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Sapphire R7 250 Ultimate Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell March 5, 2014 Featured Announcement, Graphics

For this review today we are using the latest Catalyst 14.2 and Forceware 334.89 drivers.
sapphire card in system
We are using one of our brand new test rigs supplied by PCSPECIALIST and built to our specifications. If you want to read more about this, or are interested in buying the same Kitguru Test Rig, check out our article with links on this page.

We are using an Apple 30 inch Cinema HD monitor for this review today.

Comparison cards:
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eVGA GTX640 2GB (902mhz core / 667 mhz memory) – Forceware 334.89. £79.65 inc vat.
eVGA GTX650 1GB (1059mhz core / 1,250 mhz memory) – Forceware 334.89. £64.96 inc vat

Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark

Games:
Alien V Predator
Sleeping Dogs
Tomb Raider
Dirt Showdown
Metro Last Light
GRID 2
Thief
Battlefield 4

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

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3 comments

  1. Harris
    March 5, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    no single slot? well that sucks… HTPC users need single slot cards.

  2. Ben
    March 5, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    Harris, AMD cards output a lot of heat, building this into a single cooler design would be not feasible, based on the temperature results Kitguru recorded.

    AMD need the Maxwell architecture for this. I am surprised Nvidia haven’t released a single slot passively cooled MAXWELL based card, but I am sure it is coming soon.

  3. Alan
    March 10, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    Including the previous Sapphire Ultimate (HD 7750) in the test comparisons would have be very helpful. Next time?

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