Posted on Thursday, October 29 2009 @ 17:49 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
The PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 LCS is now official, this card with a watercooling solution from EK Waterblocks will be available on November 6th. It features a 875MHz core and 1GB GDDR5 memory clocked at 5GHz, vs standard clockspeeds of 850MHz and 4.8GHz. The card ships in a bundle with a coupon for DiRT2.
The PowerColor LCS HD5870 has a full water block mounted on the card, fully covering the memory and power regulator chip. With a copper base design, it is able to reduce temperatures in the most efficient way possible. PowerColor packages a high-flow 3/8" and 1/2" fittings (barbs) to maximize water flow with captured o-rings to prevent leakage. Gamers can easily customize their own liquid cooling system using these two fittings.
"The most efficient cooling solution should pack with the most powerful GPU,” said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. “With the partnership with EK, the LCS HD5870 can work impressively in a cool and stable operating environment—it’s the card which designed to fulfill the true gamers!”
Compatible with all the latest features, the PowerColor LCS HD5870 clocks at 875 MHz core and 1250 MHz memory, pushing the overclocking ability to the maximum in an ultra stable gaming environment and delivering am incredible gaming experience you’ve never felt before.
