Reviews - PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Myst

[HEXUS]

An HD 7800-series card with HD 7900 guts.

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[HalloweenJack]

AMD have done this before - the 6790

but at least they got the name right

[Bagpuss]

Ahh, this must be the card that was originally going to be called the 7890.

[Tunnah]

I'd rather pay the bit extra and get a GTX 670

[Jimbo75]

If by a "bit extra" you mean £120 then sure.

[Tunnah]

Oh yeah ha I was thinking the 670 was £220 not £320. Maybe not then

[scaryjim]

AMD have done this before - the 6790

And the 5830. And the 4730. And ...

[HalloweenJack]

And the 5830. And the 4730. And ...

nah - the 6790 was a cut down 6850 but was `properly` named; now AMD are just confusing everyone

[hiyayhi]

Why was this not benched against the performance of a 660ti and 7950 + 7970 i wonder, I would like to know what the extra money gets you.

[Willzzz]

Why was this not benched against the performance of a 660ti and 7950 + 7970 i wonder, I would like to know what the extra money gets you.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/C...ard_Tahiti_LE/

[graphic]

Woah, that's a beat of a card, the only thing I see bad about it it's is power consumption.

[Savas]

Can someone clear this up, exactly what settings do they use? The highest quality or just what they think is high enough?

[kalniel]

Can someone clear this up, exactly what settings do they use? The highest quality or just what they think is high enough?

It's there in the review:
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...0-myst/?page=2

You can click on the links to see screenshots of the in game settings. Hexus haven't offered a rationale for why they chose those settings, but they wouldn't be alone as most review sites don't either.

[Biscuit]

nah - the 6790 was a cut down 6850 but was `properly` named; now AMD are just confusing everyone

Its like they saw Nvidia with their 5 billion different forms of GTX660 and thought, 'hey if these guys can confuse everyone, why the hell dont we do it aswell!'

idiots!