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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB Vapor-X graphics card: the best in the world?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 3 November 2009, 07:28 4.0

Tags: Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X, Sapphire

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System setup and notes

Graphics cards BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB BFG GeForce GTX 285 1,024MB  XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 5850   1,024MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC 1,024MB
Current pricing, including VAT £350 £240 £175 £330 (expected)
 £300 £200 £150
Shader model 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.1
Stream processors 480 240 240 1,600 1,600 1,440 800
GPU clock speed (MHz) 576 648 633 870 850 725 901
Shader clock speed (MHz) 1,242 1,476 1,406 870 850 725 901
Memory clock speed (MHz) 2,016 2,484 2,322 5,000 4,800 4,000 3,600
Memory bus width (bits) 896 512 448 256 256 256 256
CPU Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.20GHz, 8MB L3 cache, quad-core, LGA1366)
Motherboard Foxconn Bloodrage X58
Motherboard BIOS P04
Mainboard software Intel Inf 9.1.0.1012
Memory 6GB Corsair DOMINATOR PC12,800
Memory timings and speed 9-9-9-24 1T @ DDR3-1,333
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Monitor Dell 30in 3007WFP - 2,560x1,600px
Disk drive(s) Seagate 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (3Gb/s mode)
Graphics driver ForceWare 190.62 ForceWare 190.62 ForceWare 190.62 Catalyst 9.9 press Catalyst 9.9 press Catalyst 9.9 Catalyst 9.9
Operating system Windows 7 RTM Ultimate, 64-bit

Software

3D Benchmarks Call of Duty: World at War v1.5.1220 HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark: DX9 - maximum detail
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X v1.2, internal benchmark: DX10/10.1 - very high quality
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark. OpenGL - very high quality
Far Cry 2 v1.03 - very high quality
Race Driver: GRID v1.2, HEXUS custom-recorded benchmark - ultra quality

Notes

Benchmarks were conducted at 1,680x1,050, 1,920x1,200, and 2,560x1,600 with the maximum in-game detail. Power-draw, temperatures, and overclocking are considered, too.


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