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XFX HD6950 DD, HD6870 DD and HD6790 DD Review

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.

Another demanding engine and one that really requires the HD6870 or HD6950 to run perfectly smoothly at these settings.

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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…