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  • what if im playing on a 40'' tv and i wana se some sweet graphics would a 1gb be enough or should i buy a 1gb

  • 2:22

    hnur hnur hnur!

    xD

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  • im most likely buying this for my gaming computer, and although i am currently using one monitor, i might get two. also, i heard this is a real stepup from the 1gb edition, should i get it? i can afford either.

  • Currently in the return process for this exact card... Games would freeze then recover. Then it would happen again, then the screen would go black with static for a sec, then crash to desktop. Tray pop up " Driver amd driver has stopped working but has successfully recovered." Happened during basic desktop operation also. Popped in my old asus 5770, worked fine. So far Xfx has been good in responding to me.. Still annoying none the less. Also this card is really LOUD .More to come soon.

  • Watching this make me have an urge to eat a cookie

  • I like XFX but no cables is a downer, what's up with that

  • could i power the dual fan edition 2gb of this in crossfire with a XFX 650W XXX edition psu and a FX 8120 cpu? thanks!

  • 5:05 HTCP's lol

  • 5:00

    Why are you holding it by the pins...

  • is 1 Gb ati 6870 good, too ??

  • hey i was thinking about getting this card because atm i have a 4670 and i want to get dx11 from the 10 do you think my comp can handle it? im not really that tech savy but i did build my own comp but im still really new at this. my comp has a Phenom II X4 840 3.2ghz cpu, and 2g ddr2 ram (wich i plan to upgrade to 4g ddr2 800mhz) power supply i cant really rember and dnt want to disconnect everything right now, so with that info do you think it can handle this? i currently use a 32 and 27inch

  • would a 2 gb crossfire a 1 gb both of them are at the same price with it being bars die ?

  • hey motherboardsorg how to make it default audio when using hdmi?

  • Why no CF bridge?

  • xfx dont do more nvidia cards?? because i have a XFX nvidia 9500 GT 1gb

  • @motherboardssorg: How much did you pay for it? I'm looking at the same card for $210 on NewEgg. Is that about right?

  • @TheWarWasp sure is!

  • I have this card but i have the 1gb versoin and it's really good cheap low wattage consumption.There is a con tho it's fan is loud, that's saying for the 1gb 6870 xfx.

    system spec

    6870xfx

    intel core i5-2500k

    16gb ripjaw mem

    500gb hd western

    all stock speeds.

  • like the man said with more then one monitor,then yes get the 2 gb

  • 6870 or 560?

  • @xAT4 idk man i had to do a month of research. i went with the 6870 cause it was cheaper and most peolpe say it runs almost or even as the 560 but don't get confused cause the 560 ti is a bit faster then the 560.

  • Men Elrick, you are awsome making all the videos!!! Congratulations, continue making the best and funiest umboxing and previews of products!!

  • This guy is on fucking coke

  • he could cut off his eyelids still make no difference

  • I bought this card and I really like it so far. Noise has not been an issue for me, even though people seem to complain about that a bit. Oddly, it seems to outperform the 1GB version by a fairly large margin (and even the faster 560 Ti in some cases) at 1080p, which seems very odd as I would have thought most games didn't need more than 1GB at that res, any thoughts from fellow tech enthusiasts about this?

  • @iPansophitus your full of shit, i have both versions the 1gb is just as fast,i ran fraps with bf3 with both cards on max full settings and they are withing 2fps of each other,so go bullshit to someone else!

  • @joecobra1234 Really? Would it kill you to be polite in your responses? Also, do you actually own both cards? Because otherwise you wouldn't get so defensive about me observing that the 2GB version appears to be faster. From everything I've seen online, the 2GB version appears to out perform the 1GB. Maybe, if you actually own both cards, you should try benching some different games than just BF3. Also, what res are you using?

  • 2:15 is when I knew why I loved you.

  • Dear santa..

  • buying this in 2 weeks!

  • @The540boy How do you like it so far?

  • @Collecian best fuuckin card i ever had llz, i love it, got it off new egg for 209 bucks with 30 dolla rebate

  • What is the cheapest 2gb video card i can get?

