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Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Vapor-X 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 100351VXSR

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  • Great performance, factory overclock, outstanding temperatures, low noise, strong overclocking, EZ OC button

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  • Overpriced compared to GTX 670
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Last revision on November 22, 2014

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  • Great performance, factory overclock, outstanding temperatures, low noise, strong overclocking, EZ OC button

Editors Didn't Like

  • Overpriced compared to GTX 670

Expert reviews and ratings

By TechRadar on September 30, 2012 80

Did you buy shares in Apple in the 90s, which you've been holding onto? Did you manage to patent the spork, or invent a social media node that allows people to present their aspirational lifestyles in 140 characters or less? We presume you've ticked off...

By Pureoverclock on August 29, 2012 90

Impressive performance and outstanding cooling that's dampened by AMD's high pricing. Discuss in the...

By goldfries.com on November 09, 2013

The graphic card is most certainly a good one, just make sure you get the 3 games bundle and it'll be well worth it. If you're just looking at getting the performance alone then you should just get the R9 280X model. ...

By InsideHW on January 25, 2013

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Vapor-X: X for Xtreme As AMD’s premium partner, Sapphire has a certain reputation that it’s been maintaining for very long. Although they rarely venture out to the market with specials models such as ASUS’ Matrix, Ares or MSI’s...

By Legit Reviews on October 18, 2012

The Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X is an example of what can be done with the Tahiti XT GPU when an add-in board partner fully customizes a video...

By uk.hardware.info on September 29, 2012

Along with the recently tested Club 3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce, this Sapphire card is currently the fastest Radeon HD 7970 around. The impressive performance of the GHz Edition does comes at a price, which in this case is excessive noise and high...

By HardOCP on September 24, 2012

Sapphire Technology is a well-known company based in Hong Kong, China, and is recognized as the single largest supplier of AMD-based video cards. Since ATI began funneling graphics processors to AiBs in 2001, Sapphire has been at the head of the red-team...

By Overclockers Club on August 23, 2012

The central feature that sets this card apart from the crowd is the use of Sapphire's Vapor-X cooling solution that time and again impresses generation after generation. This large vapor chamber equipped heat sink is capable of keeping the HD 7970...

By channelpronetwork.com on August 05, 2012

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International Review By PC-Welt.de on July 24, 2013

Eine Grafikkarte ist nicht nur dafür da, hübsche Grafikeffekte in Spielen auf den Bildschirm zu zaubern. Ganz im Gegenteil, sie kann noch viel mehr! Sie entlastet den Hauptprozessors des Systems spürbar, indem sich der Grafikchip um die parallelen...

International Review By PC-Welt.de on May 14, 2013

Oberklasse-Grafikkarten sind vor allem eins: brutal teuer, ab knapp 400 Euro sind Sie dabei. Aktuell müssen Sie allerhöchstens 200 Euro ausgeben, um so ziemlich alle aktuellen Games in vollsten Details und in Full-HD zocken zu können. Doch die Käufer von...

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