Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+ 1 GB

W1zzard · Feb 5, 2010, 08:55 PM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...5870_PCS_Plus/

air_ii · Feb 9, 2010, 10:14 AM

Nice and thanks! On a side note, my Sapphire does 1 GHz default voltage on Furmark

! That's on water though...

ArkanHell · Feb 9, 2010, 10:19 AM

Thats a beautiful piece of hardware imo.

inferKNOX · Feb 9, 2010, 10:27 AM

IMO Club 3D 5850 Overclocked Edition = Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+ = Sapphire 4870 toxic as far as cooling kit goes.

Quite unimpressed with that.
For good custom cooling Sapphire VaporX/Toxic & HIS IceQ FTW!!

pantherx12 · Feb 9, 2010, 10:28 AM

I hate the cooler, looks so cheap, especially with the heatpipes sticking out messily like that.

W1zzard · Feb 9, 2010, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pantherx12

I hate the cooler, looks so cheap, especially with the heatpipes sticking out messily like that.

except that it delivers the best combination of noise, overclocking, temps of all 58xx cards that i tested so far.

pantherx12 · Feb 9, 2010, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

except that it delivers the best combination of noise, overclocking, temps of all 58xx cards that i tested so far.

Still doesn't make it pretty or better then after market

dir_d · Feb 9, 2010, 02:06 PM

Good review but i really wanna see the 5870 lightning review. 1000Mhz is great i can get my current 5870 to 1000 but its hard

Mescalamba · Feb 9, 2010, 02:07 PM

I think that beside not exactly stunning look, its great card. 1000MHz on GPU at 70°C load? Thats nice..

Delta6326 · Feb 9, 2010, 03:43 PM

Nice review, nice card to bad it isnt 2gb cant wait to see some of those

im waiting for a 68*0

Fourstaff · Feb 9, 2010, 03:58 PM

Batmobile looks much better, but this is a better product than the reference design, and we wouldn't spend our a lot of our time looking at the innards of our pc, so I would pick this over the reference.

pantherx12 · Feb 9, 2010, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fourstaff

Batmobile looks much better, but this is a better product than the reference design, and we wouldn't spend our a lot of our time looking at the innards of our pc, so I would pick this over the reference.

Tell this to people with sidewindows that take up 90% of the side panel

I'm constantly looking at my rig, its purty

W1zzard · Feb 9, 2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delta6326

Nice review, nice card to bad it isnt 2gb cant wait to see some of those

im waiting for a 68*0

i can tell you the conclusion of the 2 gb card review "looks nice on paper, but the extra gb of memory doesn't do anything"

Quote:

Originally Posted by dir_d

Good review but i really wanna see the 5870 lightning review. 1000Mhz is great i can get my current 5870 to 1000 but its hard

once msi has cards they will send me one for review, dont worry

Mescalamba · Feb 9, 2010, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

i can tell you the conclusion of the 2 gb card review "looks nice on paper, but the extra gb of memory doesn't do anything"

once msi has cards they will send me one for review, dont worry

2GB should be usefull for hi-res Eyefinity. (6x LCD and such)

Steevo · Feb 9, 2010, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

i can tell you the conclusion of the 2 gb card review "looks nice on paper, but the extra gb of memory doesn't do anything"

once msi has cards they will send me one for review, dont worry

Wha wha wha what!?

Not even for GTA4?

W1zzard · Feb 9, 2010, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steevo

Wha wha wha what!?

Not even for GTA4?

gta4 programmers fail

Steevo · Feb 9, 2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

gta4 programmers fail

U make me sad.

I guess it's time to order the 5870 and get some new coolant and memory for my system.

DOM · Feb 9, 2010, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

gta4 programmers fail

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steevo

U make me sad.

I guess it's time to order the 5870 and get some new coolant and memory for my system.

i play it on my asus 9600GSO Q at 3.6GHz 6gb ram not max cuz the card only has 384mb

Steevo · Feb 9, 2010, 05:35 PM

I thinkI am out of memory and bandwidth on my 4850 1Gb increasing the memory clock increase frame rates, but it doesn't overclock so well. i didn't know if the extra vmem helps with the small stuttering with high view distance, right now I am at 32 with all other settings maxxed and get occasional stuttering and some decal and texture corruption from the memory I believe.

I wanted a card that could handle a 50 or better draw distance and some better high res textures and decals.

mrcmark · Feb 9, 2010, 05:46 PM

nice review!

Im really excited for the MSI 5870 lightning and 5850 cyclone to come out. 1000 ghz ftw!

Zubasa · Feb 9, 2010, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pantherx12

Tell this to people with sidewindows that take up 90% of the side panel

I'm constantly looking at my rig, its purty

You really won't see much of the heat-pipes because you are looking at the top of the card from the side panel

I own one such case, so you can take my word for it.

mrcmark · Feb 9, 2010, 06:56 PM

they should make vc's gpu on the revise so we can adore them. just a thought

mlee49 · Feb 9, 2010, 07:22 PM

Holy CRAP that card must be insanely quite! Are those numbers right? 27dba idle 32dba load? Really? WOW!

W1zzard · Feb 9, 2010, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlee49

Holy CRAP that card must be insanely quite! Are those numbers right? 27dba idle 32dba load? Really? WOW!

yep it really is insanely quiet for the performance offered

erocker · Feb 9, 2010, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steevo

U make me sad.

I guess it's time to order the 5870 and get some new coolant and memory for my system.

Yes you should. While yes the programming does suck for GTAIV, DLC for PC is on the way!

So does ATi need a bigger memory bus for 2gb's of RAM?

Feb 5, 2010, 08:55 PM	#1
W1zzard Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 12,293 (4.19/day) Thanks: 155 Thanked 8,151 Times in 2,507 Posts System Specs	Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+ 1 GB To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...5870_PCS_Plus/ Last edited by W1zzard; Feb 9, 2010 at 10:11 AM.

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Feb 9, 2010, 10:14 AM	#2
air_ii Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: POZ, PL Posts: 130 (0.05/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 21 Times in 19 Posts System Specs	Nice and thanks! On a side note, my Sapphire does 1 GHz default voltage on Furmark ! That's on water though... __________________

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Feb 9, 2010, 10:27 AM	#4
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Feb 9, 2010, 10:19 AM	#3
ArkanHell Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paraguay Posts: 96 (0.05/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Thats a beautiful piece of hardware imo.

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Feb 9, 2010, 10:28 AM	#5
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Feb 9, 2010, 02:06 PM	#8
dir_d Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manteca, Ca Posts: 738 (0.74/day) Thanks: 66 Thanked 104 Times in 80 Posts System Specs	Good review but i really wanna see the 5870 lightning review. 1000Mhz is great i can get my current 5870 to 1000 but its hard __________________

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Feb 9, 2010, 02:07 PM	#9
Mescalamba Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 185 (0.18/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	I think that beside not exactly stunning look, its great card. 1000MHz on GPU at 70°C load? Thats nice..

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Feb 9, 2010, 05:46 PM	#20
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Feb 9, 2010, 06:56 PM	#22
mrcmark Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	they should make vc's gpu on the revise so we can adore them. just a thought

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