HIS Radeon HD 6870 1 GB

[air_ii]

to me (just recently remembering) the x900, x1950 and 2900 it seams ati started with x9xx as the top end then switched it to x8xx when they stopped aiming for an all out king of the hill chip and it's now going back to x9xx.... Could that mean something?

x900?

 

[bear jesus]

x900?

I fail the top one was the x850 back then, so only x1950 and 2900.... how about we pretend i meant to say x1900

 

[wahdangun]

The thing that makes me wonder though is did ATI dropped it down to x8xx when they stopped aiming for the most powerful single chip as if they did it kind of makes sense that AMD are going back to the x9xx if they are going for a really powerful single chip this time?

its different because right now ati doesn't have any competition. nvdia must die shrink their gigantic GPU to 28 Nm before they can make another fermi and we know TSMC wont have that until next year

 

[Super XP]

Good to see the HD 6870 topping the HD 5850 and keeping up with the Hd 5870 quite well.

 

[Mome]

First of all... thank you for your great Reviews about 68xx Series!

I really appreciate reading your Reviews!

One question... can you tell me, which tool you used for adjusting Voltage on these cards?
Or did you do a Biosflash?

 

[Lusuyi]

Guys tell so what better me to buy Gtx 460 hawk atalon attack or Radeon 6870 ? wich card be better without OC. ty)

 

[CDdude55]

Guys tell so what better me to buy Gtx 460 hawk atalon attack or Radeon 6870 ? wich card be better without OC. ty)

The 6870 would be a better pick.

 

[bear jesus]

Guys tell so what better me to buy Gtx 460 hawk atalon attack or Radeon 6870 ? wich card be better without OC. ty)

The 6870 would be a better pick.

I would agree, if you look at the 6870 review that should be enough to make you want the 6870... i know it did for me

 

[Wile E]

6870/6850's competition is the GTX 460 and it beats it in terms of price/performance. Not only that the 6870 is about equal to a GTX 470 which is supposedly above the 68xx series. It also looks as if an overclocked 6870 can beat any overclocked 460 model and meet or exceed any overclocked 470 model. It's clear that one company knows how to get a good product out and one company that is playing catch-up with a product that isn't nearly as profitable. The only reason I can think of why this "GTX 560" isn't out is because it's not ready to be out. Same goes for any kind of "GTX 475, 485, 580, etc." If these cards were ready, Nvidia would have them out as quicly as possible. Instead we get a "paper launch" for what seems to be a fully functioning GTX 480.

While I agree with this, nVidia codes better drivers right now. That equals everything out in my book. nVidia only needs to drop prices to overshadow the 6800 series.

 

[CDdude55]

nVidia only needs to drop prices to overshadow the 6800 series.

They have already dropped prices for the 470 and 460 to try and overshadow the 6800 series launch. Doubt we will see any more price drops from them until the 6900's come.

 

[inferKNOX]

Love the Voltage tuning section. I think that it would help to clearer indicate (on the graph) what the default load voltage is (as stated by manufacturer or via software); like a dotted line down to the voltage measurements with the value written along it, or something.
EG:

 

[Eric_Cartman]

Surely, the move from X1000, X1300 and X1600, to HD2400 and HD2600 and X1800 and X1900 to HD2900 must've been confusing?

Not at all confusing because the numbers stays in line. A 2600 was better than a 1600. The numbers being totally screwed is what matters, people buy cards based on the numbers in the name. A bigger number should indicate a better card. ATi is purposely trying to trick people into buying a weaker card by giving it a bigger number. A 6800 series card should be better than a 5800 series card, it is simple.

 

[entropy13]

Not at all confusing because the numbers stays in line. A 2600 was better than a 1600. The numbers being totally screwed is what matters, people buy cards based on the numbers in the name. A bigger number should indicate a better card. ATi is purposely trying to trick people into buying a weaker card by giving it a bigger number. A 6800 series card should be better than a 5800 series card, it is simple.

An HD 2400 isn't exactly better than a X1300 either, the former being the low-end and the latter being mid-range.

 

[CDdude55]

Not at all confusing because the numbers stays in line. A 2600 was better than a 1600. The numbers being totally screwed is what matters, people buy cards based on the numbers in the name. A bigger number should indicate a better card. ATi is purposely trying to trick people into buying a weaker card by giving it a bigger number. A 6800 series card should be better than a 5800 series card, it is simple.

I thought people were done complaining over the name change, but apparently not..:shadedshu

It's really not that confusing, the 6800's moved down a spot to mid-range and the 6900's are now the top single and dual GPU AMD cards, anyone who reads reviews and actually cares about performance should be able to understand the name change right off the bat.

I too was complaining about it at first, because i think they messed with something that wasn't broken and it could of saved them a lot of time if they just sticked with what we all know.

But really, anyone who actually has an interest in hardware should be able to understand it and comprehend which card is what.

 

[Eric_Cartman]

An HD 2400 isn't exactly better than a X1300 either, the former being the low-end and the latter being mid-range.

The HD 2400 is better than the X1300.

And since when was the HD 2400 mid-range?

What is below it that makes it mid-range and not low end?

Because the HD 2600 was mid-range.