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The card is a great looking product, although it isn't a dual fan solution as stated on the box. We checked with Sapphire and they are aware of the discrepancy. Nonetheless it is still a proprietary design and finished in an attractive black colour scheme.
The blue coloured magician is also featured on the cooler at the front, matching the PCB colour.
The card is Crossfire capable in 2, 3 and 4 way configurations, if your bank balance is big enough. There is a dual bios switch above the Crossfire connectors and we will look at this closer, later in the article. The board requires a single 8 pin and 6 pin power connector to operate.
There is a dual link and single link DVI port set to the right, beside an HDMI port and two mini DP connectors. Sapphire have extended the size of the vents at the rear of the card, to help enhance airflow and cooling proficiency.
Removing the cooler is a straightforward process and we are greeted with the bright blue PCB underneath. The cooler is a copper design with wider exhaust vents for improved airflow.
The card is overclocked to 880mhz core and 1300mhz memory. It is a Cayman GPU built on 40nm architecture with 32 ROP's, 1408 unified shaders on a 256 bit memory interface.
Another great card. really enjoying my 5830 xtreme.
Thanks, looks like another good product. so price will be £220 ish? is that the ballpark? I notice sapphire do a dual fan 6950, but its not overclocked and probably cant be unlocked either.
excellent, I need to get dirt 3 cause i need a new game
2GB is nice. I still play GTA4 and that helps. I like maxing everything
Id like to see if two of these would be as good as a HD6990.
you ever hear of the return key?
Good card, but im holding fire until the end of the year, until the refreshed cards come out.
PC market is dead anyway, nothing happening within it 🙁 games all suck lately
Whats up with the box? did they cut the dual fan cooler out at the last minute?
so many of these cards out now its hard to keep track. I think ill wait until the 7 series before upgrading, my old 4 series still manages to play most of the games on my 17 inch screen. Best waiting for the new mid range boards whenever they are out.
This card seems the ultimate 6000 series bang for buck card, runs cool/silent, low power requirements and can be tweaked to outperform the 6970 by a large margin. I need this card sooner then later please!