Testseek.co.uk have collected 27 expert reviews of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 92%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB GDDR5 PCIe.
February 2010
Experts 92% 27 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: Sapphire's Toxic cards are a popular choice for those seeking an overclocked card out of the box and the HD5850 should only aid that popularity. Not only faster than the reference design, it's just so much quieter in operation, so offering a good blen...
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 TOXIC 1GBBack when we first tested the 5850 we found it to be a card which offered a great balance of price and performance. Sapphire have taken that product, improved the look of the PCB, enhanced the specifications and attach...
Sapphire Toxic HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 is an excellent solution for overclockers. It bears a very efficient cooler which allows increasing clock rates up to those typical of Radeon HD 5870. It was interesting to examine the effect of fewer stream processors...
The first thing we need to talk about is the cooling. While the card runs a little warmer and noisier than the HD 5870 which uses the stock cooling, due to the overclock the card runs warmer than normal and of course because it runs warmer the fan ...
Abstract: Sapphire Radeon 5850 Toxic ReviewSapphire 5850 Toxic card and box5850 Toxic and Radeon 5870 reference boardNow that ATI’s sorted out their supply issues with the Radeon 5800 series, they’re opening things up and allowing their board partn...
When the term "Radeon" is uttered, "Sapphire" is another that seems to follow. While there are a great number of vendors who produce ATI-based graphics cards, such as PowerColor, XFX, Gigabyte, ASUS and so forth, its Sapphire who holds the dominant le...
AMD currently offers a trio of high-end gaming cards that have most of the checkboxes ticked. The cheapest is the Radeon HD 5850 that's available for £225 for a reference model, listed by most of AMD's AIB partners. Extend the budget to £300-£350 and...
At this point in time we've probably exhausted our list of superlatives for AMD's DirectX 11 parts, particularly at the high-end where the wonders of AMD's "Cypress" architecture are still clear to see in terms of features, functionality and p...
SapphireAcross the board the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 TOXIC is better than the reference design: improved cooling, improved noise levels and improved performance; the design and components offer a great platform for serious overclockers. Interestingly,...
