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Default [HWC] Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1GB Review
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Even though availability of the HD 5870 hasn’t been what anyone was hoping it would be, ATI’s board partners are still forging ahead with plans to release custom cooled and overclocked versions in a mad dash to differentiate themselves from the competition. While many manufactures we have spoken to in the past few weeks have stated their custom cards will be available closer to the end of November, Sapphire is bucking that trend. Today marks the release of their overclocked, custom cooled and eagerly-anticipated HD 5870 1GB Vapor-X.

We all remember those telltale leaked images of this card from when the HD 5870 was initially launched and to be honest with you, not much has changed since then. Its main claim to fame is Sapphire’s Vapor-X heatsink technology that supposedly allows it to cool off the core better than the already-large reference cooler while having a smaller acoustical footprint. This is actually a pretty bold goal considering (according to us) the stock HD 5870’s cooling setup is anything but loud and it actually does a fairly good job of shunting the heat away from the efficient 40nm core.
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Better review at OverclockersClub. Reviews the 5750 as well and dismantles the whole card to show us what's inside.

I hope the stock plate is detachable.
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Those are some good temps, thanks for the link sodaholic134.
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I knew the Vapour X was good for noise reduction, but that is a serious drop in temps also.

Well done Sapphire!
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I like how in the "Test Setup" section they list that they have a 4890 X2...must've been some secret squirrel (erm..beaver) action going on for them to get one of those.
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Are the Vapor-X cards limited edition?
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On the last page they stated that one of the cons were that they did not have ANY overclocking headroom with their sample. Hope this changes for later revisions of these cards.
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Are the Vapor-X cards limited edition?
No, for the most part Sapphire replaces their normal line of cards with non-reference cards eventually.
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On the last page they stated that one of the cons were that they did not have ANY overclocking headroom with their sample. Hope this changes for later revisions of these cards.
Sapphire must be using a lower stock voltage than other makers (or at least on this card). That would explain the lack of overclocking headroom. But, in the article, they didn't mention if they upped the voltage. That would have allowed for clock speeds approaching 1ghz.
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