Radeon HD 5870 LCS:

The GHz Limit, Broken

The new Radeon HD 5870 is a blazing-fast graphics card–the fastest single-GPU card in the world, in fact. So why void their warranty in a wanton quest to squeeze out more megahertz from the beast? George knew the answer, and if you’re reading this, we suspect you’ll agree.

We aren’t going to settle for a small increase, either. We want to know just how far a reasonable human being can take the Radeon HD 5870, so standard air-cooling solutions aren’t going to cut it. Nope, we’re going to need something a little more effective. When you want to kick PC cooling up a notch, liquid cooling is the way to go.

It is only natural that we look to PowerColor’s new Radeon HD 5870 LCS as the weapon of choice in our charge to slay the megahertz dragon. Equipped with a pre-installed EK water block, the card is factory overclocked and advertised to keep temperatures under 50 degrees Celsius at load.