Asus Radeon HD 5870 Voltage Tweak Edition V2 1GB GDDR5

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

1
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Easy overclocking features; understated good looks; deluxe packaging and bundled DirectX 11 game
Goldentachaward.png, Robust, 61 phase power supply runs cool, Rocksolid mechanical design, Good value AND high quality in one package, Lowest price for a SW controlled VRM that won't overheat, 1250 MHz Samsung memory is an easy overclock, Defaul
Overclocks well, High Performance, DX11, Price, Voltage Tweak, Asus Quality, Eye candy that will make a grown man tear up, Price/performance punch

Cons:

Still can't match Nvidia GTX 480 in most tests; beefed-up fan is incredibly loud at maximum speed
SmartDoctor software inferior to ASUS iTracker2, No software voltage control for memory, Fan noise very unpleasant at 100%, Brush fibers left on card after cleaning process, Extreme Design features not listed in published materials

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Last revision on February 22, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Easy overclocking features; understated good looks; deluxe packaging and bundled DirectX 11 game
Goldentachaward.png, Robust, 61 phase power supply runs cool, Rocksolid mechanical design, Good value AND high quality in one package, Lowest price for a SW controlled VRM that won't overheat, 1250 MHz Samsung memory is an easy overclock, Defaul
Overclocks well, High Performance, DX11, Price, Voltage Tweak, Asus Quality, Eye candy that will make a grown man tear up, Price/performance punch

Reviewers Didn't Like

Still can't match Nvidia GTX 480 in most tests; beefed-up fan is incredibly loud at maximum speed
SmartDoctor software inferior to ASUS iTracker2, No software voltage control for memory, Fan noise very unpleasant at 100%, Brush fibers left on card after cleaning process, Extreme Design features not listed in published materials
Not the top single core GU anymore

Expert reviews and ratings

A good-looking, tweakable high-end gaming card, the EAH5870 offers some nice features over a standard HD 5870 board. Just brace yourself for major fan noise if you push it to its limits....

By Computer Shopper on October 01, 2010

While Asus should be commended for producing a card with a shorter custom PCB, cooler and factory-applied overclock for roughly the same price as a standard card, it shouldn’t have bothered. Only if these features improved on the original design...

By Bit-tech.net on August 13, 2010

What can we say about the HD5870 that we haven't said a dozen times? It's more rounded than a cannonball, being powerful, sensibly priced, regular driver updates, and capable of handling almost anything you throw at it.So what does the EAH 5870...

By Overclock3D on June 23, 2010

The ASUS EAH5870 V2 easily met or improved on the basic performance levels set by the reference cards. The availability of software voltage control allowed an easy 18% increase in clock rates, with no loss of stability or extreme temperatures. Users...

By Benchmark Reviews on June 12, 2010

We like the Asus HD5870 for a few reasons. The oversized fan keeps it up to 17% cooler at stock speeds and we all know the cooler electronics run at the longer they live. We like the MSRP at $429 because we've seen factory overclocked cards at $499...

By Bjorn3D on May 24, 2010

Although we were positive that we'd already seen every possible version of Radeon HD 5870, ASUS has surprised us with a new "premium" model. EAX5870 V2 is an improved version that should appear in sufficient quantities on the market, unlike the...

By InsideHW on September 06, 2010

The ASUS EAH5870 V2 STALKER Edition is a perfectly good video card, but it is overpriced. It is available in retail for $448 USD, making it almost $100 more than a vanilla Radeon HD 5870. We found that the slight GPU frequency boost makes no...

By HardOCP on August 30, 2010

Although nearly a year old already, the Radeon HD5870 is still ATI's top performing single-GPU card, at least until the 5890 comes out. In the meantime, manufacturers have been redesigning cards with upgraded coolers and better power handling...

By OverClock Intelligence Agency on August 11, 2010

Overall, the ASUS EAH5870 did a great job with everything we tested it with. It took graphically demanding games and pulled up a lawn chair, sat back, laughed at them, and asked for more. The 5870 kept all the minimum FPS at a playable level at all...

By TechReaction.net on July 09, 2010

The ASUS Radeon 5870 V2 is a very good non-reference card that offers some unique features for consumers. We know the 5870 is already an impressive and popular card, but ASUS has decided to go that extra mile by offering enthusiasts the opportunity to...

By Pureoverclock on June 29, 2010

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