardware manufacturers in the world. A Taiwan-based company, it manufactures a wide variety of computer hardware, including motherboards, video cards, optical drives, notebooks,...

By HardOCP on May 15, 2013

The ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II is an outstanding graphics cards. It has looks, performance, and quality in strides, but it isn’t until you start to overclock this card that you really see its true potential. In our testing the GPU had 23%...

By Real World Labs on April 25, 2013

Alright, so with testing out of the way, let's talk a little about the HD 7870′s performance first then let's dive into ASUS's specific implementation and what it brings to the table.As far as performance, I think the HD 7870...

By custompcreview.com on April 01, 2013

According to credible gaming-oriented review sites like PC Perspective, HardwareCanucks and AnandTech, the HD 7870 is a high-end graphics card that can play most titles smoothly at 1920x1200 resolution with maximum detail, and can comfortably render...

By SilentPC Review on October 15, 2012

Nel complesso l'Asus Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II è una buona scheda video. Il problema è che si trova in competizione con la nuovissima GTX 670 di Nvidia. E paragonata ad essa, non può che perdere il confronto. Quest'ultima scheda...

By PCWorld Italia on September 24, 2012