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Sapphire HD7870 Overclock Edition Review

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

The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 24c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this.

Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by playing Crysis Warhead for 30 minutes and measuring the peak temperature. We also have included Furmark results, recording maximum temperatures throughout a 30 minute stress test. All fan settings were left on automatic.

The Sapphire cooler once again is the best we have tested to date, peaking around 57c under gaming load. Great results.

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10 comments

  1. Davis
    April 2, 2012 at 8:57 am

    Another good card from the Sapphire team 🙂

  2. 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.

  3. Terry Oreilly
    April 2, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    Bought the 7970 last week 🙂

  4. 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.

  5. 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 !!!”

  6. 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.

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