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AMD's HD6870 has been a big seller since it was launched and as prices have dropped recently, sales figures have been maintained, even against stiff competition. As the demand continues, partners have been releasing solutions with custom PCB and cooler designs. With this in mind today we are looking at one of the more exciting products about to hit retail – the HIS HD6870 ICEQX.
Regular KitGuru readers will already be aware that HIS have been stepping up their game in the last year with an impressive range of video card releases. The HIS HD6870 ICEQX is not only supplied with a dramatically styled cooler, but possibly some of the highest HD6870 clocks on the market.
With clocks enhanced to 975mhz on the core, and 1150mhz (4600mhz effective) via the GDDR5 memory, is this the fastest HD6870 on the market? More importantly, is it worth your money?
| HIS HD6870 ICEQX | AMD HD6870 | AMD HD5870 | |
| Die Size (mm2) | 255 | 255 | 334 |
| Transistor Count | 1.7 billion | 1.7 billion | 2.15 billion |
| Memory Bandwidth | 4.6Gbps | 4.2GBps | 4.8GBps |
| Stream Processors | 1120 | 1120 | 1600 |
| Texture Units | 56 | 56 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Core Clock | 975 mhz | 900 mhz | 850 mhz |
| Memory Clock | 1,150mhz | 1,050mhz | 1,200mhz |
| Memory | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 | 1GB GDDR5 |