    Thanks...

  • This shitcard makes a lot of noise even in idle. In idle it sounds like a kitchen ventilation and when gaming it's like there is a chainsaw in your chamber. Even with msi afterburner at the lowest fanrate the sound will drive you crazy. PS: I have got a very cool system with a good air flow. DO NOT BUY THIS CRAP.

    Does someone know if the dual fan edition is very silent or not?

  • @EckteIzan You got a defective card, mine works greats, quiet and cool.

  • @ATLMember Nah, i bought the card and built it in than directly the noise started..

  • @EckteIzan how does that rule out the possibility of a defect?

  • I have an Antec BP550 Plus 550W ATX12V V2.2 Modular Power Supply. If I run this GPU, a i5 2500K, BIOSTAR TZ68A+ MB, 16GB Vengeance Corsair RAM, an OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD, 2 HDD, one Hanns G 19" widescreen monitor (Yes, just 1 monitor, LOL), Antec 300 Illusion Case, 3 more Kingwin 120mm blue LED case fans, Razer Orochi & kbrd, 64 bit Win. 7 Ult. Do you see any bottlenecks or limitations in my new Rig? I'm about to jump into BF3. My ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 wasn't cutting in it. Thanks!

  • @Flexapr i think u need a GDDR5 1gb card

  • @justlooking369 Smartass, he's talking about getting this card which has 2GB

  • @123thepyro123 wow so mean for someone who is just trying to help, when ur running one screen u dont need a 2gb card, i was mearly saying what are the minimum requirements from a GPU that he needs, now i have a 9600gt GDDR3 and im getting this card next only because ill be running 3 screens in Eyefinity, but i dont think he needs a 2 gb card for one screen.

    /watch?v=q0VNiWtQqb4&feature=c­hannel_video_title

  • @justlooking369 Thanks! So I've had this card for 5 days. It is nois(ier) than my previous card even @ idle & revs more in BF3. No complaints about it tho', as BF3 runs on Ultra & a few High settings now. It's idle temp when web-surfing, etc. is 46° C & goes up to 74°C amid hours of intense BF3 killin'. Should I be concerned @ this temp? Or my Core i5 core temps of 50°C in-game? All of this is according to CPUID's Hardware Monitor, a great app. My PC specs are below. Thanks 4 yer input!

  • @Flexapr All i5 CPU Core temps idle @ 33°C each. I use my old yet mint Antec Super Lanboy aluminum case w/2 Tricool blue fans set to Low (1200rpm) on my case's front & back bezel (port), a Hyper 212 Plus CPU heatsink/fan with its stock Coolermaster fan & another Kingwin 120mm blue fan in push/pull towards my case's front port. This GPU has its own loud fan & I've a Vantec Spectrum (more blue!) Fan Card plugged into my Biostar TZ68A+ Motherboard's uppermost PCI slot. How's my cooling overall?

  • @Flexapr no thats tottally fine, u should worry if ur cpu gets to 80c+ and ur GPU goes to 80c+, the gpu takes the air from ur case to cool its self so if u wanted it cooler, u could go for a watercooling system for ur i5 like a corsair H70, i have a H80 myself on my AMD Phenom II x6 1100T and have it over clocked to 4.1 ghz and it only reaches temps of ~25c idle and ~40c on load

  • @justlooking369 I just jizzed all over your build since myself only got a Penom II 1075T @3.52Ghz (aircooled), my question is, is it worth getting a water cooling for extened overclocking or should i just upgrade CPU? :O

  • @TheJuzy if u have a AM3+ compatible motherboard (which im sure u do since AM3+ is back wards compatible with AM3) i would suggest rather than buying a Phenom 1100T to rather get a AMD FX-6100 so u can have an uptodate cpu with a slightly higher base clock and upgrade the motherboard later in time or buy an 8 core such as the AMD FX-8120 or the AMD FX-8150 (personally im holding out for the AMD FX-8170) and then upgrade the motherboard at a later time

