Manufacturer: HIS Price: $ 349 US Author: Steve Date: 04/03/2012

[ Test System Specs & 3Dmark 11 ]

Test System Specs Hardware - Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz) - x4 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600(CAS 8-8-8-20) - Crucial m4 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - AMD Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 (3072MB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB) OC - AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB) - AMD Radeon HD 7850 (2048MB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 6990 (4096MB) - Gigabyte Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB) - VisionTek Radeon HD 6950 (2048MB) - Asus Radeon HD 6870 (1024MB) - HIS Radeon HD 5870 (1024MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 (3072MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024MB) - Gigabyte G1.Assassin2 (Intel X79) - OCZ ZX Series (1250w) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 295.73 - AMD Catalyst 12.2 The extreme 3Dmark 11 test saw the HIS Radeon HD 7870 IceQ Turbo score 2232pts making it a fraction faster than the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 OC though with just 17pts separating them the results are very even. When compared to a standard Radeon HD 7870 graphics card the HIS version was 7% faster.

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emphus

Posted on: 04/04/2012 12:04 PM what a beast. I was seriously looking at buying a 7950 next week but this thing is so similar performance wise and looks so cool I might get one instead. what would have been perfect is if you had of reviewed this as well. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161407

ramjet

Posted on: 04/04/2012 02:43 PM I would like to see how 2 of these handle themselves in SLI **hint**hint**