Club 3D 7870 Joker XT Edition Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 14th January 2013 | Source: Club 3D | Price: £177.60 |
Introduction
The current selection of midrange Radeon cards provide some of the best value for money around in any hardware category. Not only are they good value but they perform excellent and, even better for us, they overclock well too. Club 3D are fairly new to our shores but both the HD7850 and HD7950 that we've reviewed have blown our socks off, and led to them taking home two of our Best of 2012 awards.
Today we're taking a look at the latest iteration of the HD7870, here in XT trim which comes with 256 additional stream processors when compared to the original HD7870 GPU.
Does the award-winning roll that Club 3D are on continue, or is this truly the joker in the pack?
Technical Specifications
It's not just the stream processor count that's been jacked up on the HD7870XT. Whereas the original HD7870 came on the Pitcairn GPU, the XT utilises a Tahiti LE GPU. This is a slightly cut-down version of the one found on the HD7950. So although it has the HD7870 name, it's actually got far more in common with a HD7950, except for a reduction in stream processors and less GDDR5 memory. We know that seems as clear as mud, so let's just get it on the bench rig and see how it performs.
Model
Product Name: Radeon HD 7870XT jokerCard
Product Series: Radeon HD 7000
Item Code: CGAX-7876XT
EAN Code: 8717249411437
Interface
Bus Interface: PCI Express 3.0
Chipset
GPU Chipset: Tahiti LE
GPU Clock: 925 MHz
GPU Boost Clock: 975 MHz
Stream Processors: 1536
Multi-GPU
Multi-GPU: Dual CrossFire Ready
Memory
Memory Size: 2048MB
Memory Interface: 256 BIT
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Clock: 6000 MHz
Cooling
Cooling Type: Active Fansink, CoolStream High Performance Cooling Technology
TDP
Idle: 30W
Idle ZCP mode enabled: 3W
Maximum load: < 210W
3D API
DirectX version: 11.1
OpenGL version: 4.2
OpenCL version: 1.2
Dimensions
Slot Width: 2 Slots
Profile: Standard profile
Card Size: 268x122x36mm
Weight
Card Weight: 672g
Output Configuration
DVI: 1x Dual-Link DVI-I
HDMI: 1x version 1.4a
Mini DisplayPort: 2x version 1.2
HDCP ready: YES
RAMDAC: 400MHz
Most Recent Comments
finally a black PCB..
man this Club 3D is churnin' out some interesting feature cards..
thanks, Tom.
man this Club 3D is churnin' out some interesting feature cards..
thanks, Tom.
Awesome card and great review TTL dude.
Quite some impressive numbers there for a card in that price range, and a black PCB at last. Someone has been listening.
These Tahiti LE cards are really exciting although I understand that there aren't going to be a lot, if any, of Tahiti LE releases from other manufacturers. It is intended to be a limited edition so get one as soon as you can...they might not be around for that long.
The TUL corporation are a major source for these releases (and TUL either owns or contracts supplies to Club3D, Powercolor and VTX3D). I'm only aware of Sapphire being the other manufacturer to release a Tahiti LE; possibly because of other major manufacturers not wanting to compromise on the existing 7870/7950 price point given the amount of stock they will likely have.
Cards to look out for:
Club3D Joker
Powercolor 7870 Myst
VTX3D 7870 Black
Sapphire 7870 XT
There is also not going to be an AMD reference Tahiti LE. Also worth noting that this will not crossfire with other 7800 "Pitcairn" cards but will work with 7900 cards which obviously have the same "Tahiti" PCB.
The TUL corporation are a major source for these releases (and TUL either owns or contracts supplies to Club3D, Powercolor and VTX3D). I'm only aware of Sapphire being the other manufacturer to release a Tahiti LE; possibly because of other major manufacturers not wanting to compromise on the existing 7870/7950 price point given the amount of stock they will likely have.
Cards to look out for:
Club3D Joker
Powercolor 7870 Myst
VTX3D 7870 Black
Sapphire 7870 XT
There is also not going to be an AMD reference Tahiti LE. Also worth noting that this will not crossfire with other 7800 "Pitcairn" cards but will work with 7900 cards which obviously have the same "Tahiti" PCB.
This reviewed version of the 7870 is a great value. With a nice look and with benchmarks that are better than any other 7870, also with some interesting results compared with other gpu. All of this makes this a great choice for any one that wants a good product vs cash. Nice review Tom.
