Sapphire 5770 vapor-x; a closer look

Hey guys!

I'll be providing a closer look on a Sapphire 5770 vapor-x v.2

 The card itself.

 Heatsink and Card separated.

The famous 'Vapor-X' cooling system, looks a little simple to me (:









So here's the thing I was looking for, some T.I.M is already applied onto the GPU die. As you can see on the right side of the card there is a column of Sapphire's exclusive "Black diamond Chokes".

They are hidden inside the aluminium encasing which double as a heatsink.



Bad job Sapphire, didn't solder them in properly, but shouldn't do much.

Up close, at first I thought they were massive metal heatsinks glued on but they can't be removed unless you have a soldering iron, which I am not prepared to buy and do (:

On the top of the GPU die and the right side of it are 4 ELPIDA ram chips, there are 4 on the other side of the PCB as well. 

Adds up to a total of 125mb of RAM in each chip, sweet :)

Measured up; It turns out to be just 18cm, which is approximately 7.1 inches. That's pretty damn short! A short video card is a good thing, it doesn't cover your SATA slots and it's easier to manage.

Time to measure up the GPU dimensions.

I am wanting to watercool this monster but sadly it isn't reference design, meaning the Chokes and VRM are not in place, though they are improved they aren't reference.

So it's pretty much 45mm x 45mm, which is why it's a 45nm architecture GPU

45mm on the other side too.

I'm guessing this will be compatible with a 

Swiftech MCW80.

It's a universal waterblock so it should do fine (I hope)

I'll also have to throw in some RAM sinks, Don't need heatsinks for the Chokes and VRM as first I can't find them (LOL) and the Chokes have custom heatsinks.

This video card also has Crossfire support for dual and quad fire set-ups, pretty sweet.

Also comes with a beautiful matte black painted PCI backplate which perfectly suits the connector color, the matte black should blend perfectly with a black painted case.
Nah just kidding, I just did a little paint job (:






So there it is, the Sapphire 5770 vapor-X with a closer look.

I will post up an overclocking under-water review along with benchmarking some time later.

Thanks for looking people :)