Conclusion
PowerColor adds to both the core and memory speeds for near-Radeon HD 7950-like performance.PowerColor has decided the HD 7870 is deserving of one final hurrah before the next-generation cards begin to infiltrate the Radeon product stack during the next six months.
Equipped with a very quiet, meaty cooler that keeps the underlying Pitcairn XT GPU suitably cool, PowerColor adds to both the core and memory speeds for near-Radeon HD 7950-like performance.
Yet the one obvious problem in basing an overclocked design on a venerable GPU is that the competition's newest cards - GeForce GTX 760 in this case - have become better bets in terms of all-round performance and value.
We think that PowerColor has done a good job with the HD 7870 Devil 2GB, but if it was our money at stake, we'd probably opt for a GTX 760 instead.
The Good
Quiet, well-built cooler
Overclocks proficiently
Includes AMD's Silver gaming bundle, while stocks lastThe Bad
GeForce GTX 760 better all-round bet
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