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#1 bp9801

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 10:36 PM

Today OCC takes a look at an HD 6870 video card in the form of the Sapphire HD 6870 Vapor-X - http://www.overclock..._hd6870_vaporx/

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Posted 11 February 2011 - 12:54 PM

Today OCC takes a look at an HD 6870 video card in the form of the Sapphire HD 6870 Vapor-X - http://www.overclock..._hd6870_vaporx/


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Posted 12 February 2011 - 02:40 AM

It looks good . It isn't amazing on the oc'ing front , I got 1010mhz and 1210mhz on a normal Sapphire one .
Quietness is probably the reason of this card since its hotter when oc'ed than a normal Sapphire HD6870 .

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