XSreviews.co.uk Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:06
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The ATI 5 series Direct-X 11 capable graphics cards are flooding on to the market with numerous versions and models spanning a wide range of price / performance ratios. The 5700 series (5770 & 5750) have bolstered the budget options but ATI have conti...
The Sapphire Radeon HD 1GB 5870 Vapor-X is refreshingly brilliant offering significantly higher frame rates than previous generation cards and the newer DX11 5850 from the same vendor. These performance boosts are found across the board typically of t...
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The Vapor-X card improves on the 5870 in regards to performance, noise and temperatures as well as providing an extremely good value bundle. One of the finest graphics cards available on the market today. Read more: AMD Roundup November 2009 - Conclusion - DriverHeaven.net http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=880&pageid=21#ixzz0VyrM3kOH...
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By now the world knows that ATI and its partners came out and dropped a bomb on the Nvidia camp with the release of the first DirectX 11 capable video cards, the HD 5800 series, which includes the Sapphire HD 5870 and Sapphire HD 5850. To add insult t...
After looking at many of Sapphire's Vapor-X lineup, I have to say that the Vapor-X lineup delivers the goods, in terms of performance and cooling, with the overhead available to increase the level of graphics performance without fear of overheating th...
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We all know that the HD 5870 is popular but many of us have been waiting to see what interesting spins manufacturers will put on their customized cards. Today Sapphire is releasing their Vapor-X version that sports a custom heatsink based along with s...
accessory game package, Not too much more expensive than a reference card...
Zero availability, 2year warranty, Zero stable overclocking headroom on our sample...
We can’t really conclude this review without talking about HD 5870 cards in general and how they are currently placed in the market. There shouldn’t be a shadow of a doubt that they are able to reign supreme among single GPU cards but things b...
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There's no denying that competition in the video card market is tough. It's even tougher for companies like HIS and Sapphire who only find themselves working for one side of the heated video card battle. With Sapphire only releasing ATI based card...
It's always great to implement some new benchmarks into our video card line-up. The simple fact is that when it comes to purchasing a computer, the video card is one of the most looked at items. By offering more benchmarks that make use of the late...
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It's been almost three months since the first of ATI's new Evergreen graphics card hit the market and they have been favorably received thus far. The new Radeon HD 5970, HD 5870 and HD 5850 brought about unprecedented levels of graphics performance, and l...
Third Time LuckyTo our knowledge, Sapphire is the only major graphics card vendor employing this technology in the high-end space. While on paper it sounds good, we've tested two of Sapphire's vapor chamber technology offerings in the past (the Sapphire V...
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AMD released the high-end Radeon HD 5870 graphics card just over a month ago. Priced at £300 for the range-topping model, the DX11 architecture has since spawned the £200 Radeon HD 5850 and sub-£150 Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750 GPUs.Looking at the Rade...
The AMD Radeon HD 5870 is, arguably, the best consumer graphics card that money can buy right now, but we temper this statement with the knowledge that, over a month on from release, supply remains in considerable constraint.Undeterred by the lack of...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:06
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We met the strongest AMD's single-GPU graphics card several months ago, when it successfully beated the two-headed behemoth of the previous generation. Raw speed is not the only trump of Radeon 5870 - there is support for the new DirectX, the ability o...
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It's been almost three months since the first of ATI's new Evergreen graphics card hit the market and they have been favorably received thus far. The new Radeon HD 5970, HD 5870 and HD 5850 brought about unprecedented levels of graphics performance, an...
To our knowledge, Sapphire is the only major graphics card vendor employing this technology in the high-end space. While on paper it sounds good, we've tested two of Sapphire's vapor chamber technology offerings in the past (the Sapphire Vapor-X HD 489...
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870MHz 1.25GHz (5GHz effective) 1GB GDDR5 Two yearsWith ATI having sewn up the DX11 market up until at least January following the continued delay on the first products based on Nvidia’s Fermi architecture, the Radeon HD 5870 is going to be our h...
Giving any kind of recommendation of the HD 5870 or HD 5850 is tricky at the moment due to continued stock shortages making pre-ordering almost mandatory to secure a card – hardly an ideal situation for consumers, retailers or board partners. Nevert...
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of SSD's (Solid State Drives). These new devices were brought upon consumers, again raising the level of performance we could get from our computers another notch. Just as things seemed to quiet down a little bit, Microsoft threw us a new OS named Win...
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firingsquad.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:11
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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X ReviewReady to pull the trigger on a Radeon 5870 card purchase? Good luck. If you've been shopping for a Radeon 5870 board lately, you know by now how impossible these boards are to find at retailers. No one can keep boa...
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The good folk at Sapphire sent us their implementation of the still hard to find HD5850 card, based on the AMD ATI reference design. In this article, we will cover the Sapphire HD5850's general performance as a gaming, compute and media card in an AM...
SapphireThe Sapphire HD5850 is borderline CPU limited with a stock AMD Athlon II x4 620 in our test resolution, as evidenced especially when higher quality modes such as 24xAA (Adaptive Edge Detect MSAA) are used. The HD5850 is significantly lower pri...
