Asus Radeon HD 6670 1GB Graphics Card Review

A Closer LookWhen we write graphics card reviews, it can all seem very repetative, and that’s mainly down to three or four different partners sending us the same reference design, and their isn’t a lot to end up saying. Asus have finally given us something special with the 6670 as it features their patented dust-proof fan which we’ve looked at in the past and found it to be truly efficient at dispersing heat and is also said to offer up to 25″ extra lifespan. The cooler design on this card follows a ROG style theme with black and red colours, though it’s not part of the ROG branding.

The card is very low profile and though the card only takes up one expansion slot in your case, the cooler protrudes out slightly and will overlap into a second expansion bay ever so slightly. From this view it allows us to see the aluminium fin designed heatsink that sits over the GPU core.

Slap bang in the middle of the card is an Asus branded fan featuring 9 translucent blades, which you will see from our acoustic tests further on as to how it compares in terms or noise levels as well as when we take a look at cooling efficiency by monitoring the temperatures at idle and load.

The back of the card is fairly bland with a dark brown PCB. Their is nothing too significant from this side apart from the mounting screws for the cooler but we can also see that no CrossFire connector is present and that the card doesn’t require any extra power source other than that of the PCI-Express slot that it will sit in.

So I’m sure we all know what Eyefinity is, but for those who don’t; it allows you to connect a certain amount of displays from a single graphics card to enjoy the most extreme gaming experience. This particular graphics card can support up to 3 displays through use of the HDMI port, DisplayPort and DVI port.