TemperaturesMeasuring temperatures is all about being consitent, therefore we keep a steady eye on monitoring the ambient room temperature to make sure that it stays the same. While this is constantly being monitored, we measure the idle temperature of the card using HWMonitor over a 15 minute period. Once this has been recorded, we set FurMark into motion for 15 minutes and record the results again.
The card includes the WindForce cooler which is said to deliver upto 26.9% improvement in cooling which at idle shows it has no benefit at all, whereas when the card was subjected to some gruelling benchmarks through FurMark it showed its potential by offering up 7 degrees cooler temperatures than the 6870 IceQ X Turbo X from HIS.
hmm i would like this card thanks for the review i was going to save for a 6950
What is the price for it because the MSI Hawk is price at £155 at the moment, plus a GTX 560Ti is £175
Around the same as the Hawk and the 560 Ti that we compared it to is £203 lol
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 and the MSI 560Ti twin frozr II is only £5 morewhat site did you get that price from ?
ebuyer, i think it's because the 560 ti i have here is an ichill version so has a different cooler.
ok because I checked the price on Overclockers.co.uk and Scan.co.uk also scan price for the Gigabyte HD 6870 OC is £155 (forgot to check)
Love gigabyte coolers. Id save about £30 and get a stock cooled xfx tho
i was thinking the same man, how how is the noise level , you can also get a game free as will, and how will it will perform