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The XFX HD6870 DD arrives in an (almost) identical box as the HD 6790 DD on the previous page. Yep, you guessed it, the obvious difference is the product name.
The bundle contains literature on the XFX range, including their power supplies which we have reviewed before on Kitguru. They also supply access to their support system to help users in times of need. Finally there is a sign for a door to keep out strangers and unwanted family members.
The card looks almost identical to the HD6790, built on the same, eye catching black PCB with dual fan system and black plastic surround. If Darth Vader wanted a video card, this would be the one. He also wouldn't care about the anti tamper stickers on the mounting screws. Warranties beware!
The card is CrossfireX capable, in a two way configuration. The top of the card highlights the thick copper heatpipes and a sticker above which reads ‘Double Dissipation'. The card requires 2x 6 pin power connectors to operate correctly.
The HD 6870 DD has two DVI ports on the I/O plate, with a full size HDMI connector and two mini displayport connectors. There is full support for AMD Eyefinity and the card features the same nifty ‘XFX' logo cut into the backplate.
To get access to the card we need to remove mounting screws, PCB screws and backplate screws. Just remember if you damage those stickers on the PCB your warranty will be invalidated.
The cooler is identical to the one on the HD6790 with three thick direct contact copper heatpipes leading out into two seperate racks of aluminum fins on either side of the core. These are cooled from above by the two fans.
XFX are using 1GB of high quality Elpida GDDR5 memory on this custom PCB design.
Above, a GPUz screenshot of the XFX HD6870 DD. It runs at 925mhz core and 1050mhz via the 1GB of GDDR5 memory (4200mhz effective) which is connected via a 256 bit interface. The card is based on the 40nm AMD Barts core and has 1120 unified shaders and 32 ROPS.
Very nice indeed, HD6870 is by far b est value, thats a bargain.
Excellent, I agree HD6870 is best and its very well priced. I dont get paid for 2 weeks sadly 🙁
Thought they had vanished off the face of the earth there for a while. nice to see them back … with a bang.
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.
Very good, thanks for review.
I like XFX< always had good luck with their cards. shame they stopped the cool X shaped boxes they used to have.
are they the first to have used a direct touch heatpipe cooler like this?
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.
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.
6870 FTW. those are great cards. XFX DD version is a bargain, orfered one.
really cool. And the price isn’t really bad…