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The HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo is supplied in a tower shaped box with rather dramatic war artwork, promoting the free game, Modern Warfare 2.
I would assume most people have this game by now, but if they don't it certainly adds value to the overall package.
Inside the box you get a driver CD (well out of date), DVI to HDMI adapter, Crossfire bridge, 2x PCI-E power cables and a coupon for the free game.
The iCooler thermal assembly (surely not an ihomage to Apple?) is a proprietary design by HIS and it looks rather impressive. They are also using a bigger fan to help with cooling and to lower noise.
The fan is a subtle blue colour which looks quite attractive – it is a nine blade system.
The cooler envelops the whole PCB area, expanding right to the edges. This should offer substantial cooling capabilities.
The card is supplied with two DVI dual link ports, an HDMI port and one Displayport. There is also a vent to help the card to vent hot air outside the chassis. All of these cards feature support for HDMI 1.3a which includes Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, AC-3 and DTS with up to 7:1 channel audio – 192 khz/24 bit support.
The card requires 2×6 pin PCI power connectors which remains true to the reference design.
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.
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
Sapphire model is better but it costs more. which I would say would be pretty obvious
Well I like being proved wrong, I had assumed HIS was a POS, but this review has certainly changed my view.
mega OC on that. weird they only overclock it a little out of the factory. its hardly ‘turbo’ more ‘shoved a little’
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.
Well I was expecting good temps, but more noise over reference? surely thats not right
nice review, very thorough, thanks.
Excellent, I like that card a lot. I prefer cooler to quieter.
I would probably still opt for Sapphire, they just seem a better company
I would probably still opt for Sapphire, they just seem a better company
I just ordered one of these and got a bit of a bargain, 50 off retail price 🙂