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HIS Radeon HD 6770 IceQ X Turbo Reviews

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2011-07-26 08:30:00.0


Guru3D and PureOverclock have posted reviews of the HIS Radeon HD 6770 IceQ X Turbo graphics card, which features a custom cooler and overclocked specifications.

Let's see what they had to say:

  • Guru3D:

    "Overall the R6770 remains a decent entry-level graphics in the sub-100 EUR market. Really, I'm not happy about the GPU respin from AMD as literally it is just the name was changed from 5770 to 6770, but at a lower price versus the product we have in hands today, we can't complain either.

    HIS did a good job with the overall design and cooling solution, the factory overclock could have been a tad more spicy but other then that we have very little to complain. If a 100 EUR is all you can spend on a decent entry-level graphics card, this might be your thing and as such we can still recommend it but the Juniper core is steadily getting too slow for the latest DX11 titles. But then again, that's nothing a 2nd card in Crossfire can't solve. We do hope to see lower prices soon though."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • PureOverclock:

    "In fact, it's not really a new card at all, seeing as it's essentially a rebadged 5770, and AMD's product map confirms this. So the HIS 6770 IceQ Turbo is a new card, but not really a new card in the truest sense.

    In terms of performance, some game titles prefer AMD cards overall and the 6770 IceQ Turbo moves ahead, some titles prefer Nvidia and the 550 Ti gets the nod. Viewed on the whole, the 6770 IceQ certainly cannot match the Radeon 6790, and does struggle in a few games with the image quality at maximum settings. However, we've seen the 6770 IceQ run cooler and more power frugal than the 550 Ti as well, so those are a couple distinct advantages in AMD's favour. On the flipside though, Nvidia has AMD beat when it comes to CUDA, PhysX, and Folding @ Home."


    Click here to read the full review.


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