Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 Ultimate Review - PAGE 1

AMD's Radeon HD 7750 may not be the most powerful graphics card on the market, and for the most part its performance is only marginally better than the previous generation HD 6750. However, what the HD 7750 lacks in sheer gaming power, it makes up for in performance-per-watt, as this model is currently the fastest graphics card that can run under 75 watts. Additionally, the HD 7750 comes with all the features of the Graphics Core Next architecture, which gives this card excellent computation performance and a robust feature-set, all in a relatively small form factor.

Since the power consumption is below 75 watts, the core does not require a beefy thermal solution as is the case with the higher-end Radeon cards. This allows manufacturers to easily customize the heatsink to either improve the thermal performance or reduce the noise level during operation. The Sapphire HD 7750 we are examining here definitely takes the latter approach, as Sapphire has increased the size of the fin stack and went with a passively cooled heatsink design. So, the Sapphire HD 7750 Ultimate heatsink should still adequately cool the core while creating absolutely no noise while the card is running.