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SAPPhIRE ... COMPANY INFORMATION / LINKS / SUPPORT INFORMATION

SAPPHIRE Technology was first formed as a manufacturer and global supplier of graphics cards when ATI (now a division of AMD) adopted the Add-in Board partner (AIB) model for delivering its technology to market. SAPPHIRE has consistently been the market leader with its graphics products. More recently the SAPPHIRE product range has been extended to include a broad range of mainboards and a number of solutions including the award-winning SAPPHIRE EDGE Series of Mini PCs. This year, SAPPHIRE celebrates 10 years of trading, bringing our successful mix of innovation and customer satisfaction to the global market. During that time we have introduced a number of innovations to the graphics market that are still reflected in our product line-up today. Landmarks SAPPHIRE was the first company to offer silent heatpipe cooling on a production card and we still offer that option on several of our models – known as the ULTIMATE series. Enthusiasts like performance to be maximised – and SAPPHIRE was the first company to offer an enthusiast range with special coolers, not only pre-overclocked, out of the box but with extra headroom for even more performance tuning – these are the features of our TOXIC family. Overclocking some of our early cards was achieved in software with a tool called TriXX. Now TriXX has been updated to a more comprehensive tool that allows overclockers to adjust both clocks and voltages as well as monitor temperature on most of our high end HD 5000 and HD 6000 series cards. It is available to download free here. Vapor Chamber cooling is a specialist technology, first used in high performance computers like compact servers, where it is critical to get heat away quickly from key components. SAPPHIRE was the first company to apply this technology to graphics processors with its Vapor-X cooler on the amazing ATOMIC model in the HD 3870 family – at the same time achieving another first with a high performance card with integral cooler that fitted in a single graphics slot. This technology is so efficient that it continues to be used on our award winning TOXIC and Vapor-X series of cards. And innovation reaches right down to component level, where SAPPHIRE’s Black Diamond chokes, with integrated ferrite coolers help to run our voltage regulation circuits cooler even under heavy load. These are complemented by other component choices, such as solid electrolyte capacitors on our high end models for increased reliability. Quality and reliability is just as critical as innovation – and SAPPHIRE has been a leader in meeting high manufacturing standards and the latest regulations, such as lead-free assembly and the recycling directives such as ROHS and WEEE. Of course, SAPPHIRE goes a step further, and for several years we have been using recyclable materials in our packaging, and our innovative environmentally friendly paper pulp trays for many models. With higher and higher levels of component integration, motherboards are increasingly important – and SAPPHIRE is strengthening its presence in this sector and bringing new design expertise as well as its experience in graphics to bear on the latest generations of products. As a launch partner for AMD Fusion, SAPPHIRE delivered products which helped to bring the exciting capabilities of the APU to the channel market. APUs combine - on a single chip - a powerful CPU, interface circuitry equivalent to a Northbridge and a DX11 graphics core equivalent to a desktop level graphics card, as well as a universal video decoder for the accelerated decoding of HD and Blu-ray content. This highly integrated solution forms the heart of a new generation of PC products. SAPPHIRE has demonstrated this by introducing the Mini-PC Edge HD – one of the smallest PCs in the world. Since its original successful launch, new models based on Fusion technology offer even more advanced levels of performance – and push SAPPHIRE into the living room and office space with an award-winning solution. SAPPHIRE continues to deliver mainboards for the enthusiast sector, compatible with the latest AMD and Intel technology. They feature a strong ID for the enthusiast sector, with their Black PCB, stylised chipset coolers and adopt many of the successful features from SAPPHIRE’s performance graphics segment, such as the solid capacitors and Black Diamond chokes. Aware of enthusiast requirements, the boards feature many performance tuning options; including Dual BIOS, debug display, Push buttons (Start / reset / BIOS) and even Voltage test points on some models. But these are just the highlights of a top to bottom line-up – whether its graphics or mainboards, SAPPHIRE is aware that there is a volume market for mainstream products, and continues to provide a wide choice of performance levels – and price – for the wider global demand.       Official Webpage: http://www.sapphiretech.com SapphireTech's Official Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/SapphireTechnology SapphireTech Americas Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/SapphireTech. | Americas Sapphire Technology Germany Sapphire Technology Polska Sapphire Technology Italia   Sapphire VGA Forum's for Help & Info: http://www.vgaforum.com   Warranty Info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...d=3&psn=000203   Product Warranty Registration: https://www1.sapphiretech.com/us/par...gistration.php Sapphire Support Ticket: https://support.sapphiretech.com/pre...ber_login.aspx

