HIS Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCIe H587F1GDG

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Typically excellent HD 5870 gaming performance; bundled toolkit; less bulky packaging
KAPOW! performance, Quiet operation, Supports ATi Eyefinity, Supports ATi Stream, Supports DirectX 11, Dual DVI, HDMI and a Display port, Excellent image quality, CrossFireX Ready, Included Coupon for Dirt2, Draws only 27 watts at idle (per white paper)..

Cons:

Only a two year warranty; toolkit bundle from Newegg only

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Last revision on May 9, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Typically excellent HD 5870 gaming performance; bundled toolkit; less bulky packaging
KAPOW! performance, Quiet operation, Supports ATi Eyefinity, Supports ATi Stream, Supports DirectX 11, Dual DVI, HDMI and a Display port, Excellent image quality, CrossFireX Ready, Included Coupon for Dirt2, Draws only 27 watts at idle (per white paper)

Reviewers Didn't Like

Only a two year warranty; toolkit bundle from Newegg only

Expert reviews and ratings

Of all the really high end GPUs, the Radeon HD 5870 remains our favourite and this HIS example is as good as any. OK, it's not the fastest graphics card you can buy. But we doubt whether anyone actually needs anything quicker.That said, we remain...

By TechRadar on June 14, 2010

Evergreen, the name of ATI’s brand new range of DirectX 11 Radeon chips, may seem a strange choice in a sector where today’s hottest silicon sparkler has lost it’s lustre within the space of a month. That said, it’s been a...

By PCWorld New Zealand on December 01, 2009

It even comes with the tools to install it HIS is based in Hong Kong, but its cards are readily available in U.S. outlets. They often cost slightly less than the competition, but that’s not the case with the company’s Radeon HD 5870, which...

By Maximum PC on November 16, 2009

At the moment the HD5870 is the fastest single-GPU card on the market by quite a margin. The fact that it even manages to touch the dual-GPU GTX295 is amazing, especially since it costs a lot less. Features like DirectX11-support is nice for the...

By Bjorn3D on October 14, 2009

Back in July of last year AMD wowed us all with the release of its . While it wasn't outright faster than , it was a huge improvement over AMD's previous generation cards and was far more sensibly priced. Since then both AMD and nVidia have...

By Trusted Reviews on October 06, 2009

I'm always sceptical when a 'new' graphics card hits the market as time and time again all we get with the new product is a new cooler and a slight bump in clockspeeds. The HIS HD5870 however has blown those fears clean out of the water. The...

By Overclock3D on October 04, 2009

The HIS Radeon HD 5870 1GB is a very promising card. We wouldn’t, however, recommend buying this for a couple of months yet. Around £310 is still a lot to pay for a card that isn’t intended to be the fastest in the eventual Evergreen...

By PC Advisor on September 29, 2009

The HIS Radeon HD5870 it offers massive performance gains over all the single cards I have tested. If you are looking for the fastest of the fast this may be the right card for you....

By Legit Reviews on January 21, 2010

Since all of the cards are identical, we'll generalize the conclusion. Once again we showed that RADEON HD 5870 is a great product in its price range (about $400). It easily outperforms the competing...

By iXBT Labs on December 12, 2009

The Radeon HD 5870 and HD 5850 both left a highly positive impression on me, but it is not so clear with the CrossFireX configurations based on them. Such configurations indeed offer the highest performance available today but in some games two...

By X-bit Labs on November 16, 2009

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