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AMD Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition

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A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

How many years will the Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which is 277% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 813 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition is the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB, which is 208% more powerful and can run 732 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.
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The Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition is released on 01 Oct 2010

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Architecture
Terascale 2 Barts XT
Process
40nm
TMUs
56
Texture Rate
51 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
29 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
1120
Driver Support
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Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.3
Resolution (WxH)
2560x1600
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
1024 MB
Memory Speed
1050 MHz
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
134.4GB/sec
L2 Cache
512KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
915 MHz
Power
Max Power
251 Watts
PSU
500 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i5-760 2.8GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
Radeon HD 7970
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Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon HD 6870 that features a small increase in the core-clock and a new cooling system called WindForce 3X.
The GPU runs cooler but the performance boost is of only 1% according to most benchmarks.


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Radeon HD 6870 Gigabyte OC Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements
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