Very nice review..This card is very good.I dont know for you guys,but i was always like more NVidia..I know that Ati is faster,but that PhysX from Nvidia are incredible..thanx for great review
Looks like a little beast of a card.
Another top review, the time is coming for me to get a new system....
Do you think were gonna see anything from nvidia to counter this card, like a 660 with more shaders unlocked ???
Do you think were gonna see anything from nvidia to counter this card, like a 660 with more shaders unlocked ???
Great review as allways. Was expecting to see a bigger boost in frame rates when overclocked, still a beast of a card for its price.
Really interested in this card, just wondered (if I can ask here), where you can get it for this price and with the free games?
just to clarify....is this performance duplicated on ALL tahiti le cards, or just the joker???
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just to clarify....is this performance duplicated on ALL tahiti le cards, or just the joker???
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What I'm curious about is if the 3 Tahiti LE cards available in Europe: PowerColor 7870 Myst. Edition, VTX3D 7870 Black Edition and Club3D 7870 jokercard have the same cooler and PCB? The Club3D one is around 20 - 25€ more expensive, I don't really understand why.
Really impressed by Club3Ds cards based along the 'cards' theme. Ace, King, Queen, Joker etc.
tend to agree xmbliss i overclocked a 6870 with gelid icy rev2 cooling to 925 mhz i got 62 fps avg on the heaven benchmark just tried it out for fun
hmm, seems Club3d is trying to get a better image among overclockers. I myself have never been a fan of the brand. Only seen ones that went bad even on stock settings. But that was with an old fx5700 so they could've come a long way since then. Really hope they get competetive with other brands, helps drop the prices 
Found this on Amazon I hope, can someone confirm (preferably Tom) that this is the right one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Club-3D-HD78...8185753&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Club-3D-HD78...8185753&sr=1-2
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Originally Posted by J-a-c-o-b
Found this on Amazon I hope, can someone confirm (preferably Tom) that this is the right one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Club-3D-HD78...8185753&sr=1-2 |
It would appear the club 3d seem to be producing some good cards and the black pcb is definatly a bonus, will have to see how much money i have soon but the 5770 could do with an upgrade i think
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It's been so long since I've seen Club3D cards... I actually had their Ati Radeon 9600XT paired up with AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton; OCed to 3200+), it was amazing for what it costed me. Good to see them doing well with 7000 series 
Club3d has really made some impressive products since i've been following them over the past few months. Shame they aren't in the US yet.
Really nice card from amd & club3d.
And someone I know just bought a 660 a few days ago, ah well.
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Club3d has really made some impressive products since i've been following them over the past few months. Shame they aren't in the US yet.
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.Also, anyone got any ideas as to water block compatibility with this card? Kind of an oddball, so I would suspect that one doesn't exist (unless you get a GPU-only block)
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Originally Posted by J-a-c-o-b
Found this on Amazon I hope, can someone confirm (preferably Tom) that this is the right one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Club-3D-HD78...8185753&sr=1-2 |
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yeah the joker one is taihiti le. besides it says it has 1536 stream processors, regular 7870 has 1280.
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Also, anyone got any ideas as to water block compatibility with this card? Kind of an oddball, so I would suspect that one doesn't exist (unless you get a GPU-only block)
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Would be a lovely upgrade for my aging 6850... Don't really have the money for anything other than crossfre now though x.x
Really fantastic card for the price and awesome review as always
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Originally Posted by J-a-c-o-b
Found this on Amazon I hope, can someone confirm (preferably Tom) that this is the right one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Club-3D-HD78...8185753&sr=1-2 |
Because i'm looking at getting one of these pretty soon, and they're out of stock on the Kuston PC site that is linked in the review.
It seems to be a real joker in this price! I hope it will be on shelves here too.
i want this card with that pedobear instead of my 5770 ... 
just ordered mine
Got mine and it's just awesome so worth the wait. Bought of amazon got it 3 weeks later. Truly epic card for the money
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Originally Posted by Geee-master
Got mine and it's just awesome so worth the wait. Bought of amazon got it 3 weeks later. Truly epic card for the money
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I got mine a couple of days after I ordered it. Got it from the site TTL said about. Kustom PC or something, Do you find that the fan it loud on 60%? & also does auto fan speeds make the card get too hot?
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would like to see how more 7950's scale on the 3dmark11 graph
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