fast, quiet, cool perfect for the money!

I treated myself to this card in exchange for my ASUS EAH5870 / 2DIS / 1GD5 / V2.
At first glance, not really worthwhile upgrade since the 7870 "only" 30-40% faster.
However, in games like Metro2033 you realize very quickly the difference, as is the speed boost up to 70%,
mainly due to 2GB V-Ram is probably due.
For one thing it was worth it in any case, even under full load is 7870 not to listen!
What were but partially for noise orgies with the 5870 ...
The map is about 1% slower than a standard HD5950 and therefore one should consider the price advantage in its selection.
I have a water cooling system for the CPU and would describe my PC otherwise be extremely quiet. (All fan @ 7V)
One should definitely pay attention to order a V2, since the first revision has a different, ineffektiveren cooler,
the addition is significantly louder and warmer.

Differences of three cards:

HD7870-DC2-2GD5:
Cooler: loud ineffective
Via clocking: Chip 1010MHz V-Ram: 1210MHz (4840)
-Anchlüße: DVI-I, HDMI, 2 * Mini DisplayPort

HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2
Cooler: more Finns, 8mm 6mm heatpipes instead, effective design, very quiet and cool
Via clocking: Chip: 1000MHz V-Ram: 1200MHz (4800)
Connectors: DVI-D, DVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort (full)
-Super Alloy Power Caps

HD7870-DC2TG-2GD5
Cooler: identical to the HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2
Via clocking: Chip: 1100MHz V-Ram: 1250MHz (5000MHz)
Connectors: identical to the HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2
-Super Alloy Power Caps

what I like:
-Price
Cooler: Volume
Cooler: efficiency (even with benchmarks had never above 52 ° C)
Processing: it shows the ASUS is a premium manufacturer!
Performance: at 1920 * 1080 in all walks of life enough power for AA and AF, mostly even for MSAA and SSAA
-Anschlußvielfalt: DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort full

What I do not like:
-Lieferumfang: As I would have hoped but then even more, just by a premium manufacturer (adapters, etc.)