HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo review

1. Introduction2. The HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo3. Testin Configuration4. Resident Evil 55. Batman: Arkham Asylum6. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat7. Left4Dead 28. Colin McRae Dirt 29. Crysis Warhead10. 3d Mark Vantage11. Thermal Dynamics12. Noise Levels13. Power Consumption14. Manual Overclocking15. Closing Thoughts16. View All Pages

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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