ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II

Lawrence Lee · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:48 pm

http://www.silentpcreview.com/ASUS_Radeon_HD_7870/

Olaf van der Spek · **Joined:** Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:10 am **Posts:** 332

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and can comfortably render even higher resolutions if you knock the down the image quality settings a few rungs.

the down ...

CA_Steve · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:29 pm

It's sad that a great cooling solution was nerfed by the choice of lesser performing fans.

Blista · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:32 pm

I was going to switch my Asus 6850 DC for one of these but this review confirmed my reservations about the cooler.

Olaf van der Spek · **Joined:** Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:10 am **Posts:** 332

CA_Steve wrote:

It's sad that a great cooling solution was nerfed by the choice of lesser performing fans.

Certainly. Do all dual-slot DC2 HSFs have this problem?

rpsgc · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:33 am

Can you get your hands on a GTX 660Ti / GTX 670 DirectCU II? They also have a dual-slot cooler.

CA_Steve · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:38 am

Their implementation for the GTX 660 Ti and 670 is great for noise and Pd is in the same ballpark.

ThermaCal · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:40 am **Posts:** 7

Olaf van der Spek wrote:

[quote=Do all dual-slot DC2 HSFs have this problem?

I was wondering the same and it seems likely as there is only so much space available. They seem to have chosen a thinner fan over a thinner heatsink.

Looking at the images on Asus' website as well as Newegg it seems all of their 7870, 7850, 660Ti and 660 variations share the same cooler.

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