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HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell June 3, 2010 Featured Announcement, Graphics

To test power consumption today we are using a Keithley Integra unit and we measure power consumption from the VGA card inputs, not the system wide drain. The best way to get maximum load results is by using Furmark, and even though it is not indicative of a real world situation it shows the limits the card can theoretically demand.

The HIS card is taking a little more power than the reference design although it is only a few Watts more under load. It is worth pointing out that when playing a game the power drain is significantly lower than 217 watts. Crysis Warhead for instance only demanded 140w at maximum settings. Furmark is purely synthetic but interesting regardless.

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14 comments

  1. Glenn
    June 3, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    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.

  2. Death Dealer
    June 3, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    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

  3. Stefan
    June 3, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    Sapphire model is better but it costs more. which I would say would be pretty obvious

  4. Derek
    June 3, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    Well I like being proved wrong, I had assumed HIS was a POS, but this review has certainly changed my view.

  5. Bret
    June 3, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    mega OC on that. weird they only overclock it a little out of the factory. its hardly ‘turbo’ more ‘shoved a little’

  6. Joseph
    June 3, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    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.

  7. Eric K
    June 3, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    Well I was expecting good temps, but more noise over reference? surely thats not right

  8. frank
    June 3, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    nice review, very thorough, thanks.

  9. Cyril
    June 3, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Excellent, I like that card a lot. I prefer cooler to quieter.

  10. Francois
    June 3, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    I would probably still opt for Sapphire, they just seem a better company

  11. Bob
    June 3, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    I would probably still opt for Sapphire, they just seem a better company

  12. glenn
    June 3, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    I just ordered one of these and got a bit of a bargain, 50 off retail price 🙂

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