THREE NEW SAPPHIRE 5850 CARDS ARRIVING 12/04/2010

[Fatboy]

Arriving on Monday we have three new 5850 parts from Sapphire. The long awaited Sapphire 5850 Vapor X is the pick of the bunch and is available now for pre-order at just £260.99 inc VAT.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £260.99 inc VAT

Prepare to experience a riveting high-definition gaming experience with the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series graphics processors. Expand your visual real estate across up to three displays and get lost in the action with revolutionary ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology, accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than ever with your PC. The first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX 11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals and explosive HD gaming performance so you can dominate the competition. This card features Vapor Chamber Technology is based on the same principles as heatpipe technology. A liquid coolant is vaporised at a hot surface, the resulting vapor is condensed at a cold surface then the liquid is returned to the hot surface. The recirculation process is controlled by a wick system.

- Vapor-X Cooling Assembly
- Core Clock: 735MHz
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4200MHz (Effective)
- Processing Cores: 1440
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 1 DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 3.2 Support
- ATI CrossFireX Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years

Only £260.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £297.99 inc VAT

Prepare to experience a riveting high-definition gaming experience with the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series graphics processors. Expand your visual real estate across up to three displays and get lost in the action with revolutionary ATI Eyefinity Technology. Using ATI Stream technology, accelerate even the most demanding applications and do more than ever with your PC. The first to deliver full support for Microsoft DirectX 11, these GPUs enable rich, realistic visuals and explosive HD gaming performance so you can dominate the competition. This card features Vapor Chamber Technology is based on the same principles as heatpipe technology. A liquid coolant is vaporised at a hot surface, the resulting vapor is condensed at a cold surface then the liquid is returned to the hot surface. The recirculation process is controlled by a wick system.

- Vapor-X Cooling Assembly
- Core Clock: 735MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4200MHz (Effective)
- Processing Cores: 1440
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 1 DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 3.2 Support
- ATI CrossFireX Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years

Only £297.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £316.99 inc VAT

The Sapphire HD 5850 TOXIC Edition is a Sapphire original design based on the latest 40nm graphics architecture from ATI. Featuring 1440 stream processors and 72 texture units, it delivers the fastest performance in class as well as supporting ATI Stream technology. It fully supports the advanced graphical features of DirectX 11, and deliver spectacular video clarity, speed and visual effects, including over multiple monitors. Designed for the enthusiast user, the SAPPHIRE HD 5850 TOXIC Edition is factory overclocked to 765MHz core and 1125MHz (4500MHz effective) memory speeds. Sapphire’s World leading Vapor-X technology not only allows the card to run up to 15c cooler and 10dB quieter than the standard models, it provides additional headroom for further performance tuning.

- Core Clock: 765MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4500MHz (Effective)
- Processing Cores: 1440
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 1 DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 3.2 Support
- ATI CrossFireX Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years

Only £316.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[V4nger]

whats with the Vapor-X 2gb being less expensive and has faster clocks and more processing cores than the Toxic 2gb which is £19 more?

 

[d_brennen]

whats with the Vapor-X 2gb being less expensive and has faster clocks and more processing cores than the Toxic 2gb which is £19 more?

Looks an odd situation. Typo maybe? All to expensive imo

 

[Fatboy]

whats with the Vapor-X 2gb being less expensive and has faster clocks and more processing cores than the Toxic 2gb which is £19 more?

Good buying skills

 

[MoRT489]

wow overly expensive for measly overclocks sapphire must not want to sell any...

 

[Luffy]

wow overly expensive for measly overclocks sapphire must not want to sell any...

I agree they seem too expensive but you really think they are measly overclocks?
Very tempted on the 5850 Vapor-X 1024 as I want silence but fast frames on a 24inch panel but this week special £299 for 5870 looks good too.

 

[pastymuncher]

Ridiculous price for a 5850. That's 5870 territory.

 

[cliffy]

But look at the specs, same pixel pipes as a 5870, fatser clock speeds than a 5870 and an extra 1GB DDR5, this doesn't look in any shape like a 5850, more like a oc'd 5870

 

[Nelly]

But look at the specs, same pixel pipes as a 5870, fatser clock speeds than a 5870 and an extra 1GB DDR5, this doesn't look in any shape like a 5850, more like a oc'd 5870

That's more than likely because the specs of the 5870 have been used instead of the 5850.

 

[cliffy]

Was just thinking that after pondering on it for a while, hopefully OCUK will fix shortly so we can see the real specs

 

[Fatboy]

Was just thinking that after pondering on it for a while, hopefully OCUK will fix shortly so we can see the real specs

Sorry guys got trigger happy.

 

[cliffy]

Definately no longer worth the extra cost, thought the pixel pipes was a typo but was still vaguely hoping the clock speeds were correct.

 

[fs123]

so why would you buy one of these over a 5870 for around £300 again?

 

[Fatboy]

It's the best of the best 5850. They sell really well.

 

[V4nger]

the only reason to get one of these over a 5870 is because of the extra memory. to get a 5870 with 2gb memory would be about £100 more.

 

[Tiamat21]

that price range just doesn't make sence to me, why would anyone buy the 1024mb one when for an extra 20-40bucks you can get twice that amount.

 

[Azra]

Plus some people will pay the premium for the looks.

Wonder how well the blue accent shows up with some case lighting etc

 

[DavieJG]

Nothing here to make me remotely regret getting a ref design back in the day.

Cooling solutions are overkill for a card that makes very little noise and runs cool to start with.

Maybe worth it if you plan to overclock the snot out of it.

 

[Luffy]

Definately not so good now the specs have been set right . Just as well I didn't click the buy button. Was sooo close

 

[Jimmy23]

hmm 5870 at £300 at the moment puts me off these