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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB in CrossFire Tested

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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB in CrossFire Tested Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review AMD unveiled the new ATI Radeon HD 5800 series earlier today. We already published a HD 5870 Review Round-Up.
Tweaktown tested the new ATI Radeon HD 5870 also in Crossfire setup.
Quote from the review: "We're not going to blabber on too much here, because we're sure you don't want to read about us having two HD 5870s. You just want to know what happens when we put those two HD 5870s into the one system and run our flurry of benchmarks. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:05:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire HD 4770 CrossFireX Performance

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Sapphire HD 4770 CrossFireX Performance Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Benchmark Reviews looks at the Sapphire HD 4770 CrossFireX Performance.
Quote: "The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 introduces the 40nm RV740 GPU paired to 512MB of DDR5 video frame buffer memory, and a double-height cooler allows the 100277L model video card to operate at 750MHz. As of May 2009, the Sapphire HD4770 sells for as low as $99, which allows gamers to create a very affordable CrossFireX array using this mainstream graphics accelerator. Read more

Posted on Sat, 9 May 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Tweaktown published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 Graphics Card.
Quote from the review: "The low to mid-range market has been heating up over the past few months; NVIDIA released the 9500 GT which I personally felt was a massive disappointment due to the price to performance ratio when compared to the 9600 GSO. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review AMD announced the new mainstream video card series HD 4600 today. Hexus has published a review of the Sapphire HD 4670.
Quote from the review: "ATI fits in practically more of everything with this card: more shading, texturing, and antialiasing performance. Harnessed together, the underlying technologies for Radeon HD 4670 GDDR3 make it the fastest graphics card in its pricing sector, and the 2D multimedia feature-set isn't bad. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire PURE CrossfireX 790FX Motherboard Review

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Sapphire PURE CrossfireX 790FX Motherboard Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Club Overclocker published a Sapphire PURE CrossfireX 790FX Motherboard review.
Quote from the review: "I hate to admit it but I haven't been in the AMD game for a long time. The last AMD I owned was a Barton 2500. Don't get me wrong, this isn't going to be an Intel Fanboy writing an AMD motherboard review. I've been a long time fan of AMD dating back to the K5 series. But the truth is outside of some exceptional video cards, AMD hasn't given us a whole lot to get excited about lately. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Crossfire Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Crossfire Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Tweaktown published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Crossfire.
Quote from the review: "It’s hard to turn around and say that the HD 4870 X2 is one of the most anticipated cards of recent times, due to the plain fact that there have been so many cards released over the last three months. While some had thought that the new HD 4870 would become the fastest single card solution on the market, the price AMD launched the card at gave indication that the chances were going to be pretty slim. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Review

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Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Hexus published a review of the Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB video card based on the new ATI HD 4870 X2 AMD announced today.
Quote from the review: "Our performance evaluation shows that the HD 4870 X2 only comes into its own when the resolution is cranked up to 2,560x1,600, along with serious image quality; anything lower and it's sat there, twiddling bemused transistors. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:07:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Benchmark Reviews has published a Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 review.

Quote from the review: "Sapphire has always offered the most influential ATI graphics products available, and the new Radeon HD 4850 is no different. Although it still uses GDDR3 clocked at 993 (1986 MHz DDR), unlike the 4870 version that is decked out with GDDR5, the Sapphire 100242L model offers 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) on its 625 MHz 800-core RV770 GPU. Read more

Posted on Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 in Crossfire Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 in Crossfire Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Tweaktown published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 in Crossfire.

Quote from the review: "Given the level of excitement the HD 4850 left, not only with us, but also gamers and enthusiasts all over the world, the HD 4870 quickly became extremely anticipated by people. Will it beat the GTX 260? - How much faster than the HD 4850 is it? - Can it out-perform the GTX 280? - How does Crossfire scale? Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire PURE Hybrid Crossfire 780G Review

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Sapphire PURE Hybrid Crossfire 780G Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Hi-Tech Reviews tested the Sapphire PURE Hybrid Crossfire 780G motherboard.

Quote from the review: "This new motherboard from Sapphire has all the features that any person could ask for when they are building a new or replacement HTPC. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Club Overclocker published a Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB review.

Quote from the review: "What a crazy week this has been. First, with the unintentional early release of the 4850, followed by the nVidia bombshell announcement of the 9800GTX+, there has not been a dull moment. All this chaos in the market has precipitated a serious price war in which all of us win. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 Reviewed

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Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 Reviewed Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review TheTechLounge published a Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 review.

Quote from the review: "So why not just get two 3870s and rub a little CrossFire into your box? There are two reasons, really. For most people, that's just not an option. Dual-PCI-Express can easily tag a Benjamin onto the price of a motherboard, and, in Micro-ATX land, it's a mythical beast that visits overclockers in their dreams. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 512MB Toxic Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 512MB Toxic Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Hothardware published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 512MB Toxic graphics card.

Quote from the review: "Unlike most reference 3870 cards, the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 512MB Toxic differs from ATI’s reference design and features higher GPU and memory speeds, a fancy single-slot cooling solution that leverages Microloops’ Vapor-X technology, and it has one of the better retail bundles we have seen in quite a while too. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 OC Edition Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 OC Edition Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review ThinkComputers tested the Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 OC Edition graphics card and published a review.

Quote from the review: "Hong Kong-based Sapphire has been in the industry for a while, manufacturing primarily video cards and motherboard chipsets. It's the largest supplier of ATI-based cards in the world, and was the first to release a card with an HDMI connector. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Toxic Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Toxic Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review CPU3D published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Toxic with 512MB memory.

Quote from the review: "Featuring Vapor-X Cooling system, the Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Toxic is one unique card. The Vapor Chamber Technology combines compact heatsink design and high cooling efficiency, allowing the card to fit in a single PCIe slot. Our CPU3D review team put it through the test with some DX10 games. Read more

Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 3450 and HD 3650 Review

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Sapphire Radeon HD 3450 and HD 3650 Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Tweaktown published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 3450 and HD 3650 graphics cards.

Quote from the review: "We sometimes forget that not everyone has the money or the need to use these higher end cards. So that’s what we’re doing today, we’re going to look after the people on the other side of the fence, who don’t need big 3DMark numbers or 200FPS in Half Life 2 at 2560 x 1600. Read more

Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Glitzy Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte and Nokia 8800 Arte

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Glitzy Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte and Nokia 8800 Arte Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Nokia introduces the Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte and Nokia 8800 Arte luxury 3G phones.

The Nokia 8800 slider has a seamless metal and glass body styling and some haptic interface tricks. Turning the phone screen-side down silences an incoming call. Tapping the steel surface under the screen makes an analog clock appear on the screen. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 2600Pro OC, 2600XT, and 2400XT Compared

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2600Pro OC, 2600XT, and 2400XT Compared Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review HotHardware compared the Sapphire Radeon HD 2600Pro OC, 2600XT, and 2400XT video cards.

Quote: "The first is the Sapphire HD 2400XT which is an ultra affordable video card with some solid features. The next two models aim to deliver improved gaming performance while maintaining respectable price points that can appeal to a broader market, the Sapphire HD 2600Pro OC and the Sapphire HD 2600XT. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr