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When the NDA was lifted on the Eyefinity6 version of the HD 5870 we had a good look of it here. The problem we ran into, though, was the lack of any active adapter. What this meant was we weren't able to test the model as we normally would. Instead we had a look at it at 5760 x 1200 to see just how it performed.
Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Tested in 15 Benchmarks 15 benchmarks, 5 resolutions, noise/power consumption tests and much more…
Lange haben die Anwender damit gerechnet, das zum Launch der neuen Nvidia GF100 Grafikchips auch eine HD5890 von ATI in den Ring steigen würde, aber daraus wurde bisher augenscheinlich nichts. Stattdessen reagierte ATI mit optimierten HD5870, die jetzt über 2048MB Grafikspeicher verfügen können, was Sapphire sofort nutzte, um die beliebten Vapor-X und Toxic Modelle zu erweitern.
Ein kurzer Rückblick: die Vapor Chamber Technology, die übrigens von Microloops stammt, hat ihren Ursprung in den High-Performance Servern von IBM und HP, deren Temperaturen mit Hilfe dieser heatpipe-ähnlichen Kühltechnik im Zaum gehalten wurden. Der einzige Unterschied zwischen dem Vapor-X und Toxic Modell besteht darin, das die Toxic Variante ab Werk etwas höher übertaktet ausgeliefert wird, der Kühler als solcher ist identisch.
Bereits vor wenigen Tagen durften wir uns von der Leistungsfähigkeit der Radeon HD 5870 überzeugen, wer allerdings glaubt er hätte damit das Ende der Fahnenstange gesehen dem sei unser heutiger Artikel besonders ans Herz gelegt. So haben wir die Ehre eine weitere Radeon HD 5870 unter die Lupe nehmen zu dürfen, jedoch dieses Mal keine Karte nach Referenz sondern ein ganz spezielles Modell soll unseren Testparcour durchlaufen: Die Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X. Pünktlich zum Release der Karte können wir damit erste Daten und Fakten präsentieren und Aufschluss darüber geben, wie sich die hauseigene Dampfkammer-Technologie (Vapor-Champer) auf dem aktuellen Flaggschiff von AMD schlägt.
Am 18. November stellte AMD die aktuell stärkste ATI Grafikkarte vor: Die Radeon HD 5970 ausgestattet mit zwei RV870 Chips und insgesamt 2048MB Speicher soll den Grafikkartenmarkt dominieren, zeigte bereits die Single-Variante Radeon HD 5870 beeindruckende Leistungen. Nun haben wir von Sapphire "Hemlock" - so der Codename - in Form der Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC-Edition zum Test erhalten und wollen herausfinden, was die Karte unserem Testsystem abverlangt und ob unser übertakteter AMD Prozessor überhaupt mit so einer leistungsstarken Karte fertig wird. Wie die Karte sich in den Benchmarks schlägt, könnt ihr wie immer auf den folgenden Seiten nachlesen. Gespannt darf man auch auf Stromverbrauch und weitere Details zur Architektur des 550 Euro teuren Monsters sein.
The HD 5970 TOXIC from Sapphire has got a bit more coverage than usual when it comes to looking at a video card; the main reason for this is that not only are there limited amounts of the model around the world, but also it's the world's fastest video card thanks to some insane stock clocks on the model.
Testing a video card isn't a 5 minute job. To be honest, it's not even a 5 hour job or a 1 day job. From the minute a video card arrives till the moment I can send it off to my editor, many, many hours are put into the review; everything from photography to benchmarking.
I just want to say before I get started that what we're doing today isn't really practical in any sense of the word, except for the fact that it can be done. Before we really get into it, let's just put into perspective what this is going to cost to set up. With the HD 5970 TOXIC being rumored at $999 U.S. and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 480 we're using today costing about $500 U.S. - you're talking about a $1500 U.S. video card setup alone.
Graphic cards
2011 has been a big year for gaming with the releases of Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim to name but a few and getting good quality graphics comes with a price and you can always go one better in the hope of getting the best possible graphics.
AMD and their partners believe in getting the best possible gaming experience through use of Eyefinity, but this can also come at a cost when you start to break it down. You'll first and foremost, need a card that is capable, three or more monitors and the technology behind it all.
Many cards on the market have two DVI ports, a HDMI and two DisplayPort connectors, which depending on your configuration, could lead to you purchasing some expensive monitors, or some DisplayPort hubs which are quite pricey in their own right. The other option involves purchasing active dongles, but at around £50 a pop, this can also work out costly.
Sapphire started to address this problem by introducing their FleX range of cards, which do the job aboard the card so you don't have to shell out extra cash. FleX allows you to run three monitors running on DVI independently, without the need for any high priced extras or dongles.
Sapphire have now decided to bring their FleX technology to the Radeon HD 6450 to offer consumers a low cost Eyefinity solution for users on a budget. Whilst it's not the fastest card on the market, it will allow you to immerse yourself into the game further, so let's take a look to see what it's all about.
Graphic cards
Picking a video card in today's age is a tough decision, amongst all the choices of not only manufacturers, but also models. Sapphire has proven to fellow reviewers and me to be a name that can be not only be trusted in terms of support and customer service, but depended upon when it comes the newest technology available.
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