AMD Radeon HD 6870
Built for 1080p with settings turned down. It outscores 14% of the 179 cards in our index and meets the recommended graphics card of 50 of 232 released games that name one.
- Index
- 4/100
- Rank
- #154
- VRAM
- 1 GB
- Power
- 151 W
- Launch price
- $239
How much of the PC library it covers
Against the 232 released games whose publisher names a graphics card we can place.
- 50 at the recommended spec 22%
- 47 at the minimum only 20%
- 138 below the minimum 59%
The most demanding game it meets the recommended card for is Human Fall Flat. The least demanding one it falls short of is Hitman: Blood Money.
Upcoming releases on the AMD Radeon HD 6870
Unreleased games whose publishers have already posted a graphics card requirement.
Recommended spec 0
None
Minimum spec 1
- Pony Island 2: Panda Circus Apr 27, 2027
Below minimum 18
- Gears of War: E-Day Oct 6, 2026
- Phantom Blade Zero Oct 28, 2026
- Sagas of Lumin Feb 4, 2027
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Feb 12, 2027
- Fable Feb 23, 2027
- HUMANKIND™ 2 2027
- Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance 2027
- Outward 2 2027
- PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant 2027
- Sea of Remnants 2027
- SPINE - This is Gun Fu 2027
- Chrono Odyssey To be announced
- El Paso, Elsewhere 2 To be announced
- Guild Wars 3™ To be announced
- Lords of the Fallen II Coming soon
- SAW: Genesis To be announced
- Star Trek: Shadow Frontier Coming soon
- The Talos Principle 3 Coming soon
In the heaviest games we track
Modelled at the High preset with upscaling off, next to a processor fast enough not to limit it. Estimates, not recorded runs — how the model works.
| Game | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Spec card
- Maker
- AMD
- Released
- 2010
- Video memory
- 1 GB
- Rated power
- 151 W
- PSU to plan for
- 500 W
- Tier
- F
- Ray tracing
- No
- Upscaling
- FSR
The cards either side of it
Nearest in our index. Pick one to put them side by side.
AMD Radeon HD 6870: quick answers
Will the AMD Radeon HD 6870 run 2027 games?
Of the 19 upcoming games whose publishers have named a graphics card, it meets the recommended card for 0, only the minimum for 1, and falls short of 18.
Is 1 GB of VRAM enough?
It is below what many recent releases expect, so plan on lower texture settings.
What power supply do I need for the AMD Radeon HD 6870?
It is rated at 151 W. With the rest of a typical gaming PC and headroom for power spikes, a good 500 W unit is a safe choice; the PSU calculator works it out for your exact parts.
Is the AMD Radeon HD 6870 faster than the AMD Radeon R7 260X?
No. The AMD Radeon R7 260X scores 5/100 against 4/100 in our index.