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SmoothCreations releases Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc

by on26 September 2009

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950MHz core, 5200MHz GDDR5, fast

Just recently,
our good friends over at SmoothCreations unveiled the world’s fastest Radeon HD 5870 1GB card that is guaranteed to put a dent in the performance barrier that the 40nm generation has to offer.

The guys at the company were able to overclock the industry’s latest single-GPU flagship model to an impressive 950MHz core, up from the 850MHz stock frequency. We applaud SmoothCreations for its successful new venture into the GPU market with reasonable performance achievements.

The SmoothCreations Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc was clocked to kick some you-know-what, and as Mario Gastelum, director of product development and engineering and SmoothCreations says: "We didn’t just want a fast card out in the market, we wanted the fastest card that could kick the living daylights and bust some performance records. And that’s exactly what our engineers accomplished”.

The company states that the firmware was modified for the factory pre-overclocked frequencies and can be pushed even further, similar to EVGA’s lineup of SuperClocked, SSC and FTW Edition cards.

“Typically, the Catalyst Control Center controls overclocking capabilities, but those capability thresholds are limited by fixed and conservative clock speeds in the BIOS. We unlocked that BIOS and released the card’s true potential. The custom firmware has been unlocked to push these cards to frequency settings of up to 950MHz [GPU core] and 1400MHz [memory],” said Mario.

SmoothCreations is offering its latest smooth creation with an optional custom liquid cooling system from DangerDen, and we're pretty interested in viewing performance results.

Unfortunately, the only downside is the fact that the HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc is only available with SmoothCreations systems and is not available for purchase separately. However, it is available as of now on a variety of custom system configurations.

Last modified on 26 September 2009
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