Sapphire R7 250 Ultimate Passive 1GB GDDR5 Review




/ 11 years ago

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A Closer Look


The aesthetic design is very stylish and the elaborate heatsink design really does take centre stage.

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The top has an interesting design where the heatsink curves over behind the graphics card and above the PCI slot height. We’ve also got a blue PCB, not my favourite but each to their own.

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The heatsink also overhangs the PCB in length as well as height terms. The length is 19cm or 7.5 inches

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Here you can see in more detail the strange top heatsink, presumably this is to take advantage of heat convection inside a computer case.

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The heatsink has four 6mm heat pipes, two leave at the bottom and two leave at the top. Each feeds into a totally independent heatsink.

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The card effectively takes up three PCI slots when you consider the extrusion from the rear of the PCB. The bulky design all but rules out compact HTPC usage scenarios.

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The rear I/O has Dual Link DVI-I (VGA compatible with provided adapter), HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2 MST (Amen!). The inclusion of the DP port means 4K at 60Hz is possible – this can therefore make a great choice of card for driving 4K content, even if you won’t be able to make a compact HTPC to use it.

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