  • @TheJuzy however if u do want to just overclock it further u can do that also, i mean the stock speed of ur cpu is 3.3 ghz and turbo is 3.5 ghz, meaning with water cooling u can easily achieve the magical 4.0 ghz, i wouldnt suggest taking it to that clock on air though unless u have a really good air cooler like the Noctua NH-D14, but it can easily be done without having to buy a another cpu

  • @TheJuzy but as i say, im going for the 8170 since its basicly a quad core with hyperthreading, kinda like an AMD i5 2500k

  • @justlooking369 Actually, the stock speed is 3.0Ghz on a 1075t. But i still see what you mean. My motherboard is - ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Socket-AM3+. So a motherboard improvement may not be necessary. I'm thinking about getting a better Graphics card before going after my CPU, got myself a 1gb version of the XFX RADEON HD 6870 "Dual fan"

  • @TheJuzy yeah, with a Crosshair there is definitely no need to upgrade...with such a high end board u can reach 5 ghz on 8 core's and 4ghz on 4 and 6 cores ^^ , nice screen card :D really cool looking...this is my setup btw;

    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 4.1 Ghz

    Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16GB CL9 @ 1866 Mhz

    GA-990FXA-UD3 Socket AM3+

    Asus Radeon HD 6970 2GB Direct CU II

    OCZ-AGILITY 3 60 GB

    Western Digital 3TB 5400 rpm

    Cheiftec 750W Modular PSU

    nothing, amazing but ill be making a new setup soon ;)

  • I have the cables from a nVidia 9800GTX+, will they work on this card? Thanks

  • ROFL

  • the intros keep getting weirder and weirder

  • i have this card and its awesome but its supid cuz u dont get any cabels or crosfire cabel and u must have awesome power supply

  • How strong of a power supply should i get for this? 700w? And is $180 a good price for this card?

  • @MaRkSmAn914 Card is $210 on Newegg.

  • @MaRkSmAn914

    Radeon HD 6870 CrossfireX - 38A and a 650W PSU minimum

    Radeon HD 6870 - 28A and a 500W PSU minimum

  • @samogx86

    How much does the card need itself?

    I'm thinking about crossfiring it

  • @123thepyro123 Power (Max TDP): 151 Watts (each card)

  • @samogx86

    Thanks, looks like I have to upgrade my PSU :(

  • I LOVE XFX for saying "If you don't have the cables, you shouldn't have the card." Too true.

  • wtf he wears cross put some snazzy chinese music and is a hindu. this moderfuker dont know shit about computers.

  • @FrapsYou I'm sorry, you have to not be a fucking idiot to comment on videos.

  • @FrapsYou Shut the fuck up dip shit obviously you dont have a sense of humor and cant afford any source of sound your parents should just take away that DELL pc you are using.

  • @TheSkittlesNerd haha ur name was funny. I have Sager gamming notebook and my dog uses dell pc.

  • @FrapsYou Did your freind comment before or what? Because that first comment was absolutely ignorant and stupid.

  • Love your new editing style! Background music, funny voices, hand motions and intuitive editing makes your videos 10 times more interesting!

  • @motherboardsorg You rock man.

  • Wow im amazed.. you tried to open the accessories box from the other side.. havnt you opened like 50 cards with the same box design?

    Im confused..

  • @tightj1 they are backwards compatible meaning if it is 2.1 it will work in a 2.0

  • Could you make a gameplay with this card?

  • I hate cards with double slot outs because then they won't fit in my only pcie2.0 slot

  • Does this card dump the air in the case?

  • what if you crossfire this with a 1gb card?

  • @bloodypinksock The cards need to have the same memory stored, and since a card can't go over the budget, you will effectively get HD 6870 crossfire with 1 GB memory. So the 2 GB version 'loses' a whole GB.

  • this card seems pretty loud when gaming. something you also experience?

  • MESS WITH ME DAWG :DD

  • wish i have one

  • 2:19 COME AT ME BRO! xD

  • When is the full review coming ???

