Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Vapor-X

Rob Williams · 02-21-2011, 01:25 AM

Sapphire's Vapor-X series of graphics cards have long been praised for their ability to deliver superb cooling with the help of an efficient cooler, and not surprisingly, the HD 6800 series isn't without such a model. We're taking a look at the company's Radeon HD 6870 1GB variant, and see if its $10 price premium is worthy.

You can read our full review of Sapphire's latest Vapor-X card and then discuss it here!

TheCrimsonStar · 02-21-2011, 10:25 AM

Heck yeah, cooler temps and it overclocks well. I think I might get that instead of the pre-overclocked Gigabyte model when I crossfire

Optix · 02-21-2011, 03:21 PM

The extra cooling is the reason the $10 extra won't matter. Forget the tiny little factory overclock. Very nice!

Rob Williams · 02-21-2011, 04:25 PM

I'd much rather spend $10 for improved cooling than a pre-OC, that's for sure. It's not like the card can't be overclocked manually, heh. And that's more fun anyway (not that I care about GPU overclocking... find it a waste of time for the most part to be honest).

02-21-2011, 01:25 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Vapor-X Sapphire's Vapor-X series of graphics cards have long been praised for their ability to deliver superb cooling with the help of an efficient cooler, and not surprisingly, the HD 6800 series isn't without such a model. We're taking a look at the company's Radeon HD 6870 1GB variant, and see if its $10 price premium is worthy. You can read our full review of Sapphire's latest Vapor-X card and then 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.

02-21-2011, 10:25 AM	#2
TheCrimsonStar Tech Monkey Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Strawberry Plains, TN Posts: 816	Heck yeah, cooler temps and it overclocks well. I think I might get that instead of the pre-overclocked Gigabyte model when I crossfire __________________ Intel Core i5-2500k @ 3.3GHz ASUS Sabertooth P67 Corsair XMS 1600 8GB (2 x 4GB) XFX Radeon HD 6970 Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850W Corsair H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Windows 7 Professional (x64)

02-21-2011, 03:21 PM	#3
Optix Basket Chassis Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 1,653	The extra cooling is the reason the $10 extra won't matter. Forget the tiny little factory overclock. Very nice! __________________ Intel i5 3570K, MSI Z77Z-GD55, 4x2GB Kingston Genesis 2133mhz, 120GB Mushkin Chronos SSD, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue, Intel 210 cache drive, MSI 7850 Power Edition OC, Corsair H100, Silverstone Strider 750w Gold, Killer2100 NIC, Corsair 600T SE White, LG W2242, ROCCAT Kone+, Isku & Kave, 200GB Western Digital Scorpio Black external drive

02-21-2011, 04:25 PM	#4
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	I'd much rather spend $10 for improved cooling than a pre-OC, that's for sure. It's not like the card can't be overclocked manually, heh. And that's more fun anyway (not that I care about GPU overclocking... find it a waste of time for the most part to be honest). __________________ 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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