SAPPHIRE HD 7870 XT with Boost

zakblood · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:14

any idea of price and when we can buy one from here?

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2013 at 17:00

Hi there

Have you looked at our website?

They have been in stock for some time.

Sapphire HD 7870 XT 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £199.99 inc VAT

The SAPPHIRE HD 7870 XT with Boost delivers a new price

erformance point to the series. It is based on AMD’s Tahiti architecture with its 256-bit memory interface, and 1536 stream processors and 96 Texture units, unlike the remainder of the HD 7800 series that uses the Pitcairn architecture. Configured with 2GB of high speed GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz (6GHz effective) the SAPPPHIRE HD 7870 XT has a core clock of 925MHz which dynamically rises to 975MHz with PowerTune Boost, AMDs dynamic performance enhancement for games.

For enthusiasts wishing to maximise performance of this graphics card, the latest version of the SAPPHIRE overclocking tool, TriXX supports this technology and is available free to download from the SAPPHIRE website. SAPPHIRE TriXX allows tuning of GPU voltage as well as core and memory clocks, whilst continuously displaying temperature. Manual control of fan speed is supported, as well as user created fan profiles and the ability to save up to four different performance settings.

Specification:-
- Tahiti LE
- Huge OC Potential
- Core Clock: 925MHz
- Boost Clock: 975MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 6000MHz (Effective)
- Processing Cores: 1536
- ROPS: 32
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 1 Dual Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- Shader Model 5.0 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready (Compatible with 7900 series)
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years

Only £199.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

zakblood · 3 Jan 2013 at 18:17

visit it every day and totally missed it, been waiting for it as well

my bad, thanks

humbug · 3 Jan 2013 at 18:34

@ Gibbo.

I see you have fixed the Processing Cores error, its now says 1536 and not 1280.

What a relief, now i don't have to keep explaining that and going to the Sapphire webside to get the correct details

Great GPU for that money....

zakblood · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:43

will trade in my older model and get this in the morning as Sapphire just sent me an email

Doomedspeed · 3 Jan 2013 at 20:53

zakblood said:
visit it every day and totally missed it, been waiting for it as well

my bad, thanks

You spend enough time in the GH forum.. Someone (not me) has been speccing it for a good week now.

HankScorpio · 3 Jan 2013 at 20:56

So these are basically 7950s?

pgi947 · 3 Jan 2013 at 20:58

HankScorpio said:
So these are basically 7950s?

Give or take yes.

rolypolyman · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:15

HankScorpio said:
So these are basically 7950s?

No.

3gb V 2gb
384bit V 256bit
1792 V 1536 core processors
128 V 96 texture units
Free Games V No free games.

Is it worth the price difference, 7870Xt = £199.99
7950 = £229.99.
I dont think so. Selling the free games alone will make the 7950 the same price, never mind the better spec.

zakblood · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:54

a lot better for less

and sorry dad (Doomedspeed) just goes to show i type too much and read not enough

old age and brain doesn't seem to keep it all in now days, seems to be full.

when me new memory is back tomorrow, i'll play more and type less, so only maybe 50 posts a day and 6 hours here

drernie · 4 Jan 2013 at 10:43

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Have you looked at our website?
They have been in stock for some time.

Why aren´t there any reviews yet since this card is in stock some time?
I was looking for a gigabyte 7870 oc, but maybe this one is even more interesting.

zakblood · 4 Jan 2013 at 10:45

i couldn't find any either

Gibbo · 4 Jan 2013 at 11:09

Hi there

Well now 8 Pack has joined the team he is benchmarking one of these against a 7950 to see how it compares.

OcUK truly going back to its roots, results shall be posted later guys.

arc@css · 4 Jan 2013 at 11:14

Will be interesting to see how it fares.

8 Pack · 4 Jan 2013 at 11:27

On it now guys!!! Just got the 3960x to over 5.1 on air and ready to go!!!

I will link the results to this thread in due course!!!

RetrogamerX · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:01

I would like to see this too

Doomedspeed · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:34

zakblood said:
a lot better for less

and sorry dad (Doomedspeed) just goes to show i type too much and read not enough

old age and brain doesn't seem to keep it all in now days, seems to be full.

when me new memory is back tomorrow, i'll play more and type less, so only maybe 50 posts a day and 6 hours here

Dad..

8 Pack said:
On it now guys!!! Just got the 3960x to over 5.1 on air and ready to go!!!

I will link the results to this thread in due course!!!

Wow, I want your Job..

Very interested to find out how this Fairs...

Sneaky Peaky · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:56

Just picked up a Club3D version of these so will be interested to see the results!

PapaLazaru · 4 Jan 2013 at 14:42

Are there likely to be any other manufacturer 7870XT's coming onto the market, like Gigabyte?

Gibbo · 4 Jan 2013 at 17:12

Hi there

8 Pack has done his testing:-
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18475607

7870 XT when overclocked on stock voltage can match a 7950, huge value for money!