Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Xtreme 1GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

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Pros:

Aggressively priced, $20 cheaper than other HD 5830 cards, Voltage regulation circuitry, Works with the TriXX software, Better cooling than reference cards.

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Last revision on March 29, 2013

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Aggressively priced, $20 cheaper than other HD 5830 cards, Voltage regulation circuitry, Works with the TriXX software, Better cooling than reference cards

Expert reviews and ratings

Moving on to the graphics cards the range of products tested today tells us that Sapphire offer an excellent level of performance from £80 upwards. The 5830 lets us game at 1920x1080 with high detail without issue, the 5850 and 6870 give us a little...

By HardwareHeaven on April 14, 2011

While the Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Extreme at launch may already be a generation old, it comes at a great value. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Extreme is set to retail for $130 USD at Internet shops such as Amazon and NewEgg. Right now there is still...

By Phoronix on April 12, 2011

100

Usually when we see a re-release of a video card it the card that comes out after the reference design that is usually overclocked and has a custom cooler. The HD 5830 has been out for quite some time now and this is not that card. What Sapphire is...

By ThinkComputers on April 12, 2011

Sapphire have just launched a ‘get them while you can deal’. They are still great cards, especially with the current...

By Kitguru.net on April 12, 2011

Sapphire’s Xtreme Series offers great value with great performance. Here’s a quote from Sapphire: Hailed as the most exciting development in graphics for several generations, the original SAPPHIRE HD 5800 series not only included the...

By TechwareLabs on April 14, 2011

The HD5830 Xtreme is not a card that brought a lot of fanfare with it. There were no great performance claims given, no revolutionary technology and perhaps most importantly no eye-bulging price tag. To put it simply the HD5830 Xtreme flew into our...

By Bright Side of News on April 12, 2011

Sapphire may raise some eyebrows from people with its release of the Radeon HD 5830 Xtreme, as it is of an older product line. This is something that is not uncommon at all however, as we are seeing companies release old products as new, especially...

By Pro-Clockers on April 12, 2011

When Sapphire approached us about a new card launch so close after the release of the 6790, we were a bit surprised, as we hadn't heard of any upcoming AMD cards in the pipe. And when Sapphire said there were two card models, not just one, we were...

By Pureoverclock on April 12, 2011

The HD 5850 and HD 5830 Xtreme graphics cards don’t bring anything terribly new to the market, but they are currently among the fastest graphics cards available under $150. On top of this, they have great thermal performance, are very quiet and support...

By Neoseeker on April 11, 2011

There is quite a bit to say about the two new Sapphire cards coming out, the Sapphire HD5830 Xtreme and the Sapphire HD5850 Xtreme. The first aspect of the HD5800 Xtreme series that I wanted to point out is the fact that at the stock speeds, the...

By Overclockers Club on April 11, 2011

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