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Sapphire Radeon HD-7900 series Cards Information

= Link to the 7970 GHZ 6GB TOXIC CLUB =

http://www.overclock.net/t/1288287/sapphire-toxic-7970-ghz-edition-6gb-owners-club-benchmarking-3dmark11-p-settings-heaven-3-0-default

ONLY $700.00 @ NewEgg.com - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102997

SAPPHIRE Technology has just announced its HD 7970 6GB TOXIC Edition graphics card boasting the highest clock speeds in its class

and believed to be the fastest single GPU graphics card in the world.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/media/?psn=0004&articleID=4602

The SAPPHIRE HD 7970 6GB TOXIC Edition is a limited edition product that will be available to order from SAPPHIRE etailers and retailers from 17^th July 2012

Due to the strict engineering tolerances this card will be released in very limited quantities, so getting hold of one might be difficult.

As a engineering showcase Sapphire have managed to release the fastest single GPU card on the market. We don’t think this will be beaten for quite some time.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/42489-sapphire-radeon-hd-7970-toxic-6gb/

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-hd-7970-6gb-toxic-edition-review/

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire__toxic_hd7970_6gb/

Until today, the incredible KFA2 GTX680 Limited OC Edition claimed the ultimate single GPU performance spot,

however in the majority of the real world game testing, the Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition managed to outperform the overclocked GTX680.

The reference clocked GTX680 doesn’t even factor into making a viable challenge.

Bow to the Beastie !

TechPowerUp Review out ... http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7970_Toxic_6_GB/1.html

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Sapphire Radeon HD-7970 series Cards

 Sapphire HD-7970 3 GB Reference Edition { Model # 21197-00-40G } SAPPhIRE LINK

For Sale NOW @ NewEgg = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102961 = $560.00

The SAPPHIRE HD 7970 is the first graphics card in the world to incorporate the latest generation of GPU’s from AMD built in a new 28nm process and featuring the new GCN optimised graphics processing architecture. The HD 7970 is the most powerful single chip GPU ever built. It has a new internal structure with 32 compute units and a total of 2048 Stream processors. It ships with a core clock speed of 925MHz, and AMD Powertune technology allows enthusiasts to increase performance by overclocking. A new 384-bit high speed memory interface with over 264GB/sec memory bandwidth connects to a large 3GB array of the latest DDR5 memory.

Sapphire Radeon HD-7970 Reviews

  http://www.motherboards.org/review/sapphire-hd-radeon-7970-video-card-review

 http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd7970_3gb/

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-pure-black-x79n-motherboard-and-hd7970-gpu-review/32/

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/33249-sapphire-hd-7970-three-screen-eyefinity/

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1374/pg15/sapphire-radeon-hd-7970-tri-crossfire-graphics-card-review-conclusion.html

http://lanoc.org/review/video-cards/5601-sapphire-hd-7970?showall=1

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4515/sapphire_radeon_hd_7970_3gb_video_cards_in_crossfire/index18.html

Sapphire Radeon HD-7950 series Cards

 Sapphire HD-7950 3 GB Reference Edition { Model # 11196-00-40G } SAPPhIRE LINK

For Sale NOW @ NewEgg = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102962 = $460.00

The new SAPPHIRE HD 7950 models are only the second family of graphics cards to incorporate the latest generation of GPU’s from AMD built in a new 28nm process and featuring the new GCN optimised graphics processing architecture. The HD 7950 GPU has a new internal structure with 1792 Stream processors and a 384-bit high speed memory interface with over 264GB/sec memory bandwidth.

 Sapphire HD-7950 3 GB Dual-X OC'd Edition { Model # 11196-02-40G } SAPPhIRE LINK

For Sale NOW @ NewEgg = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102962 = $500.00

The SAPPHIRE HD 7950 OC Edition, which is factory overclocked to 900Mhz and features SAPPHIRE’s new dual-extractor technology - Dual-X - a highly efficient multi-heatpipe cooler with dual fans providing quiet and very cool operation during normal operating conditions, and superb cooling performance even under extreme load. For enthusiasts wishing to maximise performance, a new version of the SAPPHIRE overclocking tool, TriXX supporting this latest generation of technology is available free to download from the SAPPHIRE website. TriXX allows tuning of GPU voltage as well as core and memory clocks, whilst continuously displaying temperature. Manual control of fan speed is supported, as well as user created fan profiles and the ability to save up to four different performance settings. Both of the SAPPHIRE HD 7950 models have a dual BIOS, allowing for further experimentation by the enthusiast. On the OC edition, the second BIOS is pre-programmed to allow a higher maximum overclock and more aggressive fan profile.

