23 March 2010

By: Sebastian Pop, Technology Editor
Sapphire Introduces 2GB HD 5850 Toxic
Armed with a dual-slot Vapor-X cooler
Now that NVIDIA is finally getting very close to launching its own DirectX 11-capable graphics adapters, AMD's partners are preparing devices meant to hold their own against the GTX 470 and GTX 480. In fact, a recently leaked set of benchmarks seems to point out a clear superiority of the GTX 480 compared with the Radeon HD 5870, which is all the more reason for manufacturers to raise the stakes themselves. Sapphire, for instance, has chosen to debut a special version of the HD 5850, with more memory and better cooling. The new Sapphire HD 5850 Toxic is different from the reference card in two main ways. One is its higher amount of memory, namely 2GB of GDDR5. The other feature is the use of the Vapor-X cooling mechanism, which, the manufacturer claims, is both more efficient and quieter than the one used on the reference model. The other specifications include support for DirectX 11 graphics (obviously), the Cypress GPU running at 765MHz, the memory operating at 4,500MHz, a 256-bit interface, 1,440 stream processors, 72 texture units and multiple display outputs, namely DisplayPort, Dual-DVI and HDMI. The stock model, by comparison, has clocks of 725MHz for the GPU and of 4,000MHz for the memory. "Designed for the enthusiast or demanding user, the SAPPHIRE HD 5850 2G TOXIC Edition is factory overclocked to 765MHz core and has 2GB of high speed DDR5 memory clocked at 1125MHz (4500MHz effective). SAPPHIRE's World leading Vapor-X technology not only allows the cards to run as much as 15 degrees C cooler and 10dB quieter than the standard models, it provides additional headroom for further performance tuning (overclocking)," the press release states. As its stock counterpart, the device supports the ATI Stream technology and ATI Eyefinity technologies. The Sapphire HD 5850 Toxic should start selling this week, at a price of 289 Euro.
Sapphire introduces the HD 5850 Toxic Sapphire
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Series

KEY MESSAGES
Worlds Most Powerful Graphics Card
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5800 PRODUCT LINE UP
SAPPHIRE BUNDLE OPTIONS (Full Retail)
DirectX 11 Benefits for Games Better Performance - Multi-threading, DirectCompute 11 Better Visuals - Tessellation, Post-Processing, Shadows, HDR Texture Compression Better Experience DirectCompute 11, Physics and AI Immersive Gaming with ATI Eyefinity ATI Stream Accelerates the PC Performance Energy Efficiency

Memory

Engine Clock

Memory Clock

Display Support

DVI to VGA

CF Bridge Interconnect Cable

Utility Software/ Games

HOT FEATURES
More than 2.7 FLOPS Computer Power - Worlds Most Powerful Graphics Up to 24 mega-pixel HD Gaming - Redefine Gaming Experinece First Fully Microsoft DirectX 11 Compatible - Better Image Quality ATI Eyefinity Technology - Wider View, Support up to Three Monitors Advanced GDDR5 Memory for Better Game Play Energy Efficiency - 27W at Idle and 25W for HD5830
HD5870 Vapor-X HD5870 HD5850 Toxic HD5850 Vapor-X HD5850 HD5830 HD5830 COD Edition
1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5
DP / HDMI / 2x DVI DP / HDMI / 2x DVI DP / HDMI / 2x DVI DP / HDMI / 2x DVI DP / HDMI / 2x DVI DP / HDMI / 2x DVI DP / HDMI / 2x DVI

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

SAPPHIRE HD 5870 SAPPHIRE HD 5850 SAPPHIRE HD 5830
Process Transistor Engine Clock Stream Processing Units Compute Performance Texture Units Texel Fillrate ROPs Pixel Fillrate Memory Clock Memory Data Rate Memory Bandwidth Maximum Board Power Idle Board Power 40nm 2.15B 850MHz 1600 2.72 TFLOPS GTexels/sec 32 27.2 GPixels/sec 1.2 GHz 4.8 Gbps 153.6 GB/s 188 W 27 W 40nm 2.15B 725MHz 1440 2.09 TFLOPS 72 52.2 GTexels/s 32 23.2 GPixels/s 1 GHz 4.0 Gbps 128 GB/s 151 W 27 W 40nm 2.15B 800MHz 1120 1.792 TFLOPS 56 44.8 GTexels/s 16 12.8 GPixels/s 1 GHz 4.0 Gbps 128 GB/s 175 W 25 W
Dirt-2 Dirt-2, SIM HD SIM HD SIM HD SIM HD Dirt-2 COD, SIM HD
Product options may vary by region. Please check your local stores / distributors for details. Specifications subject to change without notice.
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HD 5870 Performance

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SAPPHIRE HD 5830

HD 5830 Position between HD5770 and HD5850
Sapphire HD5770 Sapphire HD5830 Sapphire HD5850

SAPPHIRE HD 5830 COD

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