Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic

Rob Williams · 02-19-2010, 02:27 AM

AMD's Radeon HD 5850 may not be the company's highest-end card, but it still packs a wicked punch. Plus, when overclocked, and overclocked well, it can come close to the peformance of the top-end HD 5870. With the design of Sapphire's Toxic graphics card, hitting heights like this seem to be made all too simple.

You can read our full review here and discuss it here.

e_marston · 03-08-2010, 03:26 PM

FYI the Toxic card uses a Vapor-X cooler. Your article didn't point this out but current information from Sapphire states this to be true.

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http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=321

Rob Williams · 03-08-2010, 09:47 PM

I don't quite understand Sapphire. I noticed on the box that it said Vapor-X cooler, but I didn't think too much of it. I didn't think it was a real Vapor-X cooler, because it didn't look like any other I took a look at before. Plus to make matters worse, Sapphire's Vapor-X HD 5850 has the same cooler. So what's the difference? The company shouldn't be so confusing about things like this... their line-up in this regard makes no sense.

That aside, it's unfortunate that this is an official Vapor-X cooler. It becomes the first one we've taken a look at that hasn't impressed us in terms of cooling performance.

e_marston · 03-11-2010, 10:39 AM

A few other reviews came to a different conclusion. The main difference is that it just has a higher factory overclock.

Other reviews differ on yours regarding the cooler: http://news.firingsquad.com/hardware...iew/page11.asp is one.

Rob Williams · 03-11-2010, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by e_marston

Other reviews differ on yours regarding the cooler: http://news.firingsquad.com/hardware...iew/page11.asp is one.

Given that they don't give a single detail about how they measure temps or even push the card hard, I can almost guarantee that they use a weaker method than we do. I have never found anything more effective than OCCT, which not only makes the GPU's hotter than any other tool, but also gives us the highest power draws.

It's kind of an exaggerated take on things, but I'd rather give results for the worst case than the best case.

02-19-2010, 02:27 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic AMD's Radeon HD 5850 may not be the company's highest-end card, but it still packs a wicked punch. Plus, when overclocked, and overclocked well, it can come close to the peformance of the top-end HD 5870. With the design of Sapphire's Toxic graphics card, hitting heights like this seem to be made all too simple. You can read our full review here and discuss it here. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

03-08-2010, 03:26 PM	#2
e_marston Obliviot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2	FYI the Toxic card uses a Vapor-X cooler. Your article didn't point this out but current information from Sapphire states this to be true. HTML Code: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=321

03-08-2010, 09:47 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I don't quite understand Sapphire. I noticed on the box that it said Vapor-X cooler, but I didn't think too much of it. I didn't think it was a real Vapor-X cooler, because it didn't look like any other I took a look at before. Plus to make matters worse, Sapphire's Vapor-X HD 5850 has the same cooler. So what's the difference? The company shouldn't be so confusing about things like this... their line-up in this regard makes no sense. That aside, it's unfortunate that this is an official Vapor-X cooler. It becomes the first one we've taken a look at that hasn't impressed us in terms of cooling performance. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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03-11-2010, 10:39 AM	#4
e_marston Obliviot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2	A few other reviews came to a different conclusion. The main difference is that it just has a higher factory overclock. Other reviews differ on yours regarding the cooler: http://news.firingsquad.com/hardware...iew/page11.asp is one.