SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (100314-3L )

Pros: worked out ok at the beginning, but when i started playing a few games Battlefield 3 and WoW it had problems

Cons: when playing Games like WoW and Battlefield 3 i had to reduce the graphics setting to around mid setting or lower due to lag and choppy graphics

Pros: Handle's Any PC Game Attempted to play.

Cons: Tried To Overclock this And did not have any luck, Memory Rams tend to get hotter than expected.

Other Thoughts: Adequate Cooling Could Possibly make this card perform much better.

Pros: Runs every thing I have thrown at it on highest settings! Has no issues with overheating. Runs dual screen with ease.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Wish I could afford to put in a second!

Pros: Good performance for the price. Quality product.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: This card does what I need it to do. It has handled everything I've thrown at it with ease. I use it for HD video editing, watching HD movies, and a little gaming. Not had any issues with it whatsoever. Have owned it 6 months so far. No need for me to upgrade yet. Highly recommend.


My rig:


Asus Sabertooth z77
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
WD Caviar Black 1TB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Cooler Master HAF X RC-942
CORSAIR Professional Series HX850
Intel Quad-Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 1600mhz
LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R Blu-Ray Burner

Pros: Well, for starters.
Decent card. I enjoy playing most games on High-Max settings. I've had to turn down Max Payne 3 a smidge [Triple-buffered vsync is a waste], and I usually crank up the Antistropic filtering to max and only toss 2 or 4x antialiasing. The drivers were easy as pie to install, and it runs nice and cool. Just blow it our with some air every few weeks and it'll lasts longer than your car.

Cons: 2GB would have been nice, but I'm the one who tossed my dollars at it, aren't I?

Other Thoughts: The 7870 is absolutely worth it, and is this card's successor in every way [even price!]. If you look up how well the 6870 excels when put into CrossfireX mode, it blows the competition out of the water.

Pros: Great quality, speed, and versatility

Cons: HUGE card!!! absolutely HUGE! had struggles installing it. in fact it took me about 15 tries. this is also partly due to a cheap MOBO and poor PCI slot placement on Accer's behalf but still a challenge

Other Thoughts: I WISH I WOULDA BOUGHT 2!!!

Pros: Plays modern games smoothly at medium to high settings, but do not expect to be able to run games at max settings without a noticeable FPS hit.
Reasonably quiet fan even at higher temps
Stays relatively cool, heat has never been an issue for me with this card.

Cons: Bought this card with plans to get a second one and crossfire. Unfortunately micro-stutter in crossfire is an issue with this series.

Other Thoughts: HD 6870's are no longer in production, and the prices now are higher than when I first purchased one a year and a half ago. If you can find one for less than $160 though, go for it, it can still keep up with games these days if you don't need maximum eye candy.

Pros: Card was amazing for the 2 months that it worked. Ran perfect. Had no problems.

Cons: Alright, So I got the card on December 9th or so, card ran like a beauty, but 2 months later, it died. It died out on me yesterday (2/8/13) and I have no idea what happened. I ran a game, got to the login screen, went away from keyboard and when I got back there were purple vertical lines going down my screen. When I rebooted my PC I got to the point right before the login screen but it just sits there, with a black screen, and my cursor (which I can move around). Ctrl + Alt + Delete doesn't work. And it is very weird because the card works when A.) In safe mode and B.) When the drivers are uninstalled. I'm using my 6670 right now so I know its not the mother board or anything. I need to return the card now...

Other Thoughts: Good card while it lasted, but I need a new one now.

Pros: Plays everything I wanted while I had it, cheap, Great all around card!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Would buy this again if I was building another budget desktop

Recently upgraded to 570Sli

Pros: over 1000 steam processors
256 bus..
7.8 W.I.E

Cons: no cons... well... it wasn't free...

Other Thoughts: It runs every game in high settings and I have run it over 10 hours straight without any bsod errors...