Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC 2GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com

The beginning of March saw the launch of the 7800 series from AMD, and as a general rule of thumb from AMD, we see nothing more than a paper launch as described in the industry. There were a couple of reference samples floating around, but it was made clear that retail channel stock and custom cards will not be arriving until a couple of weeks later.
Now while we are keen to get our hands on anything that’s thrown our way, a reference card doesn’t exactly get our excitement going, and you’ll more frequently see us taking a look at custom cards with factory overclocks or custom coolers and more frequently than ever, cards that incorporate both.
When it comes to AMD and custom cards, the main name that springs to mind is Sapphire, as they are simply renowned the world over for making extremist cards that push past the boundaries past stock speeds and also utilise a more efficient cooler that keeps temperatures lower, while keeping noise levels and power consumption to a minimum.

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