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XFX Radeon HD 6870 2GB Video Card Review

Mon, 2011-10-31 14:03 -- B. Ramirez

Table of Contents:

  1. XFX Radeon HD 6870 2GB Video Card Review
  2. 6870 2GB Features
  3. 6870 2GB Performance
  4. 6870 2GB Conclusion

XFX have decided to release a new version of their highly popular HD 6870 video card. This version has 2 gigs of dedicated video memory instead of the standard 1 gig. XFX has been very good at tweaking their most popular cards to give them better performance and features. This review is going to look at how the addition of an extra gig of memory is able to enhance the overall performance of this card and why it might have been necessary to do this for certain applications.

This card does run Battlefield 3 at nearly maximum settings, very smoothly. Most of the HD 6870s are just under 200 dollars. Actually there are even some that come overclocked that are still under 200 dollars. If

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