Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 2 GB DDR5 HEXAD MINI DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100290SR

Manufacturer : SAPPHIRE Model : 100290SR ASIN : B003DZ0TFA Price : 440.99$ See Special Offers Product Description Sapphire Technology 100290SR Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Card - PCI Express 2.1 x16 - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM 100290SR 88 Most Helpful Customer Reviews 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: A good card but....Some Irritating features This review is from: Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 2 GB DDR5 HEXAD MINI DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100290SR (Personal Computers) Like Tom Kim notes in his review, there isn't even any fine print publicly displayed about the need for a special adapter for more than two monitors. So right off the bat I had to buy an adapter for $110-$120. My other complaint is that ATI makes the minimum effort to provide help in setting up either Eyefinity or Hydrovision. Luckily, Eyefinity can be set up with a bit of trial and error. However switching between profiles is still giving me fits. Forget about Hydrovision...it is beyond me to utilize it effctively. Aside from those features that could be easily addressed and solved by ATI the card is superb. Installs easily (it is a long card)and software updates are timely. The card itself is worth 5 stars but software support and misleading specs force me to downgrade to 4. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Great Card but Fan Control Issues This review is from: Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 2 GB DDR5 HEXAD MINI DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100290SR (Personal Computers) I was playing Crysis at 50FPS and the system would crap out. After playing with the Catalyst control Center I realized the problem. The Fan wasn't ramping up to deal with the heat. The fan always stays at 20% regardless of what is going on. I solved the problem very easily. I set up profiles to run the card with different fan settings and shortcut keys to set the profile. example ctrl+Shift+A is default. ctrl+shift+z takes it to 30% overclocked to 900 and 1300(Maximum OC allowed). Fan running at 20% is silent but 30% sounds like a gaming rig. Higher than 30% is noticeably loud. By the way the fan exhausts air so your system is kept cooler. On the other hand the card is very big and lies right on top of my Northbridge. I believe that my Northbridge is running around 5" hotter due to placement of the card. Sorry I haven't played with the Eyefinity yet, am just using 1 monitor. I just wanted the upgrade option. I'm very pleased with the card as it's running Metro 2033 at 50FPS. Many people forget that a system is only as fast as the slowest component. My components are all 7.6 and above in the Windows Experience Index. I strongly suggest that you combine an SSD Drive with this card because my FPS have been higher on my configuration than on the reviews of equivalent hardware and the only difference is that I'm using an G.Skill SSD Drive with Sandforce controller. gaming monster This review is from: Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 2 GB DDR5 HEXAD MINI DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100290SR (Personal Computers) i had a lot of graphic cards but this one is solid rock.just open the gaming graphic menu and do all settings on very high then enjoy;) Most Recent Customer Reviews Read carefully before buying I just purchased this video card (but not from Amazon). This is a high end video card that produces some fantastic gaming graphics. by Tom Kim

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