"Sporting the highest factory clocks out of the box as well as having quiet AND effective cooling solutions are considerations for a lot of buyers. These cards deliver on those wishes." Overclockers.com "Approved"

"Throughout the benchmarks, the card ran silently without making a sound...The aluminum heatsink and fan were easily able to keep up with the rising temperature, even when stressed." tech2

"HIS has put together a really nice card here with a superb cooler and a nice little overclock. Combined with the latest Catalyst release, you just end up with a card that offers us fantastic performance." TweakTown "Editor's Choice Award"

"The cooling on this card is far superior than the reference cooler and runs much quieter making it a leading choice for those in the market for this card." Overclockers.com "Approved"

"The HIS HD6970 2GB IceQ Mix is certainly an interesting proposition. As a standalone card, it performs very well throughout our range of benchmarks." Vortez "Bronze Award"

"It cools much better than the reference design and emits less noise, delivering a heady combination for a prospective customer." KitGuru "Worth Buying"

"The HIS IceQ Mix is high quality version of the Radeon 6970 which offers the same great performance and enhances the features while including a very thorough bundle of extras." Hardware Heaven "Recommended"

"The HIS Radeon HD 6970 IceQ Turbo is a fantastic product and is without a doubt one of the best Radeon HD 6970 graphics cards available today...operate at near silence even when overclocked (971/5864MHz) really is impressive." Legion Hardware "Performance Award"

"HIS Radeon HD 6950 2GB IceQ X Turbo X card i have to say that it did far better that I had expected with almost equal numbers to the Gainward GTX 560 Ti GS." Real World Labs "Editor's Choice Award"

"In the majority of the benchmarks we ran, the HIS Radeon HD 6990 took the top spot, with the GeForce GTX 590 trailing closely behind...If you’ve got the coin and understand the nature of the beast, the HIS Radeon HD 6990 is a powerful graphics card that offers top-notch performance." Hot Hardware. "Recommended Product"

"It performed extremely well in our tests, running a car-racing game much faster than any other card we've reviewed.It even managed 50 frames per second in the flight simulator DCS: A-10C, one of the most graphically demanding games we've ever seen and which topped out at around 30 frames per second on other cards." Computer Active "4 stars out of 5"

"This was actually one of the quietest cards we have ever tested which is certainly impressive when you consider the temperatures it achieves. Some serious respect has to be given to HIS’ engineers on this one." Hardware Canucks "DAM GOOD Award"

"HIS have done a great job with this HD 6970...The cooler is fantastic and overclocking potential is also really strong with the card. If you're a fan of the IceQ series or a user of previous IceQ cards, you'll no doubt love that HIS have finally gotten around to slapping the IceQ series name on the HD 6970." TweakTown "Editor's Choice Award"

"Performance wise, the card delivered and was easily on par with Nvidia’s GTX590 alternative and its higher framebuffer gave it the edge at higher settings." Vortez "Silver Award"

Using a qualitative element base and a good quiet cooling system,it manages to compete successfully overclocked mode with the older models on the AMD Radeon HD 6850...have all chances to become a truly massive, popular product. EasyCOM "Optimal Price / Opportunity"

The HIS Radeon HD6950 IceQ X Turbo X video card comes with a pretty high clock already and pushing it further didn't require any extra voltage or effort… Add to this the benefit of 2GB memory and multi monitor Eyefinity support, and you have a good deal all in all. Benchmark Reviews "Golden Tachometer Award"

"In the quiet cooling system, video card HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5 does its job very well - the temperature 41 C is an excellent indicator. The level of fan noise was quite low...HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5 confidently passes decision on NVIDIA GeForce GT 440." EasyCOM "Optimal Price / Opportunity"

"HIS 6970 IceQ Turbo is the best to keep the fact that the card is only 2 slots, while the Asus card needs all 3 slots... A Crossfire, 2 x HD 6970 IceQ Turbo is therefore easily possible...And HIS 6970 IceQ Turbo is Quiter than Asus 6970." Tom's Hardware "2011 Best Buy Award"

"Throughout the benchmarks I was very impressed with this HIS HD6970 IceQ Turbo as the graphics card cut through the games like a hot knife through butter. The card performed exceptionally well at high resolutions thanks to the 2GB of GDDR5." Vortez "Silver Award"

The graphics performance of the HIS HD6870 IceQ X Turbo X is very good indeed... I can't help but keep singing praise for the IceQ cooler, it really is so good...I have no problems recommending this card to anyone who is in the market for a mid/high end card. Benchmark Reviews "Silver Tachometer Award"