Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X Graphics Card Review

Here at MMO Explorer, we know that the system you run your games on is only as good as its graphics output. Most serious gamers know that the fastest way to upgrade and improve your system's gaming performance is through its graphics card.

Today, we're looking at the Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X graphics card. Also known as the HD5870, the card is the latest from ATI to completely upgrade everything, not just the processor or on-board RAM. It was also the first DirectX 11 card to make it to market.

The Sapphire 5870 uses the 40nm RV870 DirectX 11 core that clocks at 850MHz with a 1GB buffer. The Sapphire Vapor-X is multi-display ready, much faster than any of its predecessors, and has more texture units and stream processors than any other card before it.

What all that means is that the Vapor-X graphics card has a mind-boggling 2.7 TERRAFLOPS of computer power in this little card. That's a lot of juice and it shows in performance. The Sapphire 5870 performs significantly better than its closest counterpart, Nvidia's GTX295. High-def rendering speeds were a full 14 frames faster - on par with dual processor cards, which are priced much higher!

In DirectX 11, it really shines, so the latest games to come out will definitely show hard-core improvement when played with the Sapphire Vapor-X versus an older counterpart.

Overall, this card is well worth the purchase if you can get one. Definitely for the serious gamer, it delivers some of the best graphics output available!