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Sapphire HD6870 Dual Fan Overclock Edition Review (with Dirt 3)

Shogun 2 is set in 16th-century feudal Japan, in the aftermath of the Ōnin War. The country is fractured into rival clans led by local warlords, each fighting for control. The player takes on the role of one of these warlords, with the goal of dominating other factions and claiming his rule over Japan. The standard edition of the game will feature a total of eight factions (plus a ninth faction for the tutorial), each with a unique starting position and different political and military strengths.

All settings are pushed to mixed high/ultra settings as shown below.

Real world testing can fluctuate a little, especially with dynamic environments. With this test we also like to include built in benchmark results via Steam so readers can directly compare against their own hardware. Direct X 11 1080p and 720p results are below.

AMD's hardware performs well with this Direct X 11 engine as the results show. No problems powering this game, even at the demanding settings we used at both 720p and 1080p.

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8 comments

  1. Tres bien ! very nice design. More cards should use bigger (and more) fans.

  2. Great card, if they could get it out for £150 A lot of people would jump all over it.

  3. Dual fan cards rock. AMD always stick with those shitty little 60mm red fans. must be a stockpile in a warehouse somewhere of 10 billion.

  4. Been buying Sapphire for 10 years now, it aint gonna change anytime soon 😉

  5. Can it be bought anywhere yet?

  6. Looks much better than the reference design. 1000mhz core is great. I recently bought a new 24 inch screen and my 6770 runs out of steam with some games, might ebay it and go for one of these if the price is right.

  7. Two of these in crossfire for under 300? you should follow up. I bet it would kick the GTX580 ass.

  8. @Optix,
    by us in the Netherlands, we can get this card for a minimum of £146 (€170) and for a average of £154 (€180) (with the current exchange rates!!)

    €1 ≈ £0,85