Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 FleX Review - PAGE 1

AMD Eyefinity and Surround mutli-display setups are continuing to grow ever more popular, however with most GPU's you can't just connect any three monitors onto a card and expect Eyefinity to work. Some level of planning is required, and in most cases at least one DisplayPort connectoion must be used. Sapphire's answer to this inconvenience is the FleX line of graphics cards. Lke most cards, these are equipped with two DVI connectors. However, a third DVI monitor is also supported thanks to the Sapphire HD 7870 FleX's HDMI to DVI adapter. This makes things just a little more "FleXible" for users planning an Eyefinity setup!

Unlike the last FleX series card Neoseeker took a look at, the Sapphire HD 7870 FleX does not come with a factory overclock. Not only that, but the card's $355 price tag makes it a bit more expensive then many other factory overclocked HD 7870's. The slightly higher price really isn't necessarily a bad thing if the alternative to running an Eyefinity setup is having to shell out extra cash for additional DisplayPort monitors. The main selling point of the Sapphire HD 7870 FleX is going to be the fact that you can easily run three DVI connected monitors in an Eyefinity setup right out of the package. Well worth the price premium, if you ask me!

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