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Sapphire Vapor-X HD 6870 1GB, Toxic HD 6870 1GB, HD 6850/6870 1GB Graphics Cards

Three custom solutions and one copy of the reference design.

May 13, 2011



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Today we shall focus on four graphics cards from Sapphire: three Radeon HD 6870 and one Radeon HD 6850. Only one of those is factory-overclocked, but three out of four are custom products.

Specifications

Sapphire Vapor-X HD 6870 1GB GDDR5

  • Official product page
  • GPU: Radeon HD 6870 (Barts)
  • Interface: PCIe x16 2.1
  • GPU clock rate (ROPs/shaders): 900/900 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 1050 (4200) MHz (standard)
  • Memory bus: 256-bit
  • Stream processors: 1120
  • Texture units: 48 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROP units: 32
  • Dimensions: 270x111x38 mm
  • Board color: blue
  • Output connectors: Dual-Link DVI, Single-Link DVI, 2 x mini-DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4a
  • Multi-GPU mode: hardware CrossFireX

Sapphire Toxic HD 6870 1GB GDDR5

  • Official product page
  • GPU: Radeon HD 6870 (Barts)
  • Interface: PCIe x16 2.1
  • GPU clock rate (ROPs/shaders): 970/970 MHz (the standard is 900 MHz)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 1150 (4600) MHz (the standard is 1050 (4200) MHz)
  • Memory bus: 256-bit
  • Stream processors: 1120
  • Texture units: 48 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROP units: 32
  • Dimensions: 270x111x38 mm
  • Board color: blue
  • Output connectors: Dual-Link DVI, Single-Link DVI, 2 x mini-DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4a
  • Multi-GPU mode: hardware CrossFireX

Sapphire HD 6870 1GB GDDR5

  • Official product page
  • GPU: Radeon HD 6870 (Barts)
  • Interface: PCIe x16 2.1
  • GPU clock rate (ROPs/shaders): 900/900 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 1050 (4200) MHz (standard)
  • Memory bus: 256-bit
  • Stream processors: 1120
  • Texture units: 48 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROP units: 32
  • Dimensions: 270x111x38 mm
  • Board color: black
  • Output connectors: Dual-Link DVI, Single-Link DVI, 2 x mini-DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4a
  • Multi-GPU mode: hardware CrossFireX

Sapphire HD 6850 1GB GDDR5

  • Official product page
  • GPU: Radeon HD 6850 (Barts)
  • Interface: PCIe x16 2.1
  • GPU clock rate (ROPs/shaders): 775/775 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 1000 (4000) MHz (standard)
  • Memory bus: 256-bit
  • Stream processors: 960
  • Texture units: 48 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROP units: 32
  • Dimensions: 250x111x38 mm
  • Board color: blue
  • Output connectors: Dual-Link DVI, Single-Link DVI, DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4a
  • Multi-GPU mode: hardware CrossFireX

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