* ADDITIONAL INFO COMING SOON *

Sapphire Radeon HD-6990 series Cards Information

  Sapphire HD-6990 4 GB Reference Edition { Model # 100310-SR } SAPPhIRE LINK

*NEW* Sapphire 6990 Review*

Sapphire Radeon HD-6970 series Cards Information

 Sapphire HD-6970 Dual Fan / Dual Bios Edition { Model # 100311-3SR } SAPPhIRE LINK

 Sapphire HD-6970 "TOXIC*" Edition { Model # 100311-2SR } SAPPhIRE LINK      * It's not officially called a "Toxic" but it's a twin to the HD-6950 Toxic card.

 Sapphire HD-6970 FLeX BattleField 3 Edition { Model # 100311-FLEXBF3 } SAPPhIRE LINK

 Sapphire HD-6970 FLeX Edition { Model # 100311-FLEX } SAPPhIRE LINK

 Sapphire HD-6970 BattleFieldBadCompany2 Vietnam Special Edition w/ Case { Model # 100311-BFVSR } SAPPhIRE LINK

Sapphire HD-6970 BattleFieldBadCompany2 Vietnam GAME  Edition { Model # 100311-BFVSR } SAPPhIRE LINK

 Sapphire HD-6970 Reference Edition { Model # 100311-SR } SAPPhIRE LINK

Sapphire Radeon HD-6950 series Cards Information

 Sapphire HD-6950 TOXIC Edition { Model # 100312TXSR }  SAPPhIRE LINK 

 Sapphire HD-6950 DIRT3 Edition { Model # 100312-3SR } SAPPhIRE LINK 

The SAPPHIRE HD 6950 Dirt3 Special Edition is a new SAPPHIRE original model with a special cooler using a new dual fan configuration. Based on the latest high end AMD GPU architecture, it boasts true DX 11 capability and the powerful configuration of 1408 stream processors and 88 texture processing units. With its clock speed of 800MHz for the core and 2GB of the latest GDDR5 memory running at 1250Mhz (5 Gb/sec effective), this model speeds through even the most demanding applications for a smooth and detail packed experience. A Dual BIOS feature allows enthusiasts to experiment with alternative BIOS settings and performance can be further enhanced with the SAPPHIRE overclocking tool, TriXX, available as a free download.

 Sapphire HD-6950 FleX Edition { Model # 100312-FLEX } SAPPhIRE LINK

Most graphics cards based on AMD technology require the third monitor in an Eyefinity set-up to be a DisplayPort monitor, or connected with an active DisplayPort Adapter. The SAPPHIRE FleX family can support three DVI monitors in Eyefinity mode and deliver a true SLS (Single Large Surface) work area without the need for costly active adapters. The first two monitors are connected to the two DVI ports and the third to an HDMI to DVI cable (supplied) with no extra hardware required. The SAPPHIRE HD 6950 FleX is now the highest performing card with this feature, allowing gamers to use low-cost DVI monitors for all three screens. Additional monitors can be added to the setup, but must be DisplayPort connected. Like the standard HD 6950, the SAPPHIRE HD 6950 FleX Edition boasts true DX 11 capability and the powerful configuration of 1408 stream processors and 88 texture processing units. With its clock speeds of 800MHz for the core and 1250Mhz (5 Gb/sec effective) for the memory this model brings multi-screen enjoyment to even hard-core gamers.

 Sapphire HD-6950 Reference Edition { Model # 100312-SR } SAPPhIRE LINK

The SAPPHIRE HD 6900 series features the latest graphics technology from AMD designed to support all the features of Microsoft DirectX 11 and DirectCompute 11. The new GPU’s are built in AMD’s 40nm process to deliver high performance with low power consumption. Advanced hardware features include an enhanced Tesselation unit, new AA and image filtering options, dedicated HDR Texture compression, multi-threaded communication with system CPU cores, embedded support for many of the DirectCompute 11 instructions, 3D stereoscopic support and HDMI 1.4a.

