Testseek.co.uk have collected 181 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCIe.
March 2012
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The editors liked
Good Overclocking
Feature Packed
Very cool running
Low Power consumption
Southern Island/GCN goodies
Serious overclocking potential
Solid gaming performers at their respective MSRPs
AMD 7series GPUs provide decent multimedia capabilities
Both GPUs overclock well
37% faster than the previous generation
ZeroCore Power
Low power consumption
Our favourite range in the new 7x series line up
Bags of overclocking headroom
They look to be hitting the right price this time
Significant improvement on the last generation
The editors didn't like
Could be cheaper in comparison to performance
Fairly uninspiring stock performance
Needs overclocking to be relevant
It feels as if AMD is keeping Pitcairn pricing high
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Good Overclocking, Feature Packed, Very cool running, Low Power consumption,
Could be cheaper in comparison to performance
The AMD HD7870 is an interesting proposition for AMD to make in an already bulging graphics card market. Throughout the majority of the benchmarks we have run today, it soundly beat the reference NVIDIA GTX570 which translates to HD6970 performance, A...
We've seen a lot from AMD just recently and the 7800 series cards for now will finalise the integration of the 7000 series GPUs into the market. As we know the 7800 series cards are the mid-point between the 7700 & 7900 series cards are and there to offer...
37% faster than the previous generation, ZeroCore Power, Low power consumption
Reference model fan is audible at idle
A card that manages to give high performance at the same time as limiting energy consumption, showing that it's possible to increase performance from one generation to the next without upping the energy cost too much. ...
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Published: 2012-03-12, Author: Mike , review by: alphr.com
A fine performer, but it looks like it may be a bit more expensive than we'd hoped...
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