XFX RADEON HD 5870 1 GB DDR5 PCI Express Card HD587AZNF9

4 comments

1. 

   Jesse A. Vazquez on December 21, 2009 at 7:21 am

   Awesome card…. runs games like clockwork. I am very satisfied. I brought and got a little later than expected but it was worth the wait!

2. 

   R. H. Wilkins on December 21, 2009 at 10:09 am

   Installed without issue on Windows 7 Professional 64bit. Solid, fast performance on all my games. Runs Crysis on maximum setting around 50fps. Can’t complain. Double Lifetime Warranty too. XFX rocks.

3. 

   Holy_COW on December 21, 2009 at 12:33 pm

   Insanely fast, overclocking “out-of-the-box” is ok, goes to 900/1250.
   
   After applying ASUS Bios and using MSI Afterburner, can get the GPU all the way to 1100-1200Mhz stable (can go to 1400 but good luck trying it), however no luck with the memory going over 1250.

   Pros:
   
   - Fastest video card on the market, can run anything with full details on my 24″ at 1920×1200
   
   - Can use an MCW-60 to watercool it (uses standard Ati holes/plate) and go to even higher clocks with low noise
   
   - Looks great on the case, a big card with a nice design on it (other brands place a girl/axe/other stuff on the side of the card that IMO looks ugly)
   
   - Ati has the only DX11 cards on the market right now
   
   - Display Port finally!
   
   - Eyefinity with 3 monitors

   Cons:
   
   - A bit more overclockability from the memory will be nice.
   
   - Over 1000Mhz the standard hsf can become noisy
   
   - Eyefinity with 3 monitors (a con since it makes me think to buy 2 more monitors… lol!)

4. 

   Jarrod on December 21, 2009 at 2:29 pm

   My previous card was the XLR8 Nvidia 9800 GT 1024mb ddr3. it would play crysis on very high spec with no anti-aliasing about 15-20 fps on my 40″ tv. I can now play it on very high spec with 8x anti aliasing and maintain 30-40 fps. However, if you start a game without AAx8 on then switch it on, it will drop fps to about 10-15 for about a minute while it catches up, it’s best to just start with AA already on. if you have a monitor that shows resolutions up to 1600p i couldn’t tell you if this card can hit those resolutions with the same performance, but 1080p works like a charm. it comes with the ati catalist program that allows you to overclock it. all this performace is without overclocking.

   WARNING: it does take two slots on the back of your computer. it only takes one pci express slot, but the card is so thick that it has 2 metal brackets instead of just one, where you connect your monitors. also it is 11 inches long. make sure it will fit before buying.

   current build:
   
   Dell XPS 420
   
   vista 32 bit home premium
   
   3G of Ram
   
   Intel quad core processor Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
   
   XFX Radeon HD5870 1024mb DDR5
   
   320 gb hard drive
   
   Thermal take black widow 850w power supply