Home / Tech News / Featured Announcement / XFX HD6950 DD, HD6870 DD and HD6790 DD Review

XFX HD6950 DD, HD6870 DD and HD6790 DD Review

Aliens V Predator has proved to be a big seller since the release and Sega have taken the franchise into new territory after taking it from Sierra. AVP is a Direct X 11 supported title and delivers not only advanced shadow rendering but high quality tessellation for the cards on test today.

To test the cards we used a 1080p resolution with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16 af, ambient occulsion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on. We use this with most of our graphics card testing so cards are comparable throughout reviews.

An intensive Direct X 11 engine which requires powerful partnering hardware. The HD6790 DD struggles a little at 1080p and would require reduced settings, but the other two ‘DD' cards have no problems powering the engine at full HD.

Become a Patron!

Check Also

Leaker claims Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti will pack 8,960 CUDA cores

Leaker Kopite7kimi, known for accurate Nvidia leaks, claims that a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is in the works and could launch alongside the RTX 5080 at CES.

12 comments

  1. Very nice indeed, HD6870 is by far b est value, thats a bargain.

  2. Excellent, I agree HD6870 is best and its very well priced. I dont get paid for 2 weeks sadly 🙁

  3. Thought they had vanished off the face of the earth there for a while. nice to see them back … with a bang.

  4. Never mind the 6870, the 6790 is really more than most people would ever need, quite surprised how well it performs even at 1080p. But for the small price increase, 6870 is much better value.

  5. Very good, thanks for review.

  6. I like XFX< always had good luck with their cards. shame they stopped the cool X shaped boxes they used to have.

  7. are they the first to have used a direct touch heatpipe cooler like this?

  8. Two of the HD6870s seem best to me, just a little more than one of the 6950’s.

    They should lower the 6950 price to £199 inc vat IMO or even £190.

  9. Great review man, im really looking at one of those 6790s for my media center, but it seems poor value when the 6870 is only 25 quid more.

  10. 6870 FTW. those are great cards. XFX DD version is a bargain, orfered one.

  11. really cool. And the price isn’t really bad…