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Sapphire HD 3870 Toxic Review
Packaging & Contents »Introduction
Sapphire's HD 3870 Toxic is very similar to the HD 3870 Atomic Edition that we reviewed here. It comes however without all the included bling like metal case and CCFL and the clocks are also slightly lower with 800/1152 vs. 825/1200 on the Atomic. This moves allows a bigger audience to benefit from the Vapor-X cooling technology because not everybody wants to spend an extra 100 bucks for the Atomic Edition.
| Radeon HD 2600 XT | GeForce 8600 GTS | Radeon HD 3850 | Radeon HD 3870 | HD 3870 Toxic | GeForce 9600 GT | GeForce 8800 GTS | GeForce 8800 GT | GeForce 8800 GTS | Radeon HD 2900 XT | GeForce 8800 GTX | GeForce 8800 Ultra | |
| Shader units | 120 | 32 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 64 | 96 | 112 | 128 | 320 | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 4 x2 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 x2 | 24 | 24 |
| GPU | RV630 | G84 | RV670 | RV670 | RV670 | G94 | G80 | G92 | G92 | R600 | G80 | G80 |
| Transistors | 390M | 289M | 666M | 666M | 666M | 505M | 681M | 754M | 754M | 700M | 681M | 681M |
| Memory Size | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 320 MB 640 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 768 MB | 768 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 320 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 512 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Core Clock | 800 MHz | 675 MHz | 670 MHz | 777 MHz | 800 MHz | 650 MHz | 500 MHz | 600 MHz | 650 MHz | 742 MHz | 575 MHz | 612 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1100 MHz | 1000 MHz | 828 MHz | 1126 MHz | 1152 MHz | 900 MHz | 800 MHz | 900 MHz | 970 MHz | 825 MHz | 900 MHz | 1080 MHz |
| Price | $90 | $110 | $170 | $190 | $229 | $200 | $260 $350 | $215 | $289 | $299 | $439 | $650 |