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Some questions about the Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X.

Monkey_Business

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I heard that the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X comes already overclocked from the factory. Giving it a slight boost over the standard HD 5870. I also heard that these cards run very cool, and does the heat sink attach to both the GPU core and the memory chips?

I am building a new gaming rig with a the Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X. Hopefully it will idle under 80 *C and 110 *C load like my current HD 4850 does.

What are the typical idle and load temperatures of this card? And what is the peak power consumption of this GPU under 100% load?
 
My thought here would be an issues of the 3d clocks and idle. I know when I am only using one monitor and my car idles at 157/300 my idel clocks are REALLY low, but when I'm using all 3 monitors and crossfire, my idle clocks at 400/800 are alot higher.

So maybe their card isnt downclocking correctly.

But yeah, when my room is nice and cool, it can idle in the 34C range.
 
I just ordered one of these, I'll report back on how it performs once I get it. I'm looking forward to AoC in DX10 with 4xAA. 🙂 Right now I have to run DX9 with 2xAA.
 
I love mine, the card is also shorter than the standard 5870, it's about the same size as my old 260. It's whisper quiet and does everything I've asked of it.
 
ayabe said:
I love mine, the card is also shorter than the standard 5870, it's about the same size as my old 260. It's whisper quiet and does everything I've asked of it.
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Have you tried overclocking? Could you do me a favor and download (if you don't have it) MSI Afterburner and see if it's possible to change the voltage of the GPU? I'm really interested in this.

It seems like every reference 5870 can get to near (or above) a GHz with a voltage bump. Since Sapphire deviated from the reference design for the Vapor-X, I'm not sure if any of the tools will affect voltage.

MSI Afterburner seems to be able to chance my fan speed and monitor my Toxic 4870, but when I change the voltage and hit 'Apply' the slider just moves back to it's original position.

Here's the link: http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/

Thanks.
 
If Sapphire had a longer warranty I'll bet they would get more sales. My 4870 is a Sapphire brand with large quiet cooler just like this one and I love it too...
 
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Monkey_Business said:
Is the fan really loud on that card?
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If you crank it past 50% manually it is, but under gaming conditions I've yet to hear it ramp up and I've not had any artifacts or anything.

It's actually quieter than my 260 and that is mighty impressive to me. I waited months for these to come back in stock and I'm very, very glad that I did. Dustbuster fan is a dealbreaker for me.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Have you tried overclocking? Could you do me a favor and download (if you don't have it) MSI Afterburner and see if it's possible to change the voltage of the GPU? I'm really interested in this.

It seems like every reference 5870 can get to near (or above) a GHz with a voltage bump. Since Sapphire deviated from the reference design for the Vapor-X, I'm not sure if any of the tools will affect voltage.

MSI Afterburner seems to be able to chance my fan speed and monitor my Toxic 4870, but when I change the voltage and hit 'Apply' the slider just moves back to it's original position.

Here's the link: http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/

Thanks.
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Sure, I'll give it a go and update this post tonight sometime.
 
Monkey_Business said:
The fan on my HD 4850 runs at 100% speed and it sounds like a jet engine. And my GPU still reaches 110+ *C under heavy gaming loads.
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This is madness. Why is it not cooling properly? Sure, the 4850 can produce some heat, but with jet-engine 100% cooling it should be fine. So what is the problem? Case ventilation? 4850 HSF dusted up? Or simply erroneous readings (sensor/BIOS)?
 
betasub said:
This is madness. Why is it not cooling properly? Sure, the 4850 can produce some heat, but with jet-engine 100% cooling it should be fine. So what is the problem? Case ventilation? 4850 HSF dusted up? Or simply erroneous readings (sensor/BIOS)?
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The card is probably faulty, or the heatsink/TIM is not seated properly. I am building a new computer, so when I get my hands on my new rig, I'll probably RMA my HD 4850 or have it replaced under warranty if there is something serious enough wrong with it to qualify for replacement.
 
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I haven't tried Afterburner on my 5870 Vapor-X but from what I hear, the current version of AB doesn't work with Vapor-X due to the non-reference design. I did a quick overclock by maxing out the sliders in CCC and had a few stability issues telling me the card I got doesn't overclock very well. I haven't verified if it's actually the card and will take a look when I have time. But even at the stock 875/1250 MHz, it's one helluva upgrade from my 4870 512 MB. Games where I was encountering drop frames when running higher AA/AF is quite silky smooth now except for Crysis.

As for temperature, the card idles around 39C. I live in a condo apartment so ambient temperature is a bit warmer. After an hour of Crysis last night, load temps were about 75C. Very reasonable temps IMO. Fan noise is quiet even at load.
 
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SlowSpyder said:
Any luck on this? If you didn't get around to trying it, no worries... my Vapor-X 5870 arrives today anyway. 🙂
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Damn sorry, totally forgot to come back and post about it. I couldn't get it to work, kept switching back to defaults for me.
 
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