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by Anthony-GarreffaSo help me, should I CrossFire the two cards for now to increase performance, or upgrade to the HD 7790.
by Anthony-Garreffa (Nov, 2012)I will use it mostly for gaming and video editing in the future.
Features Key features of the Radeon HD 6870 1600SP
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
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Although, I don't think it will improve my PC... I have a 750W power suppy and a CrossFire-enabled motherboard.
I want to improve my gaming performance although I have very empty pockets, I currently have a Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 1GB Super Overclocked now.
| 16 Apr |
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I want to improve my gaming performance although I have very empty pockets, I currently have a Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 1GB Super Overclocked now.
I have enough money to buy a Gigabyte Radeon HD7790 2GB Overclocked, but I'm hesitating because I can also buy another Radeon HD6870 1GB.
| 13 Nov |
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I will use it mostly for gaming and video editing in the future.
I have a question, What is the best GPU for my 1600x900 resolution monitor?
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | AMD |
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| GPU name | Cypress |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 900 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | No |
| Reference card | AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition 850 MHz 1 GB |
raw performance
| Shading units | 1,600 |
|---|---|
| Texture mapping units | 80 |
| Render output processors | 32 |
| Compute units | 20 |
| Pixel rate | 28.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 72 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 2,880 GFLOPS |
memory
| Memory clock speed | 1,050 MHz |
|---|---|
| Effective memory clock speed | 4,200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 256 bit |
| Memory | 1,024 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s |
noise and power
| TDP | 175W |
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