As you all know, the 6870 is out and everone is eager to see it compared to its replacement.
Myself and Gibbo have been testing our sample card to see what it is capable of in a 24/7 capacity.
we chose a rig to test that we feel reflected the average user setup.
i5 760 Overclocked to 4GHz
Gigabyte P55-USB3 Motharboard
4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz DDR3
Titan Fenrir EVO CPU Cooler
500GB Seagate HDD
Corsair TX650W PSU
Windows 7 64
Unfortunately we were very limited on time with the card so in game benchmarks were simply not possible, but im sure some proper reviews will give you an idea.
We focussed on Vantage and Heaven to get our results.
Overall I think the card looks decent, it is very quet on the stock cooler and is quite compact. the card runs cool too, only hitting 55'C under load in 3DMark which is quite impressive especially at auto fan settings.
the drivers we used for the test were 10.10, they shipped with the card and worked well although they were a little clunky for my liking. hopefully AMD can sort this out quickly.
The overclocks in this test were the maximum we could achieve from each card without adjusting voltages. your results may vary so we havent posted the actual clockspeeds.
the performance is what really counts, lets see how it does:
here is the 5850 at Stock settings
and the 6870 at Stock settings
very much level pegging in my opinion.
here is the 5850 at overclocked settings
and the 6870 at overclocked settings
the 6870 pulls away fractionally here
lets see how it performs on a test using DX11 and a standard Res of 1080P
as you can see the 6870 did suffer from poor low end frame rates but from my experience, this would just be the prerelease drivers.
this is a card that I predict a nice improvement over time and for the price is competing well with the 5870 which is supposed to be the superior card.
it will be interesting to see the driver development improve for this card and I am looking forward to seeing the competition really heat up
thanks for reading,
your feedback is welcome as always
rjk
Myself and Gibbo have been testing our sample card to see what it is capable of in a 24/7 capacity.
we chose a rig to test that we feel reflected the average user setup.
i5 760 Overclocked to 4GHz
Gigabyte P55-USB3 Motharboard
4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz DDR3
Titan Fenrir EVO CPU Cooler
500GB Seagate HDD
Corsair TX650W PSU
Windows 7 64
Unfortunately we were very limited on time with the card so in game benchmarks were simply not possible, but im sure some proper reviews will give you an idea.
We focussed on Vantage and Heaven to get our results.
Overall I think the card looks decent, it is very quet on the stock cooler and is quite compact. the card runs cool too, only hitting 55'C under load in 3DMark which is quite impressive especially at auto fan settings.
the drivers we used for the test were 10.10, they shipped with the card and worked well although they were a little clunky for my liking. hopefully AMD can sort this out quickly.
The overclocks in this test were the maximum we could achieve from each card without adjusting voltages. your results may vary so we havent posted the actual clockspeeds.
the performance is what really counts, lets see how it does:
here is the 5850 at Stock settings
and the 6870 at Stock settings
very much level pegging in my opinion.
here is the 5850 at overclocked settings
and the 6870 at overclocked settings
the 6870 pulls away fractionally here
lets see how it performs on a test using DX11 and a standard Res of 1080P
as you can see the 6870 did suffer from poor low end frame rates but from my experience, this would just be the prerelease drivers.
this is a card that I predict a nice improvement over time and for the price is competing well with the 5870 which is supposed to be the superior card.
it will be interesting to see the driver development improve for this card and I am looking forward to seeing the competition really heat up
thanks for reading,
your feedback is welcome as always
rjk
