AMD Radeon HD 7870 And 7850 Review: Pitcairn Gets Benchmarked
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There's a big hole in between AMD's $450 Radeon HD 7950 and its $160 Radeon HD 7700. Today, the company introduces Radeon HD 7850 and 7870 to fill that gap, and they push a lot more performance than we expected. But are they really ready for prime time?
Benchmark Results: DiRT 3
At 1920x1080, the Radeon HD 7870 outperforms the 7950, strangely enough. Even at 2560x1440 the two cards finish very close together.
Meanwhile, the Radeon HD 7850 is just barely beaten by the older 6970 at 1920x1080. Push resolution to 2560x1440, though, and the Radeon HD 7850 drops to the point where even a GeForce GTX 560 Ti beats it. Clearly, something is very wrong there.
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hardcore_gamer Wow..7870 has nearly half the power-draw of GTX 570 and performs better . IMO this is the most impressive card in GCN line up so far.Reply -
esrever AMD saved the best for last it seems. Although a bit over priced, these cards are amazing performance/watt with all the new features. Nice to see the 7870 take a few blows at the 580 in a few games. Can't wait to see what kepler can do as well!Reply -
alex3064 alex3064what date is this 7850/7870 actually launchedi mean when will it be launched in marketReply -
theuniquegamer impressive performance of 7870 (i was disappointed by the 7770's performance )And what about microshuttering? Is it present in 7870 CF?Reply -
hardcore_gamer ilysamlWatch the benches well, the HD 7870 almost beating the GTX 580.Reply
Looking at the performance graphs, 7870 performs very close to 7950 which has 40% more SPs and a 384 bit memory interface. I think AMD reduced the performance of 79xx series on purpose so that they can release a better card just before the launch of Kepler. -
_Pez_ the 7870 is quite impressive. O.O almost the same gaming capability of the 580 for 350. OMG!Reply -
hardcore_gamer alex3064i mean when will it be launched in marketReply
It is there in the first page. "you won’t be able to buy the card until at least March 19th, AMD tells us." -
Onikage 7870 is a sensational card !!! even at this given price!!!Reply
what a card !!!
DAY 1 BUY !