AMD Radeon HD 6670 Graphics Card Review

We decided to test the HD 6670 in a mid-range Intel Sandy Bridge based system which features an Intel Core i5 2500S 65W processor that is perfect for a media system.  Our test system also includes 4GB of high quality Kingston RAM alongside a Kingston V+100 solid state drive.

Processor: Core i5 2500S (2.7GHz)
Cooling: Thermaltake Contac 29 BP
Motherboard: Gigabyte H67A-UD2
Chassis: Cubitek M4
Power Supply: Corsair HX850W
Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) Kingston HyperX Gensis RAM
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+100 128GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM

Other graphics cards:

• Intel HD 2000 Graphics
• AMD Radeon HD 6790
• HIS Radeon HD 6790 IceQ Turbo

Software:

• Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
• Unigine Heaven Benchmark
• 3DMark Vantage
• 3DMark 11
• Catalyst 11.4
• Fraps Professional
• Steam Client
• FurMark V 1.9.0

Technical Monitoring and Test Equipment:

• Digital Sound Level Meter SL-824 (30 – 120 dB)
• Plug-in Power Monitor

Games

• F1 2010
• Medal of Honor
• Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City
  

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests all games across five closely matched runs and average out the results to get an accurate median figure.

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