  • If I'm running a monitor less than 27 inches like Eric said, Can I still use a 2gb Card, I didn't know what he meant by overkill? I just want the maximum potential out of gaming! It's my birthday in 3 days and I need to decide quickly whats a good card for around 150-180 pounds! :D

  • can i put a video card with pci express 2.1 in a motherboard there have a pci express 2.0 ?

  • @AIRViZzIoNZz yes you can

  • @EkczHD Thank you

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  • no power cables?wtf..

  • What's the intro music? It's chilling! :D

  • Is it a GPU or CPU or what is it im not a PC pro just got into pc gaming and wanna know what it is if anyone please could help me it would be nice:)

  • @NFC1337 That is a gpu in the video.

  • @NFC1337 its a GPU (graphics processing unit): a CPU is the central processing unit you may know them from the intel or AMD stickers

  • @dgroxu Thanks i dodnt know that :)

  • duude, easy with that knifem btw any benchmark video any time soon?

  • duude, easy with that knifem btw any benchmark video any time soon?

  • duude, easy with that knife

  • Give me this card!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

  • Give me this card!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

  • Should have said "COME AT ME BRO!" instead of "MESS WITH ME DAWG!".

  • You Unboxed alot and alot of XFX's

    and you still open the accessory back from the Right.

    OMG.

  • I think the regular 6950 wouldn't cost much more than this. you might as well get that :)

  • what gives best preformance?

    XFX 5870 2GB?

    or

    XFX 5960 2GB?

  • @SebastianNerberg Probably the 5870

  • i want a review on knife

  • 2:11 sometimes you scare me dude...

  • Cool knife actually I liked more the knife than the card. LOL

  • love you dude

  • you said HTCPs Home Theater Computer Personals! Is that appropriate?

  • your intros are getting better and better..!!

  • Hey love the reviews, But i have noticed (and i know it is an oldish card)

    that no one has a review for the gigabyte hd6870 winforce x3 just saying

  • Calm music plus swag elric= awesomeness

  • is that faster then a single 460gtx because that thing is tiny as hell but i want somethign with alot of video ram for high res gaming and bf3

  • Elric, I must say.. After time and time and time again, that I will DANCE for a video card.

  • @1Adr1an6 Unless you are a good looking woman with a pair of excellent ta ta-s I would have to pass on the dance.....LOL

  • @motherboardsorg lol, if it was an impersonation of the greatest entertainer of all time ??

    shame on you ! haha !

  • @motherboardsorg What if i get a total sex change ( any form you prefer ) some real nice hooters and your name ELRIC put on them can i get this from you :) You wont regret it I promise.

  • Eric your f*cking crazy but we all love you...

  • im working on a list of computer parts i want. im going to be upgrading my cpu, motherboard and also replacing my graphics card and going to run 2 graphics cards. this is giving me many ideas. my goal is to be able to stream, and render videos in hd. along with play at max settings. i run 2 monitors on my 460 but i want to upgrade. what do you think? would using 2 of these be a good idea of what i want to do?

  • Elric what keyboard do you use??

  • This was a great review, I might actually get this since my case isn't all that big

  • well i just derped, i bought 2 separate 1g 6870s for crossfire, feels bad man

  • best intro ever :D. Im soo excited to see the 7000 series and the 7790 with 2GB. 2GB is the future, my friend.

  • @lordferius you mean 7990?

  • Why isn't there a crossfire bridge in the package?

  • Let me ask something: Why would the size of the monitor affect the amount of GB you need, isnt it the resolution of the monitor?. If have 1 monitor thats 20 inch and has 1360x768 res, and one thats 32 inch and has 1360x768, would there be a difference in performance?

  • @Mdschannel Ram stores textures for higher resoloutions to produce a better picture. Especialy with more displays or a 2560x1600 res. But it also depends on how powerful the GPU itself is to use the memory. That's why the GTX 460 2GB never existed like people wanted.

