If you are finding it difficult to decide which companies video card to buy this review will really help you out. There are plenty of companies in the market that are manufacturing video cards some of which the most prominent names are Sapphire, ASUS, MSI, and XFX. If you are looking for a reliable video card then XFX is the best company among all because it offers life time warranty. If you purchase this card the contents that will be in its box are the video card itself, the drivers, and the manuals. You will not get any HDMI, DVI, VGA converters in case you are wondering. Installation of this card is pretty easy and can be done on your own without having to hire any professional. You can enjoy playing games on both medium and high resolution and graphics which are pretty decent. You will barely notice any lags during a game or any other video card usage. When running the temperature remains quite stable too not going higher than 70 Celsius, when you are using it at full load mostly during games.
For a more detailed description of all the components included in the XFX ATI Radeon HD6870 1 GB DDR5 video card they are:
- HDCP (High – bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support on Microsoft DirectX 11 with a minimum power supply requirement of 500 watts.
- The connectors it has are HDMI, Dual DVI, and a 2x Mini Display Port
- The Thermal Fansink also supports Microsoft Windows 7
- It offers a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600
- PCI – Express 2.1 x 16
- RAMDAC of maximum 400 MHz
- Video memory of 1GB and DDR5
- Memory clock of 4.2 GHz
- Memory interface of 256 bit
- Engine clock at 900 MHz
- A Radeon chipset of HD6870
The XFX ATI Radeon HD6870 comes at a much lower price than most other video cards available in the market but also performs equal to the 5870 ones. All iMac users can also easily integrate this video card into their laptops without worrying about compatibility issues. It will fit in smoothly and work perfectly. If you are more of a gaming person than you should use this video card at its maximum resolution to fully enjoy all its benefits. All in all it is a great option for all those people looking for a low cost yet high quality video card for their personal computers.
