Well it was a long time coming, but finally we have a HD6870 with a custom cooling solution. Powercolor have just released the HD6870 PCS+ graphics card which is not only supplied with a rather sexy heatpipe cooler, but substantial overclocks.
Both HD6850 and HD6870 were received warmly by the enthusiast audience, specifically due to the extremely competitive price points. An overclocked HD6870 for instance could hold onto the performance levels of the last generation HD5870, for a portion of the price.
As with most reference AMD products, we found the HD6870 cooler to be rather disappointing and have been waiting patiently for a partner to release a modified card. Powercolor are the first to hit the KitGuru labs and we have high hopes that this will be a substantial improvement over the reference design.
| Powercolor HD6870 PCS+ | |
| Core Speed | 940mhz |
| Memory | 1GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100mhz (4.4Gbps effective) |
| Eyefinity | Yes |
| Direct X Support | DX11 |
| Crossfire X | Yes |
| Output | DL-DVI, SL-DVI, HDMI/ 2x mini display port |
| Game Bundle | Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
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November 23, 2010
#1
Excellent, but I just wonder are they starting to encroach into the price sector planned out for the 6970? I hear it will be around 300 inc vat, so this could very well only be 60 less. which means it might not be quite the deal !
November 23, 2010
#2
Well I wasnt expecting powercolor to be out first
nice board indeed. very impressive.
November 23, 2010
#3
This is very sexy, worth it for the cooler alone, im not that bothered about the overclocks out of the box.
November 23, 2010
#4
Nice cooler but bring on the 6970
November 23, 2010
#5
Fucking sweet man. if I had the money right now id be all over this. Might wait for the 6970 tho and save a few more months !
November 23, 2010
#6
Powercolor are kicking ass and taking names lately. They still have a ways to go before they get the acclaim that sapphire do, but I really like the company. never let me down yet
November 23, 2010
#7
Weill be good to see how this handles against the black edition from XFX.
November 23, 2010
#8
10 more sounds like a bargain to me. any ideas when this is out, soon I hope?
November 23, 2010
#9
Cooler looks brilliant. Nothing really that awesome mind you, much like their last generation cooler.
November 23, 2010
#10
I dont for the love of god see why anyone needs a GTX580 with the performance levels one of these generates at half the price. even on a 24 inch screen, its pointless.
Awesome review KG.
November 23, 2010
#11
Well, this just hits the spot. im an nvidia lover however so ill not move, but tis nice to see competition.
November 23, 2010
#12
Hey, nothing wrong with powercolor. its just idiots on the net who keep saying sapphire are the only make they will buy.
November 23, 2010
#13
I had a powercolor card years ago and it died, they didnt replace it, and I gave up and swore never again. I think their UK support is poor, unless it has improved recently. im afraid its XFX or sapphire for me.
November 23, 2010
#14
You know Kitguru, your benchmarks would be much readable if you used black or dark background. It just needs more contrast. This way they’re not very easy on the eyes.
November 24, 2010
#15
Love the product from powercolor, I hope to see XFX and sapphires models soon.
December 21, 2010
#16
Since you received word from PowerColor directly, may I ask if you could ask them when are they going to release the Radeon HD 6970 with the PCS+ cooler? Thanks.
In fact, I was going to purchase this very same card, until I heard of the new models being released (I didn’t know they were ready for launch), so I decided to wait a little just for a review on the (future, hope) PowerColor PCS+ 6970. Thanks again!