Released back in October 2010, the AMD Radeon HD 6870 is the mid-range member of the AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphic card. Codenamed as “Barts XT”, the GPU was also the first from the series to arrive into the market. However, what we have right here from ASUS stable of Radeon HD 6870 offerings can be considered as a “non-stock” graphic card.
The physical design alone is already a big indication that the ASUS HD 6870 DirectCU have something extra underneath it. ASUS switched AMD’s stock cooler with their own solution which features three 8mm flattened copper heat pipes directly above the GPU and claimed that they are able to lower down the GPU’s temperature up to 20-percent than usual. It is for good reason: the ASUS HD 6870 DirectCU comes with a slightly faster915MHz core and it can be tweaked further through ASUS Voltage Tweak technology that is contained within ASUS SmartDoctor software.
Apart from that, ASUS have also equipped the graphic card with parts that are made from their own mix of metal called Super Alloy Power technology which the company claimed gives those parts better performances, reliability and longevity. It is a little bit unfortunate that we have no means to test these claims but we can certainly show you how the card performs on our test bed. Jump in to find out more.
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