Installation
Installing the card was a breeze. Since the PCI-e power connectors are at the top of the card you do not have to worry about them adding extra length.
Test Setup
| Processor | Intel Core i7- 3930k@ 3.5ghz |
| Motherboard | Asus Rampage 4 Extreme |
| Ram | 4x2Gb Corsair Dominator GT |
| Graphics Card | HIS Radeon 7870 |
| Hard Drive | Patriot 120Gb Pryo SSD |
| Optical Drive | Samsung 8X DVD-rw |
| CPU Cooler | Custom water loop |
| Power Supply | Antec 1200w Quattro |
| Chassis | Navig Benching Station |
| Monitor | 24″ Dell(1920×1200) |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit |
To test the HIS Radeon 7870, we used a test rig based on the above components. . Here are some of the benchmark software which we’ll be using:
- GPU-Z
- AIDA64
- 3D Mark Vantage
- Unigine Heaven (DX11)
- Far Cry 2 (DX10)
- Battlefield 3 (DX11)
- Stalker: Call of Pripyat (DX 11)
- Street Fighter IV (DX 9)
AMD Catalyst Drivers
All tests were run using the Windows 7 64-bit Catalyst 12.4 drivers
