Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 FleX GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

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Pros:

Allows for Eyefinity without special monitors or expensive adapters, Great performance, Runs cool for such a powerful card, Stays quiet even at full load, Competitively priced.
Fast, good performance increase over previous generation, Quiet, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Three monitors without the need for active DisplayPort adapter, Dual BIOS, Support for ZeroCore power, Support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1...

Cons:

A single card can still struggle in Eyefinity.
Not overclocked out of the box, Lower memory overclock than other HD 7870 cards

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Last revision on April 28, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Allows for Eyefinity without special monitors or expensive adapters, Great performance, Runs cool for such a powerful card, Stays quiet even at full load, Competitively priced
Fast, good performance increase over previous generation, Quiet, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Three monitors without the need for active DisplayPort adapter, Dual BIOS, Support for ZeroCore power, Support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1

Reviewers Didn't Like

A single card can still struggle in Eyefinity
Not overclocked out of the box, Lower memory overclock than other HD 7870 cards

Expert reviews and ratings

In our initial launch reviews of the HD 7870, we praised how much performance improved over the last generation, and that still stands. The Sapphire HD 7870 Flex offers performance close to what NVIDIA's last generation GTX 580 flagship provided....

By techPowerUp! on July 11, 2012

We have reviewed all of the Sapphire FleX graphics cards to date, and today we are looking at the new HD7870 FleX Edition, slotting in just below the HD7970 Dual-X FleX Edition, which we reviewed at the beginning of June. The HD7870 FleX ships with...

By Kitguru.net on June 25, 2012

We know the Sapphire HD 7870 FLeX's cooler performed nearly perfect, and the card itself has the power to play all of the games in our test suite without any issues. Now it's time for us to put all of the cards features, performance, and price all...

By LanOC Reviews on February 19, 2013

Sapphire, as AMD's premium partner, always gets specific models with a particular capability or purpose in mind. The Radeon HD 7950 and HD 7870 cards suffixed FleX Edition, which we're presenting today, are just such cards. So, what's it about? While...

By InsideHW on February 16, 2013

Wrapping things up, Sapphire has brought to the people a card in the 7870 Flex that gives you more flexibility in your monitor configuration. You are able to connect three monitors up to the card without using an active Displayport monitor (using DVI)...

By overclockers.com on August 07, 2012

We’ve got mixed impressions from the Sapphire Radeon FleX HD 7870 GHz Edition. This graphics card can indeed be used to build an affordable Eyefinity configuration out of three inexpensive monitors with DVI inputs. The problem is that the resolution...

By X-bit Labs on August 03, 2012

AMD has been touting their Eyefinity feature for a while now. It allows a single graphics card to power 3 monitors for epic gaming action. The downside is that almost all cards require you to get a pricey active DisplayPort to DVI adapter if your third...

By TechwareLabs on July 17, 2012

It's no question that the main selling point of the Sapphire HD 7870 FleX is its support for multi-monitor Eyefinity, straight out of the packaging! Many computer enthusiasts have multiple DVI-capable monitors lying around, and they would certainly enjoy...

By Neoseeker on July 10, 2012

When we looked at previous Sapphire FleX models, we came away impressed with the technology but concluded the cards were generally underpowered for Eyefinity gaming at extreme resolutions. The exception was the 7950 FleX we recently reviewed, as it...

By Pureoverclock on June 25, 2012

Overall the card performed pretty well. For me the FleX feature really sells the card; I've been through the pain of buying active adapters and having to wait after just getting new hardware because I can't use with my Eyefinity setup – I mean why...

By Overclockers Club on June 25, 2012

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