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The HIS HD7870 IceQ Turbo X box is smaller than the lower clocked card on the previous pages. It uses the same bland artwork however.
The card is protected within a thick padding of foam.
The bundle includes literature on the product, a software disc, Crossfire cable, video converter and a ‘weight lifter'.
We have looked at the weight lifter accessory with other HIS cards. It is designed to support the card in the case, removing the weight from the socket completely. I do feel this is a gimmick as there is absolutely no need for a weight supporting device with such a light card. Still, it is better than including a free, old game which many people will already own.
The HIS HD7870 IceQ Turbo X is exactly how we would imagine Victoria Beckham would design a video card. The large central fan is surrounded by a very shiny ‘jewel' like surround. The rest of the cooler is black. The PCB is blue.
Four thick heatpipes are visible from a top down view.
The card takes power from two 6 pin PCI E ports. The cooler is flush to the PCB with this design.
The HIS HD7870 IceQ Turbo X is Crossfire capable in a 2 way configuration only.
The card is a dual slot design with a single full sized DVI port and a single HDMI port with two mini DisplayPort connectors. It is Eyefinity capable. It can simultaneously output multiple, independent audio streams from the HDMI and mini Displayport connectors at the rear.
The cooler is different on this card, with the larger fan centrally placed, directly above the copper base. There are four thick heatpipes which separate into pairs, feeding into two rack of aluminum fins.
A basic overview of the hardware which we discussed earlier in the review. The Pitcairn GPU is manufactured on 28nm technology and this specific board features 32 ROPS and 2GB of GDDR5 memory which is connected via a 256 bit memory interface. The core clock is increased from 1,000mhz to 1,100mhz and the memory also receives a clock boost from 1,200mhz (4.8Gbps effective) to 1,250mhz (5.0Gbps). The card has 1,280 shaders.
very nice, a little expensive for my wallet right now however.
The names ARE VERY confusing, turbo, then non turbo, the X versions. They need to work out better names for them all. as I thought OCUk were selling the plain turbo one, but its the non turbo one. The pricing is a little high too. some of the 7950’s are 299.
The turbo version (non X), that cooler is huge. I dont think it would cause a problem in a case, but it seems excessive. Performance is good.
Problem with HIS is availability, even in the UK. only OCUK seem to stock them and they often dont stock them all.
Niether of these are available. only way to get them is the competition you are running now. its not good.
They are like frankenstein coolers. even the nicer looking X version is almost their attempt at jewellery.
They need a new marketing guy who can promote them better to the western audience. even their box art is sh!te.
Nothing wrong with their cards. I bought one of their AMD cards a few years ago and its still working fine. most of them are made in the same factories as the bigger names like XFX etc.
Only issue is their visibility is dire. Only one store I know has them too. All the cool cards you guys review never get sold !
That X version looks great. bit concerned about the pricing, if the model, two down is £270?
This card is under £300 and its the next range up http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards+-+AMD/Radeon+HD+7950/VTX3D+Radeon+HD+7950+3072MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=49716
People wont buy a 7870 when the 7950 is the same price.
DOnt use furmark, its not good. test temperatures with games. its more realistic