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Written by Steve Hearst   
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Table of Contents: Page Index
HIS Radeon HD 6870 IceQ Video Card
Closer Look: HIS Radeon HD 6870 IceQ 1GB
HIS Radeon HD 6870 IceQ 1GB Detailed Features
Features and Specifications
VGA Testing Methodology
DX10: 3DMark Vantage
DX10: Street Fighter IV
DX11: Aliens vs Predator
DX11: Battlefield Bad Company 2
DX11: BattleForge
DX11: Lost Planet 2
DX11: Tom Clancy's HAWX 2
DX11: Metro 2033
DX11: Unigine Heaven 2.1
HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ 1GB Temperatures
VGA Power Consumption
HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ 1GB Overclocking
Final Thoughts and Conclusion

DX11: Aliens vs Predator

Aliens vs. Predator is a science fiction first-person shooter video game, developed by Rebellion, and published by Sega for Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Xbox 360. Aliens vs. Predator utilizes Rebellion's proprietary Asura game engine, which had previously found its way into Call of Duty: World at War and Rogue Warrior. The self-contained benchmark tool is used for our DirectX-11 tests, which push the Asura game engine to its limit.

In our benchmark tests, Aliens vs. Predator was configured to use the highest quality settings with 4x AA and 16x AF. DirectX-11 features such as Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) and tessellation have also been included, along with advanced shadows.

  • Aliens vs Predator
    • Extreme Settings: (Very High Quality, 4x AA, 16x AF, SSAO, Tessellation, Advanced Shadows)

Alien_vs_Predator.jpg

Cost Analysis: Aliens vs Predator (1680x1050)

  • $139.99 Radeon HD6850 costs $4.53 per FPS
  • $159.99 GeForce GTX 460 costs $5.39 per FPS
  • $199.99 HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ 1GB costs $5.23 per FPS
  • $199.99 HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ X Turbo X costs $5.12 per FPS
  • $219.99 GeForce GTX 560Ti costs $5.94 per FPS
  • $229.99 Radeon HD6950 costs $5.05 per FPS
  • Test Summary: In the Alien vs Predator benchmark it is the turn of the AMD hardware to show what it is made of. The HIS HD6870 is able to beat a stock GTX 560Ti. If this is your sort of game you would be best to own an AMD card. The HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ 1GB handles its own, and delivers above average frame rates at both resolutions.

    Graphics Card Radeon
    HD6850
    GeForce
    GTX 460 (OC)
    HIS Radeon
    HD6870 IceQ 1GB
    HIS Radeon
    HD6870 X Turbo X
    GeForce
    GTX 560Ti
    Radeon
    HD6950
    GPU Cores 960 336 1120 1120 384 1408
    Core Clock (MHz) 775 715 900 975 822 800
    Shader Clock (MHz) N/A 1430 N/A N/A 1645 N/A
    Memory Clock (MHz) 1000 900 1050 1150 1002 1250
    Memory Amount 1024MB GDDR5 1024MB GDDR5 1024MB GDDR5 1024MB GDDR5 1024MB GDDR5 2048MB GDDR5
    Memory Interface 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit



     

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