  • @Mdschannel Yea that's what I always thought but they are probably assuming that if you get a bigger monitor or tv, the resolution will be greater

  • very nice intro rofl

  • my question is? 2gb will be 2x faster then the 1gb version? may look stupid question, but i ask anyway

  • @D4rkSh00t3rPK absolutely not. it's no faster. it simply has more video RAM. it can load more textures, etc.

    the actual GPU is no different.

  • @D4rkSh00t3rPK no the memory of the card isnt for the speed it is just basicly for memory to store such as the 1gb will be fine for single display but the 2gb will be good for the eyefinity feature for the best nresult

  • @3HACKRZ ok memory is just for more texturing stuff? like 1gb more i can put more things like bigger resolution, bigger textures right? xD checking

  • made in china.

  • this intros are getting weirder xD I LIKE IT!

  • 1:28 StereoStopic

  • xfx warranty is supposedly horrible in the uk :( i usually go with msi

  • lmao man your videos are the best!

  • Funniest unboxing so far :)))

  • Could only find one monitor on newegg that supports dual-link-dvi-d, so not sure what the advantage is to having that connection.

  • 1000 LIKE

  • Thanks for the tip about 2g cards & 1g cards...

  • XFX has always been my choice of nvidia cards.. XFX has never failed for me in stability, drivers/software, quality.

    (ever since I got my first card: "XFX Geforce 4 MX440SE" waay back in the days. That card was so damn powerful at the time being with only 64MB ram, it performed a lot better then 2-3 years newer 128MB cards.... and yeah, back in the days the boxings of XFX cards was soo cool!)

  • Hey Elric: You crack me up dude! Love your reviews. One question...I am on a budget and I was planning to use an HDTV at 1080p with a refresh rate of 120hz or better in the 30 - 42 inch range as a monitor/main TV. Will a 1Gb card work well for this or do I actually need a bigger card. You mentioning that this Radeon card works best on multi monitors or something big prompted me to ask. They are expensive so I don't want to spend needlessly. Thanks bro.

  • @cy2087 1GB would be OK, but for a big TV I would get the 2GB version,,,

  • @motherboardsorg if im running 3 monitors 2 19" and one 32" what should i do 1 2GB or 2 2GB in xfire

    or 2 1GB in xfire

  • @cy2087 Hi, on Newegg there both the same price, so really you could get the 2GB (if you can buy it from there).

  • I'd buy it just for that door hanger.

  • @Hokrollo1 Your comment is lame, Saying the warranty is useless is a useless comment!!!

  • @Hokrollo1 my screen broke. then i flashed a warranty card and they gave me a new one. so they are not useless

  • @Hokrollo1 i have never had to use it but why would you not want a double life time warranty

  • @Hokrollo1 obviously u have no freaking idea what ur talking about..

  • @Hokrollo1 Warrenty is never voided, as long as you put it back together the way you got it =] i got a free kit of OCZ DDR3 1600MHz RAM after i pumped too much voltage into my 1333 kit

  • @Hokrollo1 LG came to my front door to replace my 1 year old LCD because it broke..warranty is good

  • @Hokrollo1 XFX has the best warranty on the market! I had a 5770 from them was acting up and they rma'd that card, tested it and sent me back a 6870.... Thats customer service!

  • I have the 1 gb version of this card, it's the best deal ever! XFX offers a great support and their cards are really fast, it couldn't be better.

  • peace master of motherboard good intro :)

  • We aren't supposed to touch the back of the card right ?

    'Cause I have a 560GTX, and when I was installing it into the motherboard, I was freaking out to not touch the back part.

    Any oppinion/answer ?

  • well, XFX needs to do Geforce cards again :/

  • Eric is one crazy motherfucker! haha

  • u'are very funny and cool lol!

  • What is anything would void the warranty on these?

  • Can you explain the difference between dvi-d and dvi-i?

  • meanwhile you do the best reviews in youtube...and funny too....

  • @tommes55 Hes cool and im subscribed but whens the last time he put up a review on youtube?

  • 5:05

    HTCPs = Home Theater Cell Phone?

  • i'm lovin at the intro heaps :)