Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1GB Vapor-X Video Card @ TweakTown and DriverHeaven

[Lupine]

To say we were happy with the HD 5870 Vapor-X model from Sapphire would be a bit of an understatement, its fancy new cooling and small bumps in core and memory clocks made it a great card.

At the same time the HD 5870 Vapor-X was launched, the new mid range HD 5750 was released into the same series. While we're not expecting the same "WOW" factor from the HD 5750, we expect this model to carry with it better cooling numbers compared to the standard HD 5750. This shouldn't be too hard, though, since the main emphasis on the Vapor-X series is the cooling.

Source: TweakTown.com

Today we have the latest model in the Vapor-X family on our test bench, the 5750. We will be taking a look at how it compares to the reference model in areas such as thermal performance, overclocking, GPU computing and real world gameplay. Can the Vapor-X 5750 live up to the reputation of the previous models?

Source: DriverHeaven.net

[erple2]

Are there any pieces of hardware these days that don't get very high marks? I've noticed this as a trend in reviews...

I suppose that the reviewer still has to take into consideration the market that the piece of hardware is (realistically) targeting, and how well the hardware performs for that market.