Looking for a referenced 6870

[krix876]

Hello, Can somebody help me, i'm looking for a referenced designed Radeon hd 6870, where can get one...

And can you tell me if any of these are referenced
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=869185&CatId=7005
AND
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1006280&CatId=3669

 

[Deemo13]

Why is it that you are looking for a refrence 6870? It is no faster than any other 6870, and it was only the early 6950's like mine that could be unlocked to the 6970.

A reference 6870 will have an "AMD" insignia on the PCB near the gold connectors, like this one:

 

[krix876]

Why is it that you are looking for a refrence 6870? It is no faster than any other 6870, and it was only the early 6950's like mine that could be unlocked to the 6970.

A reference 6870 will have an "AMD" insignia on the PCB near the gold connectors, like this one:

http://www.ozone3d.net/public/jegx/201010/amd_radeon_hd6870_01.jpg

Hey, Thanks for that.
Thing is I'm looking liquid cool it or use an aftermarket cooler, I keep reading that is hard and not wise to mod a non-ref card because te PCB is different.
So I want to know if either of these cards are moder friendly before i buy it.

 

[rwayne]

Personally I don't think it would be a good choice to liquid cool a 6870. The 6870 has such little headroom for over clocking. Water cooling in an attempt to overclock is going to yield minimal results for the amount of money you will spend.

If you had a Fermi Chip it would make more sense has it has a lot of headroom for overclocking.

If you are going to stick with a 6870 it would be better to go with a non-reference design such as the XFX Double D cooler or the ASUS Direct CU cooler.

 

[krix876]

Personally I don't think it would be a good choice to liquid cool a 6870. The 6870 has such little headroom for over clocking. Water cooling in an attempt to overclock is going to yield minimal results for the amount of money you will spend.

If you had a Fermi Chip it would make more sense has it has a lot of headroom for overclocking.

If you are going to stick with a 6870 it would be better to go with a non-reference design such as the XFX Double D cooler or the ASUS Direct CU cooler.

Thanks i'll keep that in mind.
So The GTX 560 is the better over clocker than the 6870

 

[vmem]

Only if you buy "full water blocks", the ones that fit the shape of your PCB and cool your GPU AND the VRM and other components, would the PCB shape and holes matter.

if you already have such a waterblock, go with rwayne's recommendation. if you don't and you're buying new, I would suggest you buy a GPU only waterblock. they look a little like the CPU water blocks. you can then buy little heat spreaders for your VRM. the reason being if you buy the full block for the 6870, it's useless when you need to upgrade, and that extra money is much better spent on a better video card instead. if you buy the GPU only waterblock, you can always re-use it in the future.

 

[rwayne]

Thanks i'll keep that in mind.
So The GTX 560 is the better over clocker than the 6870

Definitely

 

[krix876]

Definitely

Cool
Thanks, I'll go with the 560 then, bcuz i need a monitor too, so keeping a tight budget.
And I see you also have a 6870 so your speaking form experience with it.

 

[krix876]

Only if you buy "full water blocks", the ones that fit the shape of your PCB and cool your GPU AND the VRM and other components, would the PCB shape and holes matter.

if you already have such a waterblock, go with rwayne's recommendation. if you don't and you're buying new, I would suggest you buy a GPU only waterblock. they look a little like the CPU water blocks. you can then buy little heat spreaders for your VRM. the reason being if you buy the full block for the 6870, it's useless when you need to upgrade, and that extra money is much better spent on a better video card instead. if you buy the GPU only waterblock, you can always re-use it in the future.

Thank you, i'll also keep that in mind, this would be my 1st water cooling experience, so looking to spend not too much just yet.

 

[krix876]

Quick Question how do i close this thread?

 

[vmem]

Quick Question how do i close this thread?

I don't think you can. usually moderators do. if you pick an best answer so the thread is marked as solved, it'll die pretty fast

 

[rwayne]

I don't think you can. usually moderators do. if you pick an best answer so the thread is marked as solved, it'll die pretty fast

That's right. Go ahead and pick me as the best answer and that should close it in a matter of days.

 

[krix876]

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