PowerColor HD6870 1GB GDDR5
- Part NumberAX6870 1GBD5-M2DH
- Graphics EngineRADEON HD6870
- Video Memory1GB GDDR5
- Engine Clock900MHz
- Memory Clock1050MHz (4.2Gbps)
- Memory Interface256bit
- DirectX® Support11
- Bus StandardPCIE 2.1
- Display ConnectorsDL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/2* mini DisplayPort



- 1GB GDDR5 Memory
- 134.4 Gbps memory bandwidth (maximum)
- 2 TFLOPs compute power
- Double slot form factor
- TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture
- 1120 Stream Processors
- 56 Texture Units
- 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units
- 32 Color ROP Units
- PCI Express® 2.1 x16 bus interface
- "Eye-Definition" graphics
- DirectX® 11 support
- Shader Model 5.0
- DirectCompute 11
- Programmable hardware tessellation unit
- Accelerated multi-threading
- HDR texture compression
- Order-independent transparency
- OpenGL 4.1 support
- Image quality enhancement technology
- Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
- Adaptive anti-aliasing
- Morphological anti-aliasing (MLAA)
- 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
- 128-bit floating point HDR rendering
- DirectX® 11 support
- AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology1
- Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
- Display grouping
- Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display
- AMD EyeSpeed visual acceleration2
- AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology3,4
- OpenCL 1.1
- DirectCompute 11
- Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling
- UVD 3 dedicated video playback accelerator
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
- VC-1
- MPEG-2 (SD & HD)
- Multi-View Codec (MVC)
- MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, Xvid)
- Adobe Flash
- Enhanced Video Quality features
- Advanced post-processing and scaling
- Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction
- Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)
- Independent video gamma control
- Dynamic video range control
- Dual-stream HD (1080p) playback support
- DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support
- AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology3,4
- AMD HD3D technology5
- Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support
- Blu-ray 3D support
- Stereoscopic 3D gaming
- 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support
- AMD CrossFireXTM multi-GPU technology6
- Dual GPU scaling
- Cutting-edge integrated display support
- DisplayPort 1.2
- Max resolution: 2560x1600 per display
- Multi-Stream Transport
- 21.6 Gbps bandwidth
- High bit-rate audio
- HDMI 1.4a with Stereoscopic 3D Frame Packing Format, Deep Color, xvYCC wide gamut support, and high bit-rate audio
- Max resolution: 1920x1200
- Dual-link DVI with HDCP
- Max resolution: 2560x1600
- VGA
- Max resolution: 2048x1536
- DisplayPort 1.2
- Integrated HD audio controller
- Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required
- Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
- AMD PowerPlayTM power management technology4
- Dynamic power management with low power idle state
- Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations
- AMD CatalystTM graphics and HD video configuration software
- Unified graphics display drivers
- Certified for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
- AMD Catalyst Control CenterTM
- Software application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing special features of AMD Radeon products.
- Unified graphics display drivers
- AMD Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPortTM connectors, and/or DisplayPortTM compliant active adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPortTM or Mini-DisplayPort? connector(s), are required. SLS ("Single Large Surface") functionality requires an identical display resolution on all configured displays.
- AMD EyeSpeed is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of some features requires support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology and/or AMD’s Universal Video Decoder (UVD).
- AMD PowerPlayTM and AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) are technology platforms that include a broad set of capabilities offered by certain AMD Radeon? HD GPUs. Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.
- Requires application support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology. AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing technology works with applications designed to take advantage of its GPU acceleration capabilities.
- AMD HD3D is a technology designed to enable stereoscopic 3D support in games, movies and/or photos. Requires 3D stereo drivers, glasses, and display.
- AMD CrossFireX? technology requires an AMD CrossFireX Ready motherboard, an AMD CrossFireXTM Bridge Interconnect (for each additional graphics card) and may require a specialized power supply.
Specification
| Graphics Engine | RADEON HD6870 |
|---|---|
| Video Memory | 1GB GDDR5 |
| Engine Clock | 900MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1050MHz (4.2Gbps) |
| Memory Interface | 256bit |
| DirectX® Support | 11 |
| Bus Standard | PCIE 2.1 |
| Standard Display Connecors | DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/2* mini DisplayPort |
| Feature Support | |
| OpenGL | Support |
| CrossFireX™ Technology | Support |
| ATI Stream Technology | Support |
| ATI Eyefinity Technology | Support |
| ATI Hypermemory Technology | |
| Display Support | |
| VGA Output | Via Adapter |
| DVI Output | DL-DVI-I/ SL-DVI-D |
| DisplayPort | On Board |
| HDMI | On Board |
| TV Output | |
| HDTV Output | |
| HDCP Support | Support |
| Maximum Resolution | |
| VGA | 2048x1536 |
| DVI | 2560x1600 |
| DisplayPort | 2560x1600 |
| HDMI | 1920x1200 |
| Power Specs + Board Dimensions | |
| Board Dimensions | 241.3mmx111.2mmx38mm |
| Minimum System Power requirement (W) | 500W |
| Extention Power Connector | Two 6-Pin PCI Express Power Connectors |
Accessories

