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Today we are overclocking with the excellent Sapphire TriXX utility, software we use regularly in the Kitguru offices.
The Vapor X overclocked very well, achieving a maximum core clock of 947mhz, which translates to a 18.3% overclock.
The overclock helps improve the overall performance in the Direct X 11 oriented 3DMark 11 considerably. The score rises from 3803 points to 4390 points. An excellent set of results for the Sapphire board.
So in theory it should be around £130? seems good. shame I missed that 5850 xtreme however, that was even better value.
The Vapor X cooler is great. I recently took my off to clean it as it is about a year old. I advise everyone to clean their systems out. the amount of dust that builds up in a graphics card over a year is scary !. can also stop performance too and block fans
Their fans are also good, you should have pointed that out more in the review.
Nice card, good for the price, but I want to aim higher next time, like a 6950.
After looking at the power consumption figures I’m wondering why this card has two 6pin PCIe plugs, surely they aren’t both necessary.
Sapphire normally do this with their cards to help with overclocking performance.