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Ruby, ATI's last generation mascot is highlighted on the front of the box, which is certainly a blast from the past.
I remember her both fondly and with a little sadness now. Good times.
The bundle includes six video adapters, including an active DVI cable (image above: far left). VTX3D also include a software disc and crossfire cable, ideal if you want to double the performance. Perhaps you might even want to power 12 monitors. Be prepared to invest in a rather large desk for this kind of configuration however.
Initial impressions of the card were rather disappointing to be honest. I was expecting a more substantial cooler, perhaps even a two fan implementation. The plastic shroud is also rather thin and does flex substantially with even moderate pressure. The card is built around a bright red PCB.
On a more positive note, the PCB is small and will fit into any dual slot supporting chassis. It is Crossfire capable in a two way configuration only. If you want 3 way or Quad Crossfire support then you need to invest in a 79xx series graphics card.
The VTX3D HD7870 EyeFinity 6 demands power from two 6 pin PCIE power connectors for stable operation.
The main talking point of this specific card are the 6 mini Displayport connectors. As discussed earlier on this page, there are plenty of video converters included for various digital panel configurations.
The cooler is small and features two direct touch copper heatpipes which run through the axis of the base into two separate racks of aluminum fins. VTX3D are using Hynix H5GQ2H24MFR GDDR5 memory. There is a super high resolution image of the PCB on the next page, if you wish to analyse the board layout closely.
Nothing exciting to report via GPUz -a Pitcairn GPU built on the 28nm manufacturing process. This is basically a reference specified HD7870 running at 1000mhz core with the memory at 1,200mhz (4.8Gbps effective). It features 32 ROPs, 1280 shaders and the 2GB of GDDR5 memory is connected via a 256 bit memory interface.
Its a great idea for multiple monitors, but it seems like a half way approach.
people who want this for business, wont need a 7870, so its overkill as they wont game.
gamers who want 6 screen support would be better with a 7970 version as it has more power. then they could add another 7970 later for crossfire and added power.
Make sense or not? I think so anyway.
seems more suited to business users IMO. small design for business cases, single fan for people who dont really care about a little extra noise. not enough power for gaming on 4 screens or more etc.
I dont understand the selection. 7970 would make much more sense for this kind of card.
I think like Jeff, we need it for buisness and I don`t care much about the 3D support so 7750 with 6 outputs is good for me. I need PCIe 3.0 support, because I need fast 2D transfers over the bus.
Interesting card, currently the best you can have for Eyefinity in 7xxx series, unfortunately, as the two 7970 series who can run 6 screens have mixed outputs resulting in screen tearing, same for Sapphire 7950 FleX which is for a start limited to 1080p (bcos of HDMI) and on top of that has mixed outputs resulting screen tearing.
What someone should do would be a 7950 or 7970 with 6x DP. For business use one gets off the hook cheaper by going with either 6770 eyefinity 5 edition (like, from example, XFX does and which is on top of being small also a single slot card) or with 6870 Eyefinity 6 which is usually close to 100 euro cheaper and also has 2 Gb of vRAM.
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