Sapphire have weighed into the ultra high-end of the graphics marketplace with their Toxic branded 5970. We take a good look.
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[OC3D Review] Sapphire 5970 Toxic
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killablade
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Wow. I'd love one of those for my system! I didn't expect it to overclock THAT well!
By the way, I see the award images have changed? (atleast for the performance award?) I like it, looks nice
By the way, I see the award images have changed? (atleast for the performance award?) I like it, looks nice
silenthill
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great review but I really can't understand why in crysis warhead the asus ares kicks the ass of the toxic in the minima and average FPS even in stock clocks - what's going on here guys?
VonBlade
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Couple of things explain that. Firstly the Toxic had a few less CPU clocks to handle the Physx, and the Toxic is a 5970 whereas the Ares is twin 5870s.
So the CPU will account for most of it, and the tiny extra theoretical grunt of the Ares gives us the few extra. If you look back at the Ares XF results you'll see that Crysis is pants no matter how much hardware you have. So really take it with a pinch of salt.
So the CPU will account for most of it, and the tiny extra theoretical grunt of the Ares gives us the few extra. If you look back at the Ares XF results you'll see that Crysis is pants no matter how much hardware you have. So really take it with a pinch of salt.
alienware
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Why use it then? That's a polite question BTW as it could be taken out of context, but why use something that's blatantly crappy and heavily weighted toward the green corner?
It's not just OC3D. Every website is "Crysis this, Crysis that". Seriously, the game is old hat now (and I'm not saying that at your or to you, just saying it in general).
Do the manufacturers (in this case Sapphire) suggest that you use Crysis?
We use a range of games, some people might play Crysis and want to know what cards play it best. Metro is heavily green team weighted too. Just the way it is and we will always use what ever is POPULAR
The cooler is an AC unit.
The cooler is an AC unit.
Maverick1dj
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Am I reading the Crysis bench properly? How comes the Stock out performs the overclock @ Maximum for the toxic?
Also I like to see bench's for Crysis as I find it very easy to compare real performance, I use it like a control of sort, to gauge GPU real world performance, much more useful than synthetic benchies!
Also I like to see bench's for Crysis as I find it very easy to compare real performance, I use it like a control of sort, to gauge GPU real world performance, much more useful than synthetic benchies!
silenthill
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yes I noticed that but it's only happening with the maximum FPS.sometimes that does happen when I OC my 480's in crysis
Sometime the results can be a bit strange, just the way it is dude, maybe crysis didnt like the overclock. Without spending hours researching every result we'll never know.
silenthill
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This is just a suggestion I noticed some of the websites and magazines don’t put the maximum FPS they say it doesn’t reflect the true performance of the graphic card because most important in game play is the minimum and average FPS which actually shows you if you can play the game between 30FPS and 60FPS which is considered (very playable) and also the maximum FPS behaviour is very strange when overclocking the GPU so why don’t you scrap the maximum from your benchmarks to avoid these kinds of issues I know the maximum FPS shows the muscles of the GPU but it’s not really true performance.
*stop making your replies bold*
We put all the details up fella, we are pretty sure if you are reading our reviews your not a complete nub and can formulate your own oppinions. The fact you are saying that average is more important means you dont actually 'need' us to remove the max
PS - stop bolding your replies.
"The biggest compliment we can pay, and it is a big one, is that if this had arrived before Ares we'd have looked at that differently"
But the Toxic DID arrive before the Ares. You can see the date on this review is April 22nd; over 2 months before the arrival of the Ares.
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But the Toxic DID arrive before the Ares. You can see the date on this review is April 22nd; over 2 months before the arrival of the Ares.
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With us matey, we had not tested it.
Oh ok sorry, you literally meant arriving with you, not just on the market.
stevenwright6379
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holy thread revival batman
a normal 5970 is basicly 2 5870 chips underclocked to 5850 speeds
where was the ares, toxic and so on are full on 5870 chips
a normal 5970 is basicly 2 5870 chips underclocked to 5850 speeds
where was the ares, toxic and so on are full on 5870 chips