 Sapphire HD-6950 Dual Fan 2 GB Edition { Model # 100312-3L }  SAPPhIRE LINK  

Sapphire HD-6950 Dual Fan 1 GB Edition { Model # 100312-1GDP } SAPPhIRE LINK

 Sapphire HD-6950 2 GB Edition { Model # 100312-2SR } SAPPhIRE LINK

Sapphire HD-6950 1 GB Edition { Model # 100312-1GSR } SAPPhIRE LINK

 

SAPPhIRE's is the optimal performance overclocking utility for your AMD RADEON™ graphics card,

allowing you to monitor, tune & save different settings of key parameters for the card. www.sapphireselectclub.com/ssc/TriXX/TriXX.aspx

 

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The SAPPhIRE HD-6950 Edition of Graphics Cards have the highest successful UNLOCK rate of any Non-Reference HD-6950's on the market today, With the TOXIC edition being at somewhere between 75-90%, and they are also the easiest HD-6950 card's to attempt to unlock the 6970's shader as it's already on the 2nd BIOS from the SAPPhIRE Factory and all you have to do is flip the switch to find out if your GPU Chip will unlock or not. Just Follow my Step-by-Step Guide below ...

 

Step-by-Step Guide to Un-Locking a DUAL BIOS Card w/ Switch, Thanks to LA_Kings_Fan

Originally Posted by LA_Kings_Fan

 

Step #1 - Install the card, turn on your computer and windows will most likely install the current driver before you can even install the CD software that came with the card.
 

Step #2 - You can install the CD software, but to be honest the WIN 7 driver the system auto loads for you should work too, so you could skip to Step 3 I guess ?
 

Step #3 - With things running, install GPU-Z and/or TriXX software or both ... then open the programs to review the Factory defaults of your card, note shaders and Core clocks etc.
 

Step #4 - In GPU-Z or TriXX SAVE your factory BIOS of the card. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. You might just need it in case something goes wrong and need to reinstall the factory BIOS file in case position #2 Unlocked BIOS FAILS, and flipping the switch back to position #1 won't reload the original BIOS for some reason. THIS shouldn't happen, but better SAFE and SAVED than sorry and SOL.

{Note: If you don't know HOW to save the BIOS, in GPU-Z you click on the Little GREEN Arrow to the far Right of the BIOS version number}

 

Step #5 - Shut Down Windows and turn off your Computer.
 

Step #6 - FLIP the little Dual BIOS switch near the back plate / SLI Bridge area to position #2.

 

 

Step #7 - Turn on Computer and reboot up.
 

Step #8 - Re-open TriXX and/or GPU-Z and check your Shaders ... if it's 1536, CONGRATS your card UNLOCKED and you have a HD-6970 now no BIOS FLASH required it's ON the card from Sapphire ... if it's still 1408, Bummer dude no Factory Un-Lock , you could still then try FLASHING it to Unlock it, but YES this can be slightly risky and CAN void your warranty if you BRICK the card by Flashing it, most likely you have a card that Will NOT unlock, remember it's NOT 100% Guaranteed.

 

BEFORE .......... VS. .......... AFTER *

(* Note: These GPU-Z Screen shoots are NOT from a Sapphire HD-6950 TOXIC Card.)

 

 

 

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The SAPPhIRE HD-6950 TOXIC Edition is the FASTEST production HD-6950 on the market today, it comes Factory OverClocked to 880 MHz core / 1300 MHz memory clocks. However it doesn't stop there, the TOXIC can be pushed much further with additional overclocking by the end user, Just Follow my General OC'ing Guide below to see how far you can go ...

 

Sapphire HD-6950 Basic OverClocking Guideline, Thanks to LA_Kings_Fan

Originally Posted by LA_Kings_Fan

 

First off ... Keep in mind I wrote this Guideline mainly for my HD-6950/70 TOXIC Club so your Clock Speeds may vary ... 

 

Also I used TriXX ... DownLoad for FREE here = ( www.sapphireselectclub.com/ssc/TriXX/TriXX.aspx )

... it's Sapphire's own product, it's free download off Sapphire's website, and it does everything and MORE that MSI Afterburnner or other 3rd party Utilities can.

Also PLEASE keep in mind it's different for each individual Graphics Card / GPU chip. Same like CPU OverClocking, some get lucky and can push it to the Limit, while others get a dud that are barely good for anything over factory stock, it's the luck of the draw and can be hit or miss, so only use these numbers as a general Guideline towards your OC'ing efforts.

As you know the Sapphire HD-6950 TOXIC cards come FACTORY over clocked at 880 MHz Core clock, and 1300 MHz Memory clocks, and you should have a VERY GOOD (66-85%) chance at Un-Locking the Shader Clocks to 1538, or very close to Stock HD-6970 levels of 880 / 1375 / 1536.

