HIS Radeon HD 6870 IceQ X Turbo X 975MHz 1GB GDDR5 PCIe

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Pros:

IceQ cooler is excellent, Fan at 100% is not too loud, Excellent build quality, Great performance, Good value for money, CrossFireX Support, Clocks over 1GHz, Variety of outputs: Display Port, DVII and HDMI.
Build Quality, Price/Performance Ratio, Factory Overclocked, Voltage Control Support, Low Noise Levels, Eyefinity Support, Low Temperatures, Full Size HDMI Port, Two Mini HDMI Ports
Great performance that is quite a lot faster than a regular HD6870, Factory overclocked, Eyefinity support, Efficient and quiet cooler, Good price

Cons:

Hot air from GPU exhausted into case, Fan profile is too relaxed for a real heavy load, Looks are not its best feature
Supports Only 2Way Crossfire, No CUDA/ PhysX Support (All Radeon Cards), Price (For Some)

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Last revision on February 11, 2013

Reviewers Liked

IceQ cooler is excellent, Fan at 100% is not too loud, Excellent build quality, Great performance, Good value for money, CrossFireX Support, Clocks over 1GHz, Variety of outputs: Display Port, DVII and HDMI
Build Quality, Price/Performance Ratio, Factory Overclocked, Voltage Control Support, Low Noise Levels, Eyefinity Support, Low Temperatures, Full Size HDMI Port, Two Mini HDMI Ports
Great performance that is quite a lot faster than a regular HD6870, Factory overclocked, Eyefinity support, Efficient and quiet cooler, Good price
Fastest HD6870 on the market, Quiet & Effective cooler, Performance per watt

Reviewers Didn't Like

Hot air from GPU exhausted into case, Fan profile is too relaxed for a real heavy load, Looks are not its best feature
Supports Only 2Way Crossfire, No CUDA/ PhysX Support (All Radeon Cards), Price (For Some)
Higher power consumption than a regular HD6870

Expert reviews and ratings

Important: In this section I am going to write a brief five point summary on the following categories; Performance, Appearance, Construction, Functionality and Value. These views are my own and help me to give the HIS HD6870 IceQ X Turbo X a rating...

By Benchmark Reviews on June 02, 2011

If you want an HD6870 then this is one of the best you can...

By Kitguru.net on March 22, 2011

the R6870 cards just offer seriously nice performance for the money you have to spend on them. Today we'll check out an offering from HIS as a short time they ago launched their IceQ X Turbo model of the Radeon 6870. The concept entails a customized...

By Guru of 3D on June 02, 2011

Here we have a solid performing card that fits its price bracket, occasionally hits above its average and has some very effective cooling which would make for even more impressive overclocking if some unlocked software was made available. Just under...

By XSReviews on May 03, 2011

While the extra performance that results from the factory overclocking is welcome the most compelling feature of this HIS graphics card is the IceQ X cooler as it transforms the wildcat HD 6870 into a pussycat. All we need now are some compelling...

By itreviews.com on April 21, 2011

HIS has always been one of the best partners ATI ever had and you can easily see that by just comparing their solutions with others in the market. Nowadays of course overclocking a card is not as hard or dangerous as it was 5 years ago and so...

By Real World Labs on April 15, 2011

The HIS 6870 IceQ X TURBO X has been marketed as the fastest 6870 in the world. With out-of-the-box clocks of 975 Core and 1150 Memory, it would seem to be true. We find out what this means for your gaming and your wallet. I always enjoy it when we...

By Viperlair on April 10, 2011

HIS markets this card as "the fastest HD6870 card", and while we haven't tested every HD6870 card on the market, this card certainly is a lot faster than both a regular HD6870 and the overclocked PowerColor PCS HD6870. When also considering the...

By Bjorn3D on April 08, 2011

Before the review we thought we'd already covered the Barts-cards, but HIS has come up with a very tasty edition of the HD6870. At stock speeds the card can't quite keep up with the GTX560, but with the high factory overclocks it becomes a real...

By Metku.net on March 31, 2011

HIS's HD 6870 IceQ X Turbo X card is all about what you did and what you didn't see. I didn't see the IceQ X Turbo X HD 6870 stomp on the reference card but I did see it beat that same reference card out EVERY time. Faster, check.Game play...

By Overclocker Cafe on March 31, 2011

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