Sapphire R7 250 Ultimate Review

1. Introduction2. Sapphire R7 250 Ultimate3. Sapphire R7 250 Ultimate (Super High Res Gallery)4. Testing Methodology5. Unigine Heaven Benchmark6. Unigine Valley Benchmark7. 3DMark Vantage8. 3DMark 119. 3DMark10. Alien V Predator11. Sleeping Dogs12. Tomb Raider13. Dirt ShowDown14. Metro: Last Light15. GRID 216. Battlefield 417. Thief 201418. Thermal Dynamics19. Power Consumption20. Overclocking21. Closing Thoughts22. View All Pages

For this review today we are using the latest Catalyst 14.2 and Forceware 334.89 drivers.

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:

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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