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Review: Gigabyte HD 7870 OC and PowerColor HD 7870 PCS+

by Parm Mann on 21 March 2012, 09:17 3.0

Tags: Gigabyte (TPE:2376), PowerColor (6150.TWO)

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Benchmark: Crysis 2

Review: HEXUS.net/qa5cd | Where2buy: amazon.co.uk
Homepage: ea.com/crysis-2 | Publisher: Electronic Arts | Developer: Crytek

Crysis 2 may not have lived up to the expectations set by its predecessor, but with the DX11 patch and high-res textures, it's a gorgeous-looking game.

Performance is almost on par with a Radeon HD 7950 in Crysis 2, yet the PowerColor and Gigabyte cards cost roughly Ā£40 less.

There's not a lot to separate the two, though. Both ship with a 1,100MHz core, and the 100MHz memory overclock doesn't give the PowerColor card a significant edge - it's less than one per cent quicker than the Gigabyte model at either resolution.