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As always Sapphire use a fantasy style computer created woman which will be immediately familiar to previous customers … they really do seem to like their woman pretty and capable of kicking ass.
The bundle contains the SimHD plugin – for the excellent ArcSoft Total Theater application as well as documentation, Crossfire cable and other standardised connectors. SimHD incidentally uses “ArcSoft’s in-house upscaling technology, which simply brings most standard-definition video to near high-definition quality” (not really quite that good, but it works reasonably well most of the time).
Sapphire have worked with Arctic Cooling with this model and it takes centerstage when you look at the board. The PCB is compact in design and due to reduced thermal power requirement there is no need for an all encompassing cooler. It measures 169mm x 110mm x 33mm and weighs only 279g.
No external power connector is required which makes it ideal for a media center and if gaming is reasonably important to you without using much power then the card fully supports Crossfire to help boost the framerates. Sapphire recommend a 400W power supply for a single card or 475W for Crossfire configurations.
Sapphires HD5670 is clocked at 1,000mhz (4,000mhz effective) memory with the core at 775mhz.
The Sapphire card features full connectivity with HDMI, Dual Link DVI and Displayport. We have seen many of the 512mb models on the market replacing Displayport with VGA so this is worth a mention. The Sapphire version on test today supports 3 monitor setups for Eyefinity and they offer a 2 year warranty with support in the first year direct from the dealer.
these really are great cards, especially when considering the modest asking price.
The temperatures are much lower than what I had expected, but then again its arctic cooling who always make good coolers.
I have one of these in a system and I wanted to know is it worth buying another for crossfire. anyone know if its worth the hassle?
Nice review – seems a good price. I think they dropped recently by £10 too.
The overclocking is insane, they should have overclocked the card, even 10% with that headroom it would have been safe.
I shopped around and found one for £85 on OCUK, which is brill. Just bought it. thanks KG for thorough review testing. They seem low power which is nice as I dont always game and like to know they idle without taking a lot of power.
HD5670 is great series but I think the 5770 is better value as its much more powerful.
I ordered one of these a few days ago for my media center as I might like to play the odd game on the tv rather than in my bedroom on a monitor. Glad to know I didn’t buy a turkey !
Great review thnks, k, bye
Like the review style, leep up the goodwork
How much is this card in Australia? cant find it anywhere
For once a review not trying its absolute best to downplay this great card… this great lil thing suits anyone with a not so large screen and does some gaming every now and then. This maxes out most, if not all (as seen from the review), games of the present and possibly will do so next year or maybe the year after that at modest resolutions. And is just so quiet and efficient!
Great product and an excellent review!!!
Just bought one of these to run AVP (I know, not the best game) with Directx 11. It will run the game at full tilt with settings maxed out. Highly recommend the card if your looking for a cheapish one to last a couple of years. Well done ATI.
Oh this replaced my old nvidia 8400 gs lol.