Asus Radeon HD 6870 DirectCu
Real Time: AVP & Just Cause 2
Published: 28th January 2011 | Source: Asus | Price: ~£200 |
Aliens vs Predator
This game is a very recent hit that utilises many Direct X 11 features, including copious amounts of Tesselation. What a perfect way to stretch our HD 6870's legs.
Here, the HD 6870 takes a surprisingly large lead however at up to £50 more than the GTX 460, this is exactly what we were hoping to see.
Just Cause 2
Another recent hit, Just Cause 2 is also a rather demanding game; particular with all sliders maxed and the resolution set to 1920x1200. How will it run?
Again more of the same in JC2, although all of the above graphics cards were capable of producing fluid gameplay.
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No comparisons with the GTX 560 Ti? It's right in that price range.
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Originally Posted by Zeals
No comparisons with the GTX 560 Ti? It's right in that price range. |
That's right, the GTX 460 is the only other graphics card that has been permenently stationed on my testbed as of late.
I had thought about the 560 Ti, but without trying it I could not add it to my graphs. What you will see however is that the 560 will match and probably outpace the 6870, given that it has 48 more stream processors (over the 460), higher core/memory clocks and the scope to overclock further.
I maintain that the 6870 DirectCu is a nice enough product however it would need a RRP around the £175-180 mark to really make sense.
I had thought about the 560 Ti, but without trying it I could not add it to my graphs. What you will see however is that the 560 will match and probably outpace the 6870, given that it has 48 more stream processors (over the 460), higher core/memory clocks and the scope to overclock further.
I maintain that the 6870 DirectCu is a nice enough product however it would need a RRP around the £175-180 mark to really make sense.
The GF 560 makes this card look like a baby considering you are paying the same money, I think the GF 500 series has made anything coming out of AMD look like a baby even if it comes from a big name like ASUS and AMD have to pull something out quickly or reduce there prices seriously or face another period of losses and I really think it is ironic that NVIDIA can turn the tables around in just a few months and just shows us how unpredictable the pc component market has become because a lot of people were predicting that NVIDIA was going down a few months earlier when the 470 & 480 came out.
hey is it possible to run this in crossfire with a HD 6850?
Sorry im new to this, about to build my own!
Sorry im new to this, about to build my own!
woops, sorry i dont think it is 
P.S 6850's in crossfire churn out GTX580 performance at high resolutions
P.S 6850's in crossfire churn out GTX580 performance at high resolutions
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