[OCC] Sapphire HD 5870 and HD 5750 Vapor-X Review - Overclock.net

rico2001 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Sapphire HD 5870 and HD 5750 Vapor-X Review

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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 to injury, they followed up with the HD 5700 series that includes the Sapphire HD 5770 and 5750.The performance of the HD 5800 series scaled well and truly beat up on the GTX 285, which was the reigning top-of-the-line single GPU video card. Its palace at the front of the line is now occupied by the HD 5870. If you have not heard, Sapphire is ATI's largest partner and usually comes up with something unique for its video cards once the BBATI cards are launched. Cooling, as well as construction enhancements, are usually part of the package. In the past there have been the Atomic series, the Toxic series, and the Vapor-X series of cards - each with a specific target. The Vapor-X line uses Sapphire's Vapor Chamber Technology
, coupled with an improved cooling solution to have the GPU core and memory run as cool as possible, while attenuating the noise problems with the reference cooling design. By doing this, Sapphire can give the cards a small boost in performance by upping the clock speeds on the memory and GPU core. The first card to use the Vapor-X technology supplied by Microloops was the Sapphire Atomic HD 3870, first seen on OCC back in January of 2007. Since then, the technology has become mature - easily handling all of the cooling needs of the Vapor-X line up.

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Very well done. Nice vapor-x explanation, cooler tear down, and good overclock used. One of the more thorough reviews I've read in awhile.

OpTicaL · 3 Weeks Ago

LoL, I was wondering when your going to post this.

Yeah, great review, liked how they tore down both cards.

darksideleader · 3 Weeks Ago

honestly i like the HWC temperature testing with the auto fan profile.

Stance · 3 Weeks Ago

Nice one, these cards give me a warm feeling inside. I'm aiming for a HD5850 Vapor-X in the near future, perhaps a 5870 if I can afford it.

SyncMaster753 · 3 Weeks Ago

986 core on stock volts is pretty impressive

EDIT: nm, looked at the pic and they threw some volts on there..... (his description suggests that he didnt vmod the card)

Diabolical999 · 3 Weeks Ago

Schweet, I'd like that Vapor-X 5750 in my second rig.

scottb75 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by SyncMaster753

986 core on stock volts is pretty impressive

EDIT: nm, looked at the pic and they threw some volts on there..... (his description suggests that he didnt vmod the card)

986 core is nice though many reference cooled 5870s can get there and beyond.

Shadowclock · 3 Weeks Ago

We all know how it overclocks...just the same as most other 5870s....my interest is in how it cools and how loud it is.

Perry · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by SyncMaster753

986 core on stock volts is pretty impressive

EDIT: nm, looked at the pic and they threw some volts on there..... (his description suggests that he didnt vmod the card)

The great thing about MSI's Afterburner is they didn't limit it to only working on their cards as Asus did with Smart Doctor. I think that's the name of Asus' application anyway.

I don't know about you but I'm not ballsy enough to hard mod my card.

Good find, Rico. I'm tempted to go for two 5750's if the price comes down in Q1 of next year. Any idea/speculation how x8x8 would affect these cards?

Spart · 3 Weeks Ago

5870 VaporX will be MINE.

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