When you visit Sapphire Technology thru their site www.sapphiretech.com, when you look at the bottom, you would see their tab "We're Not Playing Around", they are not really playing around. Sapphire has also released their own versions of the newest line of graphics cards called R9 and R7 series. This GPUs are really powerful that it was designed both for gaming and rendering activities. And as I have mentioned powerful, Sapphire Tech. also showed their newest GPUs with five mechs that serves as an elite force not to be reckoned with. Here is the image of the mechs courtesy of www.facebook.com/SapphireTechnology.
Sapphire Tech. has a long line of graphics cards in their armory but I have chosen to preview two of their powerful GPUs that are currently available in the market. For the R9 series, I have chosen the Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X 3gb gddr5 OC and Sapphire R7 260X 2gb gddr5 OC for the R7 series.
Lets start of with the Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X 3gb gddr5 OC.
Specification
Display Support 3 x Maximum Display Monitor(s) support
Output 1 x HDMI (with 3D)
1 x DisplayPort 1.2
1 x Dual-Link DVI-D
1 x Dual-Link DVI-I
GPU 870/Boost:1020 MHz Core Clock
28 nm Chip
2048 x Stream Processors
Video Memory 3072 MB Size
384 -bit GDDR5
6000 MHz Effective
Dimension 262(L)X112(W)X34(H) mm Size.
2 x slot
Software Driver CD
SAPPHIRE TriXX Utility
Accessory CrossFire™ Bridge Interconnect Cable
8 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable
6 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable
HDMI 1.4a high speed 1.8 meter cable(Full Retail SKU only)
System Requirements
PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard.
2X75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required for CrossFireX™ system.
1X75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required.
4096MBMinimum of system memory.
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive.
DVD playback requires DVD drive.
Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive.
750 Watt Power Supply is required.
1000WattPower Supply is recommended for CrossFireX™ System.
1X150 Watt 8-pin PCI Express power connector is required.
2X150 Watt 8-pin PCI Express power connector is required for CrossFireX™ system.
Sapphire R7 260X 2gb gddr5 OC
Specification
Display Support 4 x Maximum Display Monitor(s) support
Output 1 x HDMI (with 3D)
1 x DisplayPort 1.2
1 x Dual-Link DVI-D
1 x Dual-Link DVI-I
GPU 1150 MHz Core Clock
28 nm Chip
896 x Stream Processors
Video Memory 2048 MB Size
128 -bit GDDR5
6600 MHz Effective
Dimension 215(L)X106(W)X35(H) mm Size.
2 x slot
Software Driver CD
SAPPHIRE TriXX Utility
Accessory DVI to VGA Adapter
6 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable
System Requirements
PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard.
2X75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required for CrossFireX™ system.
1X75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required.
4096MBMinimum of system memory.
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive.
DVD playback requires DVD drive.
Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive.
500 Watt Power Supply is required.
600WattPower Supply is recommended for CrossFireX™ System.
There you have it guys, two of Sapphire Tech's powerful GPUs.
To learn more about Sapphire Tech and their products, visit www.sapphiretech.com, also like them at their Facebook page www.facebook.com/SapphireTechnology.
*images and specs courtesy of Sapphire Tech.
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