IF you haven't already done it, the first thing I'd do is see if that card can UnLock or not ... use my Step-by-Step Guide as outlined Above.

Or here - http://www.overclock.net/amd-ati/1136272-unlocked-sapphire-hd6950-dirt3-edition-6.html#post15253189, it's easy and can UnLock a potential 5-10% boost in performance.

NOW, as for OC'ing the TOXIC even more, you should be able to be stable at stock voltage, which is already at 1.175v, somewhere within ...
= 900-960 MHz Core Clocks
= 1375-1450 MHz Memory Clocks
= Shaders Unlocked to 1538 via the BIOS Switch of course

with a slight bump up to 1.25v MAXIMUM don't over-volt above this, you should be close to the cards limits at ...
= 960-1000 MHz Core Clocks
= 1450-1500 MHz Memory Clocks
= Shaders Unlocked to 1538 via the BIOS Switch of course

I'd also suggest you review OrangeBunnies Sapphire 6950 Toxic 2GB Overclocking & Unlocked thread.

ALSO this OverClockersClub Review I think took the TOXIC to it's outter most limits and he got lucky with a very strong GPU chip, but he got the TOXIC to 1010 MHz core clock & 1500 MHz Memory clocks.

 

Originally Posted by OverClockersClub Review
I might add! I was able to get the core to 1030 MHz and memory to 1550 MHz, but that required 1.3v and the performance increase didn't warrant the additional voltage and in some cases, hurt performance.

Originally Posted by Bojamijams
Another note, not sure if anyone is even reading the ones I posted but...
The memory on the 6950/70 has ECC so if you clock it too high to have errors, it'll automaticlaly downlock itself. So while you might think that you have an incredible card that can do 5.8ghz effective on memory, it may very well be slower then if you did 5.6ghz.
Make sure you benchmark.
Also if Furmark is causing your GPU clocks to go down, that means you're hitting the TDP limit and the BIOS that you have is the old one that requires PowerTune in CCC to be set to 20%.

 

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How To: Overclock Your AMD/ATi GPU Guide, Thanks to coffeejunky

How To: Flash 6950 to 6970 Guide, Thanks to Senator

Stock vs Unlocked HD 6950 Benchmark Testing, Thanks to compudaze

6950: Shaders Unlocked vs Full Unlocked Tested , Thanks to WorldExclusive

OrangeBunnies [Reviews/Benchmarks] Sapphire 6950 Toxic 2GB Overclocking & Unlocked, Thanks to OrangeBunnies

The 6950 to 6970 unlock thread, Thanks to ~Strawberry~

AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod, Thanks to TechPowerUp.com

Radeon HD 6950 shader unlock instructions, Thanks to TomsHardware.com

How to: Unlock the shaders on a reference 6950 2GB (noob tut), Thanks to fibre_optics

How To: Un-Brick Your Bricked Graphics Card/Fix a Failed BIOS Flash, Thanks to Core2uu

 

RESULTS = Stock HD-6950 /vs. HD-6950 UnLocked /vs. HD-6950 UnLocked + OC'd /vs. Stock HD-6970

Benchmarking Software & OC'ing Stability Testing

FurMark: http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

3Dmark11: http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download/

Heaven Benchmark: http://unigine.com/products/heaven/download/

OCCT: http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download

Prime95: http://download.cnet.com/Prime95/3000-2053_4-192895.html /or http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

Additional Options @ http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Benchmarking/

OCN's Benchmarking Essentials GUIDE: http://www.overclock.net/t/826902/benchmarking-essentials

More Coming Soon

Sapphire Radeon HD-6870 series Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-6850 series Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-67XX series Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-66XX series Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-65XX series Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-64XX series Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5000 / HD-4000 / + Earlier LEGACY Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5900 Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5800 Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5700 Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5600 Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5500 Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-5400 Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-4000 / + Earlier LEGACY Series of Graphics Cards Information

Sapphire Radeon HD-4000 Series of Graphics Cards Information

HD-4890 Series Cards (Link)

HD-4870 Series Cards (Link)

HD-4860 Series Cards (Link)

HD-4850 Series Cards (Link)

HD-4830 Series Cards (Link)

Sapphire Radeon HD-3000 Series & Older LEGACY Series of Graphics Cards Information

HD-3000 Series Cards (Link)

Beautifully ahead of her time ain't she ?