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What cards are outside the Sapphire HD 7850 2GB OC?

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Owen Barnes

Updated on March 05, 2026

What cards are outside the Sapphire HD 7850 2GB OC?

In our graphs today we’ve got a number of cards outside the Sapphire HD 7850 2GB OC which include the HIS HD 7850 2GB that we overclocked the other day to 895MHz on the core and 5060MHz QDR on the 2GB of GDDR5. Alongside those two cards we’ve got the reference clocked HD 7870, HD 7950 and HD 7970 to round out the AMD side of things.

How does the Sapphire HD 7850 stay cool?

Looking at the video card itself you can see even though the HD 7850 isn’t a huge card, Sapphire has managed to apply a really mean looking dual fan cooling solution. You can see we’ve got a large aluminum heatsink covering it and also a couple of copper heatpipes to help make sure it stays as cool as possible.

Is the AMD Radeon HD 7850 A good card?

AMD’s Radeon HD 7850 hasn’t shined as bright as some of the other HD 7000 series video cards we’ve looked at from AMD. We saw the HD 7870, HD 7950, HD 7970 really shine with some awesome numbers and great overclocking results, while the HD 7750 and HD 7770 were both priced too high in our opinion.

What is 3DMark 11?

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark. Designed to measure your PC’s gaming performance 3DMark 11 makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

What kind of GPU is the Sapphire HD 7800?

The new SAPPHIRE HD 7800 series of graphics cards is based on the third family of GPU’s from AMD built in its new 28nm process and featuring the highly acclaimed GCN graphics processing architecture.

What is the Sapphire 100355-1gocl VGA card?

Based on the highly acclaimed 28nm GCN architecture, the SAPPHIRE 100355-1GOCL VGA card is built around 1024 Stream Processors and 1GB/256bit GDDR5 memory, delivering reality-redefining DirectX performance in your favorite FPS, RTS, MMORPG and RACING titles.