Gigabyte finally debuts its HD 5870 Super Overclock card

[onethreehill]

Gigabyte HD 5870 SOC Review
A bit of a trend these days among ATI's partners selling Radeon HD 5870 cards is literally 'who's got the biggest e-peen'. It is very nice to see them push the limit further and further in producing the fastest pre-overclocked Radeon HD 5870, yes I am talking about OC (overclock) models which ATI apparently allows to be made nowadays.

We have seen models from HIS, MSI, PowerColor, ASUS and now Gigabyte is releasing an overclocked Radeon HD 5870 as well. Gigabyte did it properly I can already state, they overhauled the PCB, used first rate components, changed the cooling solutions and badabing badaboom... there it is. The Radeon HD 5870 SOC edition graphics card.

Gigabyte's Radeon HD 5870 SOC is not 'just' a pre-overclocked card, they are really serious about it. At default this card comes clocked at a 950 MHz core and the memory is purring steady at 5000 MHz, so that's another 100 MHz on that core and another 200 MHz on the memory......

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigaby...70-soc-review/

Gigabyte HD 5870 Super Overclock Review
The dust has mostly settled from one of Nvidia's largest ever launches, the introduction of the GTX 480. However, whether due to popularity, a small initial production run -- or both -- the GTX 480, and to a lesser extent the GTX 470, had up until recently been very hard to come by in hardware stores, even up to about four weeks after the official launch of the product. But this situation is changing: the initial rush is over, and the GTX 480 is much easier to track down. For many people looking to get a new video card, that means that deciding between the green team and the red team has become a more interesting proposition.....

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...erClockReview/

[onethreehill]

Gigabyte HD 5870 Super Overclock Review
Some people who demand the absolute best performance, want a little more than the stock 850MHz core speed reference HD5870's offer. Overclocking is a chancy business and often voids your warranty. We often see video cards with a paltry 25 - 50 MHz overclock hocked as OC models of various flavors. It's not often we see a GPU with a full 100MHz factory overclock.

Even less often do we see a 100MHz core overclock GPU with Dual inclined fans and an overclock utility like OC Guru that allows you to not only overclock but add up to 0.1v so you can overclock beyond the 950MHz speed the Gigabyte HD5870 Super Overclock offers from the factory......

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1857

[M.Beier]

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...erClockReview/

That is likely the most BIASED review I have ever read... I noticed the numbers were quiet off.... But reading the power consumption kinda busted them....
Basicly they are saying everyone else who ever had a GTX480 are full of sh1t....

50W more then HD5870 at load.... Riiiiiight

[onethreehill]

Gigabyte HD 5870 Super Overclock vs MSI HD 5870 Lightning vs Sapphire HD 5870 Toxic 2GB


http://www.anandtech.com/show/3732/o...d-5870-roundup