We found this to be a really good card among its contemporaries for its cool operation. The frame rates of the GTX 560 are higher, but its not like you cannot game comfortably with the HIS card. For someone who does not want to spend on an after market cooler, this is an ideal card at the price.
Design and Build: Even though the build is plastic, it does not seem like a poor build. the shroud does not bend at all. The fan located in the centre is housed atop a heatsink. The aqua blue colour of the card does make it stand out from other similarly specced cards.
Performance: The HIS HD 6870 performs at par with the ASUS HD 6870 across all gaming benchmarks. When compared with the GTX 560s, the performance is hovering around 30 FPS for both the 6870s as well as the GTX 560s but you see a jump in Dirt3 and FarCry 2 scores with the GTX 560s. But the aspect that sets this card apart is the minimum temperature delta of just 25 degrees and even at full load the HID HD 6870 never crossed the 60 degrees barrier which is commendable.
Refer to the gallery to view benchmarks, as well as the below table.
Verdict: We found this to be a really good card among its contemporaries for its cool operation. The frame rates of the GTX 560 are higher, but its not like you cannot game comfortably with the HIS card. For someone who does not want to spend on an after market cooler, this is an ideal card at the price.
Score Out of 100: 69.68
Price: Rs.11,250
| Brand Model | HIS HD 6870 |
| Type of memory / Memory Clock (MHz) | DDR5 / 1050 |
| Core / Shader Clock (MHz) | 900 / na |
| No. of Stream Processors | 1120 |
| Memory size (MB) / Memory Interface | 1024 / 256-BIT |
| Connects on card | 2xDVI-D, HDMI, 2x Mini Display Port |
| Accessories provided | DVI-D-Sub, 2x6pin power adapters, Crossfire Bridge, Driver CD |
| Game Provided | Y, Dirt 3 coupon |
| Synthetic Benchmarks | |
| 3D Mark 11 (Overall) | 6320 |
| 3D Mark 11 (Graphics) | 6726 |
| Unigine Heaven v2.5 (1680×1050, 4xAF, Max Shader, Extreme Tesellation) Score | 687 |
| Unigine Heaven v2.5 (1680×1050, 4xAF, Max Shader, Extreme Tesellation) Frame rate | 27.3 |
| 27.3 | |
| Temperature (Load) | 57 |
| Temperature (Idle) | 32 |
| Game Benchmarks | |
| FarCry 2 (1280×1024, Ultra High, No AA) Avg | 111.89 |
| FarCry 2 (1680×1050, Ultra High, No AA) Avg | 99.82 |
| FarCry 2 (1920×1080, Ultra High, No AA) Avg | 92.58 |
| FarCry 2 (1280×1024, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg | 96.99 |
| FarCry 2 (1680×1050, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg | 84.34 |
| FarCry 2 (1920×1080, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg | 78.09 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1680×1050, No AA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg | 101.8 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1680×1050, 4x AA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg | 72.6 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1920×1080, 4xAA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg | 64.8 |
| Resident Evil (1680×1050, 4xAA, Motion Blur on) | 118.4 |
| Resident Evil (1920×1080, 4xAA, Motion Blur on) | 107 |
| Crysis Warhead (1280×1024, DX10, Med) Avg | 75 |
| Crysis Warhead (1680×1050, DX10, Med) Avg | 70 |
| Crysis Warhead (1680×1050, DX10, Very High) Avg | 34 |
| Crysis Warhead (1920×1080, DX10, Very High) Avg | 30 |
| Dirt 3 (1280×1024, No AA, Details Medium) Avg | 131.16 |
| Dirt 3 (1680×1050, No AA, Details Medium) Avg | 117.29 |
| Dirt 3 (1920×1080, No AA, Details Medium) Avg | 106.13 |
| Dirt 3 (1280×1024, 4x AA, Details High) Avg | 108.92 |
| Dirt 3 (1680×1050, 4x AA, Details High) Avg | 98.01 |
| Dirt 3 (1920×1080, 4x AA, Details High) Avg | 88.27 |
| Crysis 2 (1920×1080 Hardcore) | 47.48 |
| Crysis 2 (1680×1050 Hardcore) | 53.22 |