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Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X - The Cool Dude

By Kenny Yeo - 22 Dec 2009

Test Setup

Test Setup

The graphics cards were tested using our Vista system which has the following specifications:

Windows Vista SP1 Test System:

  • Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3.00GHz)
  • Gigabyte X38T-DQ6 motherboard
  • 2 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Aeneon memory in dual channel mode
  • Seagate 7200.10 200GB SATA hard drive
  • Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1

The Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X will be pitted against a stock Radeon HD 5870 card. Given its slightly higher clock speeds and vapor chamber technology custom cooler, we are expecting it to be marginally quicker, and hopefully significantly cooler during operation. For comparison, we have also lined up results from its less powerful sibling, the Radeon HD 5850 and from the green camp, the GeForce GTX 295 and GTX 285.

The full list of cards and their driver versions used: 

  • Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 9.10)
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 9.10)
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 9.10)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 (ForceWare 191.07)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB GDDR3 (ForceWare 191.07)

The cards were tested using the following benchmarks: 

  • Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
  • Crysis Warhead
  • Far Cry 2
  • Warhammer: Dawn of War 2

 

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