Air flow then exhausts partially out the back of a case, through the top and rear. The heatsink has a nice ice blue cover helping route the airflow and give it that ‘IceQ’ look. The newest version of this cooler uses four aluminum heat pipes along with aluminum fins and a 92mm fan blowing down on to the heatsink. In order to fulfill its promises of a -15° C cooler temperatures and 15db quieter operation, HIS has placed the latest IceQ cooler on the 6870. HIS 6870 IceQ X Turbo X Features IceQ X technology (Courtesy HIS) HIS 6870 IceQ X Turbo X Features (Courtesy HIS) Below is a list from the HIS website of the major features of this card. The 6870 comes with similar features as its bigger brothers do. HIS 6870 IceQ X Turbo X Specifications (Courtesy HIS) Technical Features That is impressive from the reference clocks of 900Mhz/1050Mhz. You can see that HIS 6870 IceQ X Turbo X sports very aggressive factory overclocks on coming in at a blazing 975Mhz core with the memory at 1150Mhz out of the box. The 6870 has been released for quite some time now, so it is not necessary to explain the the technical details and features. Lets see if that holds true as we torture the HIS 6870 with some intense overclocking and benchmarks. The mid-range 6870 should run cool and quiet while sporting hefty overclocks like the high-end cards. With the same high-performing cooler, the HIS 6870 IceQ X Turbo X should be remarkably similar to the HIS 6950 IceQ X Turbo X reviewed previously.

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