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Review: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Devil

by Tarinder Sandhu on 27 September 2013, 13:00

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), PowerColor (6150.TWO)

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Testing methodology

PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Devil 2GB specs

GPU Comparisons
Graphics Card GPU Clock
(MHz)		 Stream
Processors		 Shader Clock
(MHz)		 Memory Clock
(MHz)		 Memory Bus
(bits)		 Graphics Driver
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz 3GB 1,000 (1,050) 2,048 1,000 (1,050) 6,000 384 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB 925 2,048 925 5,500 384 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB 850 1,792 850 5,000 384 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2
PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Devil 2GB 1,150 1,280 1,150 5,000 256 Catalyst 13.9
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB 1,000 1,280 1,000 4,800 256 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB 863 (900) 2,304 863 (902) 6,008 384 GeForce 320.18
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB 1,046 (1,085) 1,536 1,046 (1,085) 7,012 256 GeForce 320.18
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB 980 (1,033) 1,152 980 (1,033) 6,008 256 GeForce 327.23
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB 1,006 (1,058) 1,536 1,006 (1,058) 6,008 256 GeForce 320.14
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB 915 (980) 1,344 915 (980) 6,008 256 GeForce 320.18

HEXUS Graphics Test Bench
Processor Intel Core i7-3770K (3.50GHz, 8MB cache, quad-core)
CPU Cooler Intel reference E97378-001
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH
Memory 8GB G.Skill RipJaws (2x4GB) DDR3 @ 1,600MHz
Power Supply Corsair AX750W
Storage Device Samsung 830 Series 256GB SSD
Optical Drive Generic 24x DVD-RW
Chassis Corsair Graphite Series 600T
Monitor Dell 3007WFP
Operating system Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

HEXUS High-End Benchmark Suite
GPU Benchmarks Mode and Resolutions Quality Settings
3DMark DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,440 Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme
BioShock Infinite DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 Ultra + DOF
Call of Duty: Black Ops II DX9 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 8xMSAA, Extra Preset
Crysis 3 DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 4xMSAA, High Preset
DiRT Showdown DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 4xMSAA, Ultra Preset
Far Cry 3 DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 2xMSAA, Ultra Preset
Just Cause 2 DX10 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 8xMSAA, High Preset
General Benchmarks Description
Power Consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record mains power draw both when idle and while playing Far Cry 3
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature both when idle and while playing Far Cry 3
Noise A PCE-318 meter is used to record noise levels when idle and while playing Far Cry 3

Notes

We've used the very latest drivers for both the PowerColor HD 7870 Devil (Catalyst 13.9) and Nvidia's comparable GeForce GTX 760 (ForceWare 327.23). Keep an eye out for their results in the upcoming graphs.

And don't expect the Devil to beast the benchmarks. It is among the cheapest cards in the line-up, which goes all the way up to GeForce GTX 780. We've dialled-in high image-quality settings and, for a sub-£200 card, would be content with an average framerate approaching 60fps at a 1,920x1,080 resolution.


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