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KitGuru has been concentrating recently on many mid range boards, however today we are going to be looking at the high end custom HIS HD5870 graphics card, a product we know that will get you excited.
The HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo is completely redesigned and it ships with a iCooler V heatsink and a customised PCB layout which offers a more cost effective production. The core speed is increased by 25mhz and the memory also gets a 100mhz effective bump. If you like free games then this bundle also ships with the excellent Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The icing on the cake is that the card is only £20 more expensive than the reference design, so on paper it appears to be very good value for money.
| HD5850 Reference | HD 5870 Reference | HIS HD 5870 iCoolerV Turbo | |
| GPU | Cypress | Cypress | Cypress |
| Shader Units | 1440 | 1600 | 1600 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Transistors | 2154m | 2154m | 2154m |
| Memory Size | 1024MB | 1024MB | 1024MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Core Clock | 725mhz | 850mhz | 875mhz |
| Memory Clock | 1000mhz | 1200mhz | 1225mhz |
| UK pricing | £225 | £320 | £340 |
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June 3, 2010
#1
HD5870 is a great card and I like the look of this one. cooler is a bit ugly I think but its nice to see improved/higher fan speeds for cooler temps.
June 3, 2010
#2
I never really notice fan noise, unless its wild helicopter style noise. This looks like a good buy. I never see them in america tho, not in stores anyway
June 3, 2010
#3
Sapphire model is better but it costs more. which I would say would be pretty obvious
June 3, 2010
#4
Well I like being proved wrong, I had assumed HIS was a POS, but this review has certainly changed my view.
June 3, 2010
#5
mega OC on that. weird they only overclock it a little out of the factory. its hardly ‘turbo’ more ‘shoved a little’
June 3, 2010
#6
Glad to see you mentioning the hardly overclocked speeds. I dont know why they launch these as TURBO editions when its hardly even overclocked in the least, which is shown on the graphs. So much headroom and I think a small portion of the audience will even know how much they can get out of it. ID have gave it 3 out of 5 just for that point. TURBO should be TURBO.
June 3, 2010
#7
Well I was expecting good temps, but more noise over reference? surely thats not right
June 3, 2010
#8
nice review, very thorough, thanks.
June 3, 2010
#9
Excellent, I like that card a lot. I prefer cooler to quieter.
June 3, 2010
#10
I would probably still opt for Sapphire, they just seem a better company
June 3, 2010
#11
HIS are good, its just a name, most of them are really good cards today.
June 3, 2010
#12
I just ordered one of these and got a bit of a bargain, 50 off retail price
June 4, 2010
#13
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