Sapphire HD7870 Overclock Edition Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell April 2, 2012 Featured Tech News, Graphics

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The discrete solution averages 148 frames per second, identical to the more expensive, reference clocked HD7950.

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KitGuru Games: DLSS 5 misses the point

It would be hard to argue that NVIDIA’s DLSS technologies haven’t been a net positive to the PC space, with the machine-learning based upscaler successfully translating lower resolution inputs into a final image which is perceivably sharper while hogging fewer resources. Though somewhat more contentious, the next evolution of DLSS came in the form of Frame Generation, using ML in order to generate additional frames for high-refresh rate gaming. Both techniques can have their issues, but generally speaking they’ve allowed for more people to experience higher-end titles at increased frame rates. DLSS 5, however, takes a sharp pivot, with a very different end goal in mind than the performance-boosting versions that came before.

10 comments

Davis
April 2, 2012 at 8:57 am

Another good card from the Sapphire team 🙂
Brian McFadden
April 2, 2012 at 11:06 am

Great cards. My friend bought one and its really quiet. the coolers are great this year.
Terry Oreilly
April 2, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Bought the 7970 last week 🙂
Justin
April 2, 2012 at 2:28 pm

Quality cards, but its a tough decision id have to base on price right now. as they all overclock much the same.
Brian
April 2, 2012 at 2:28 pm

Its XFX or Sapphire usually, but that gigabyte card is a solid buy,

Only one problem. YOU CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE !!!”
Joseph
April 3, 2012 at 8:02 am

nice specs. good performance sapphire coolers seem a bit better than XFX coolers in regards to tempeatures.