DVI Dongle
Manual
CrossFire Cable (Optional)
Mini DP to DP Cable x 1 (optional)
Software Bundled

Driver (PCIE,PCI)
| Product Name | Chipset | Catalyst | Version | OS | Update | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD6850/HD6870 series | HD6800 series | 11.11 | 8.91 | WinXP 32bit | 2011.12.13 | Download 1 Download 2 Download 3 |
| HD6870/HD6850 series | HD6800 series | 11.11 | 8.91 | WinXP 64bit | 2011.12.13 | Download 1 Download 2 Download 3 |
| HD6870/HD6850 series | HD6800 series | 11.11 | 8.91 | Win Vista/ Win7 32bit | 2011.12.13 | Download 1 Download 2 Download 3 |
| HD6870/HD6850 series | HD6800 series | 11.11 | 8.91 | Win Vista/ Win7 64bit | 2011.12.13 | Download 1 Download 2 Download 3 |
AMD AND POWERCOLOR LAUNCH THE NEW GENERATION HD6800 SERIES
Master the game with the latest Radeon HD6800 series
Taipei, Taiwan –October 22, 2010 -- TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announces the latest video card series: the PowerColor HD6800 series. Following the award-winning HD5000 series, the advanced HD6800 series features all the essential technology that can immerse the gaming experience and speed up all the daily applications, aim to bring all gamers the most incredible gaming performance.
PowerColor’s HD6800 series includes the HD6870 and HD6850. The HD6870 has an unparalleled 1120 stream processors, clocks in at 900MHz core speed and 1050MHz of memory speed; accelerating your PC with 2.0 teraFLOPs of computing power. The HD6850 comes in a Premium Edition and Standard Edition. The PowerColor HD6850 Premium edition features factory overclocked settings and well-known ZEROtherm cooling system. The standard edition clocks in at 775MHz and 1000MHz GPU and memory clock speeds respectively, both are loaded with the latest features and technology for immersive computing.
The HD6800 series supports AMD Eyefinity Technology, enabling gamers to expand their gaming view across up to 4 displays with the HD6870. Also, with DirectX® 11 technology support, the HD6800 series allows ultra-realistic effects and lightning fast frame rates for the ultimate HD gaming experience. It also features AMD’s Accelerated Parallel Processing technology, maximizing your daily applications to do more and faster.
“The PowerColor HD6800 series has not only the most advanced technology, but also the excellent performance with reasonable price position,” says Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. “We’re sure that there are more and more qualified products with outstanding performance will be released in the coming future to satisfy different gamers demand.”
* Specifications subject to change without notice.
HD6870
HD6850 Premium Edition
HD6850
Core Speed
900MHz
800MHz
775MHz
Memory Speed
1050MHz(4.2Gbps)
1050MHz(4.2Gbps)
1000MHz(4.0Gbps)
Memory
1GB GDDR5
1GB GDDR5
1GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
256bit
256bit
256bit
Eyefinity
Yes
Yes
Yes
DirectX®
11
11
11
CrossFireX™
Yes
Yes
Yes
Output
DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/2x mini DisplayPort
DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DisplayPort
DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DisplayPort
About TUL Corporation
TUL is a leading supplier of AMD graphics cards under the PowerColor brand. We offer award-winning products based on our technology leading components, quality design and superb engineering. TUL employs more than 150 talents worldwide, with offices in China, Europe, Russia and USA to support over 300 channel partners and distributors in 50 plus countries. For further information, visit: http://www.tul.com.tw/global/
For more product information, visit: www.powercolor.com.
Or contact: pr@powercolor.com













