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Yes, it is back in full force, the lightning quick Buggati Veyron is the highlight on the box for the Powercolor HD6870 PCS++ graphics card.
Inside we have literature on the product, a software disc, a crossfire connector and several video converters.
The cooler on this card looks quite eye catching, it looks like the bonnet (‘hood' to our American readers) of a car and there is a dramatic gold grill on the far left side. The fan is a 9 blade design and it rests over the heatsink and heatpipes underneath. It is built around a red PCB.
The card is Crossfire capable in 2,3 and 4 way configurations and it has two 6 pin PCI E power connectors.
The card offers dual DVI x2 connectors, an HDMI out and two mini displayport connectors.
The cooler is based around a copper core in the middle which links out via 3 heatpipes to two racks of aluminum fins on either side.
The Powercolor HD6870 PCS++ uses Elpida W1032BABG memory.
An overview of the hardware in GPUz, highlighting the very generous overclocked figures.
Nice looking cooler indeed. weird about the temps, that seems very high. the A on the furmark and GPUZ seem VERY high though, I wonder is the bios messed up?
They are making some great cards. bummer you got a dodgy sample. it happens. at least they arent cherry pickin them
Hey, can you pass over my details to powercolor? I have the same card and the same problem. I dont think its your specific sample, perhaps a faulty batch with too much voltage?
Score is too high, the card is faulty, you review what you are given. 6/10 max
Fumark is too much of a stress test now. its like prime. its useless nothing ever stresses out hardware this much. something like crysis is fine. all you need
This is why Sapphire get such a good name, because things like this just dont happen for them!
6870 isn’t a good seller for AMD. its one of their worst sellers. the lower end boards get them their gravy.
optix what do you mean? i think this deal about sapphire being perfect is stupid.
I have had sapphire cards fail before years ago. most of them are made in the same factories anyway by palit.
You scored it too high, even if it is a bad card, you needed to score it lower. Cant take powercolors word on it !
I found another review and theirs seems ok. I think this one might have a different bios with more voltage. the Amps look higher than even most OC’d models ive seen in furmark.