Comments on: Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X HD 5770 1 GB DDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 100283VXL http://www.iboldesign.com/store/sapphire-radeon-vapor-x-hd-5770-1-gb-ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-100283vxl/ Daily updated blog about computers, gadgets, and consumer electronics news Wed, 23 May 2012 13:38:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Scott D. http://www.iboldesign.com/store/sapphire-radeon-vapor-x-hd-5770-1-gb-ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-100283vxl/#comment-9928 Scott D. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:18:30 +0000 http://www.iboldesign.com/store/sapphire-radeon-vapor-x-hd-5770-1-gb-ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-100283vxl/#comment-9928 Runs Dragon Age: Origins at max quality 1280x1024 flawlessly. Runs quiet, couldn't hear it over my PCP&C 750 power supply even at load, GPU-Z log says fan never went over 40%, 33C idle 54C load, ~25C ambient in a big case. <br /> <br />This model came with an older BIOS, only gives 720 stream processors. Sapphire's website has a PowerPoint download that has links and describes the process where you can format a USB thumb drive to flash the card to the new BIOS. If you can follow instructions or have flashed a BIOS before, you'll be fine. 800 stream processors show up for me now. I also downloaded the driver (only) from the ATI site, 9.12. Haven't installed CCC yet - I want to evaluate the card further. <br /> <br />Card looks good, the Sapphire logo is backlit by a blue LED, and the PCB is black, matches my MB. A bit shorter than the 8800GTS. <br /> <br />This card is replacing an EVGA 8800GTS 320 OC, which was fitted with a Thermalright heatsink and fan. I was able to run Dragon Age: Origins with the old card at average quality with no AA, and it stuttered in taxing situations. Thanks EVGA, a great card, still works fine, but nVidia currently can't match the value of the 5770, and this is an excellent version. The heatsink and fanshroud seem well-designed, and I anticipate some overclocking capability without needing a different cooling setup. If you want to run some of the great new games, and have an older card, I recommend this card as an upgrade. <br /> <br />The system: DFI Lanparty DK X48, 2GB Geil 4-4-4-12 DD2 @960, 2 x WD250 in RAID0, E8500 @3.6Ghz, LianLi PC7077 (huge case, lots of air), Windows XP SP3 32bit. <br /> <br />I ordered it around 2pm, chose next day delivery (yay Prime!), and I got it at 10am the next morning. Thanks Amazon!!! Rating: 5 / 5 Runs Dragon Age: Origins at max quality 1280×1024 flawlessly. Runs quiet, couldn’t hear it over my PCP&C 750 power supply even at load, GPU-Z log says fan never went over 40%, 33C idle 54C load, ~25C ambient in a big case.

This model came with an older BIOS, only gives 720 stream processors. Sapphire’s website has a PowerPoint download that has links and describes the process where you can format a USB thumb drive to flash the card to the new BIOS. If you can follow instructions or have flashed a BIOS before, you’ll be fine. 800 stream processors show up for me now. I also downloaded the driver (only) from the ATI site, 9.12. Haven’t installed CCC yet - I want to evaluate the card further.

Card looks good, the Sapphire logo is backlit by a blue LED, and the PCB is black, matches my MB. A bit shorter than the 8800GTS.

This card is replacing an EVGA 8800GTS 320 OC, which was fitted with a Thermalright heatsink and fan. I was able to run Dragon Age: Origins with the old card at average quality with no AA, and it stuttered in taxing situations. Thanks EVGA, a great card, still works fine, but nVidia currently can’t match the value of the 5770, and this is an excellent version. The heatsink and fanshroud seem well-designed, and I anticipate some overclocking capability without needing a different cooling setup. If you want to run some of the great new games, and have an older card, I recommend this card as an upgrade.

The system: DFI Lanparty DK X48, 2GB Geil 4-4-4-12 DD2 @960, 2 x WD250 in RAID0, E8500 @3.6Ghz, LianLi PC7077 (huge case, lots of air), Windows XP SP3 32bit.

I ordered it around 2pm, chose next day delivery (yay Prime!), and I got it at 10am the next morning. Thanks Amazon!!!
Rating: 5 / 5

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