motherboards
Video Cards
motherboards
CPU & Boards
motherboards
Memory
motherboards
Case & PSU
motherboards
Cooling
motherboards
Storage
motherboards
Monitors
motherboards
Peripherals
motherboards
Affiliates
Sapphire Radeon HD5870 Vapor-X
Published:
Category:
Manufacturer:
Reviewer:

Tue, 3 November, 2009
Video Cards
Sapphire
Jake Mete
Discuss in Forums    Print Article    Best Price:
Introduction
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 that come along perhaps once in a lifetime, an opportunity to stop for a moment and smile that you witnessed something truly unique.

Well, the Veyron is far beyond my budget, and the Leafs--well, let's just not go there. Certainly not quite as exciting as sitting one table away from the ethereal Julianne Moore in person (which I did by the way!) but no less rare, let's try to conjure up a similarly unique experience as we move forward with today's discussion: graphics cards. What's so special about that? Ah, glad you asked. Today brings Sapphire's Radeon 5870 Vapor-X accomplishing a very rare feat of top performance, low temperatures, low noise, and good value for your money.

Today we'll examine the Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X in great detail and see just how far it can push the envelope toward becoming the new graphics performance king.

Thanks go to our friends at Sapphire for providing the Radeon 5870 Vapor-X for this review.

Sapphire

Pioneers in a new era of how data is displayed and games are played, Sapphire shepherds the performance oriented with ground-breaking solutions to an environment that remains in a constant state of flux and ultimate evolution. For over ten years Sapphire has held true to its unwavering commitment, the commitment to deliver the most feature rich and soundly engineered products.



Index:
Discuss in Forums    Print Article    Visit Sapphire    Best Price:



news rss feed
11th March
Review Roundup (03/011/2010)
WD Announces New My Passport AV Portable Media Drives
Razer Reaffirms Commitment to Support Mac Users
10th March
Review Roundup (03/10/2010)
OCZ Technology Makes Solid State Storage Affordable with Onyx SSDs
OWC Announces Mercury Elite-AL Pro - 2.5 inch 1.0TB External Storage Solutions
ASUS Unveils Cine5 Compact 5.1 Channel Sound Bar
9th March
MSI North America Announces Availability of Two Powerful, Yet Portable New 12.1”
MSI North America Announces Availability of the 2010 iF Product Design Award Win
Dell Unveils Next-Generation Precision M4500 Mobile Workstation
more news
Forum Posts
10:40 by Skyguy
Suggestions needed on SSD conundrum... (3)

10:35 by Skyguy
Kingston V+ SNVP325-S2 128GB SSD (3)

10:34 by Skyguy
Ubisoft Dropping DRM on future PC games (5)

08:25 by Yblad
Windows 7 SP1 release pushed to Q4 2010 (1)

07:45 by Carlie
Crysis Warhead problem (13)

06:12 by cousa
Nvidia Geforce GTX 280 vs. ATI Radeon 4870 (31)

04:16 by Carlie
Things ive heard while i was spending the day in the computer lab: (8)

02:14 by bullydog
SilverStone Fortress FT02 (6)

02:09 by bullydog
Ccc... (14)

01:25 by ZeroChill
Core i7 4Ghz Club & Overclocking Guide (1287)

Latest Downloads
EVGA Precision 1.9.0
DriverSweeper v1.5.5
Prime95
NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) v5.1
EVGA Voltage Tuner v1.1.2.1
Radeon Bios Editor v1.22
HD Tune Pro 3.50
FurMark 1.7.0
GPU-Z 0.3.8
Casey's CS:Source Config file: V2.0
What type of cooling do you have?

Air cooling
Water cooling
Phase Change


Past Polls
PowerColor PCS+ 5830 1GB
ASUS EAH5670 1GB GDDR5
Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3
PowerColor PCS+ 5670 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 512MB
ECS GeForce GT 240 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD5670 1GB GDDR5
Sapphire Radeon 5770 Vapor-X
ASUS GeForce GTX 285 Matrix
Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC
more reviews
Site Search