Sapphire Launches Overclocked 2GB HD 5870 Videocard
Sapphire Launches Overclocked 2GB HD 5870 Videocard
Posted 04/16/2010 at 7:24am
| by Paul Lilly
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Asus is no longer the only graphics vendor offering a Radeon HD 5870 videocard with 2GB of RAM, twice the amount of ATI's reference design. Sapphire has joined the oversized frame buffer party with a 2GB card of its own.
In addition to doubling up on RAM, Sapphire's HD 5870 Toxic Edition card comes factory overclocked to 925MHz on the core, a respectable boost over the 850MHz reference design. Sapphire also goosed the memory to 1225MHz (4.9GHz effective), a small bump over the 1200MHz (4.8GHz effective) reference design.
The card also comes with Sapphire's Vapor-X heatsink. According to Sapphire, you can expect better cooling with a "virtually silent gaming experience," giving you the best of both worlds.
No word yet on price or availability.
Image Credit: Sapphire
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Number Six
April 18, 2010 at 1:31pm
Sapphire has two versions of the 2GB Vapor-X HD 5870. The one with the 925MHz overclock is the "Toxic" version, which comes in a blue box.
defiler
April 17, 2010 at 8:14pm
Does this mean us 1GB 5870 Vapor-X owners will be able to OC our Ver. 2 cards with some V control?
kizer1979
April 17, 2010 at 4:53pm
Is this going to be another 4850 x2 sure you got 2 gigs of ram in there but are you actually going to be able to use it. or is it going to end up like the Saphire 4850 x2 and have a gig of ram just sitting there not being able to use access it.
gendoikari1
April 17, 2010 at 7:11pm
This is a single-GPU card, so it'll probably be able to use all 2GB. Eyefinity edition cards can use 2GB, and they're single-GPU (for now, until Eyefinity 5970s come out).
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