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Enough time has passed now that we are beginning to see some non-reference designs of the current top-dog, the HD 5870. In fact, today we will be looking at the very first non-reference design HD 5870. It is from Sapphire, and it is called the HD 5870...
As far as video cards on the market right now (November 2009), the Sapphire HD 5870 doesn't have much trouble securing a reservation for one of the best seats in the entire theater. If you've been keeping up with your Neoseeker review readings rec...
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There's no denying that competition in the video card market is tough. It's even tougher for companies like HIS and Sapphire who only find themselves working for one side of the heated video card battle. With Sapphire only releasing ATI based card...
It's always great to implement some new benchmarks into our video card line-up. The simple fact is that when it comes to purchasing a computer, the video card is one of the most looked at items. By offering more benchmarks that make use of the late...
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When AMD launched its ATI Radeon HD 5000 series in late September, gamers had reason to be pumped. After all, ATI's past generation, the HD 4000 series, were excellent cards in all regards, and it was quite boggling to picture the 5000 series, which e...
Some say that the speed of advancing hardware has slowed down, and while that may be true in some cases, graphics card technology is advancing at a fast rate, and it's proven with AMD's most recent offerings. It's hard to not feel excited when using a...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:20
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Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please understand that each author perceives these factors differently depending on the circumstances. While we do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are cons...
Fastest DirectX 11 compatible graphics accelerator, Consumes only 23W at idle and 220W under full load, Native HDMI 1.3b uncompressed audio and video output, Outstanding performance for ultra high-end games, Eyefinity Technology through DisplayPort and...
Fan exhausts majority of heated air back into case, 11" Long graphics card may not fit some cases, Maximum postprocessing Anti Aliasing is limited to 8x, Expensive premiumlevel enthusiast product...
Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please understand that each author perceives these factors differently depending on the circumstances. While we do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are consi...
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elitebastards.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:23
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Although it might sound like the beginning of a terrible pun, we've been fans of Sapphire's Vapor-X cooling solutions even since their inception and introduction, and over recent generations the ATI graphics AIB giant has been tweaking and refining t...
Given that all we've seen up until this point is reference-based Radeon HD 5870 boards, it probably goes without saying that Sapphire's Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X is the fastest board of this ilk that we've seen thus far by virtue of being the fir...
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pcgameshardware.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:27
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5870 with custom cooling tested With the Vapor-X variant of the HD 5870 Sapphire wants to improve the current graphics card top dog. PC Games Hardware tested if the new card can live up to the good reputation of the Vapor-X series. Radeon HD 5870 V...
The Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X is a well equipped DirectX 11 graphics card in the high-end sector. Its custom cooling solution is not as loud as the default design and keeps the graphics card at lower temperatures. Furthermore the device is short...
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Sitting next to an Oscar-winning actress. A Bugatti Veyron. The Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup. The common thread? These are all very rare, almost mythical and legendary when they actually are seen or happen for real. They represent things...
AMD's push to bring a 40nm GPU to the market was a smart move with their previous generation 4700 lineup, and building upon that now in the 5000 series will likely pay off since Nvidia's Fermi-based cards are not due to hit the market for quite so...
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Today we are taking a look at our second retail ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, as we looked at the ASUS EAH5870 Voltage Tweak a few weeks ago. The card that we have for you today is the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X which is, to our knowledge...
Sapphire raises the bar when it comes to Radeon HD 5870's and is now the company to beat thanks to their Vapor-X cooling technology and factory overclocked settings...
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hitechlegion.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:39
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Climates differ depending on the geographical area you live in, but when you live in a climate controlled home, most people maintain a fairly constant temperature year round. Although we would like to think that our climate controlled temperature maint...
Direct X 11 Compatible, Affordable Upgrade, CrossFire Ready, Eyefinity Multi Display Capable, Quiet, VaporX Heatsink Technology...
None, Editors Choice...
Why go out and spend extra money on an aftermarket GPU heatsink cooling solution when for $10.00 USD more than the Standard Sapphire HD 5870 you can have a Vapor-X Edition? Both the 5870 and 5750 Vapor-X Edition video cards proved to be more efficient...
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Introduction In this group review, we compare the results of photos shot on the Nokia N82 (an imaging-focussed S60 phone with a five megapixel sensor and a very good reputation), the Samsung i8510 (the first 8 megapixel S60 cameraphone), the Nokia N97...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2011-09-23 22:21:43
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When graphics-card makers ATI and Nvidia announce a new graphics card, third-party vendors (who actually sell most of these cards to the public) frequently take the stock card and modify it in some way. Their mission is to make their vers...
Stunning performance similar to the stock-cooled HD 5870; special heat sink for overclocking; two free games...
Not noticeably faster than stock HD 5870 out of the box, despite slight GPU overclock...
Sapphire's Vapor-X Radeon HD 5870 is a good choice for those looking for a high-end DirectX 11 graphics card with overclock potential...
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Welcome to Rage3D and our review of the Sapphire HD5870 Vapor-X edition. Launching on November 3rd this card is a pre-overclocked version of the AMD ATI Radeon HD5870 graphics processing unit, first launched seven short weeks ago on September 23rd. Our first article gave you an overview of the architecture and features of the Cypress core, and our upcoming look at the Sapphire HD5850 will investigate the second tier enthusiast card's features and performance...
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