To say we were happy with these Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X model from Sapphire would be a bit of an understatement, its fancy new cooling and small bumps in core and memory clocks made it a great card. At the same time the Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X was launched, the new mid-range Radeon HD 5750 was released into the same series. While we are not expecting the same wow factor from the Radeon HD 5750, we expect this model to carry with it better cooling numbers compared to these standard version. This shouldn't be too hard though, since the main emphasis on the Vapor-X series is their cooling. As previously shown this does make a big difference in operating and overclocking aspects. - TweakTown

Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1GB Vapor-X Style Review

Like our Radeon HD 5870 version of the card, we have the same fancy Vapor-X package going on. Like the Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X model we looked at from Sapphire recently, the first thing we noticed is this new cooler design that the company has opted for on this board. We can see a fairly large fan sits in the middle of the card with a nice looking shroud around it. And if you look carefully behind the fan and through all the aluminum fins, you can see the giant copper heatsink that Sapphire has opted to use. This should help keep the temps down further then the standard cooler, which is the great advantage.

Having a quick look around the board, there aren't much surprises. Towards the back of the card we have our single 6-pin PCI Express connector that's required to power the model, while closer to the front we have our usual two CrossFire connectors which give us the ability to run three of these together. The Vapor-X series isn't about the raw performance numbers, instead it's about offering a card that should run either cooler, quieter or both. But with that said, it hasn't stopped Sapphire giving the model a very small bump in MHz. It's nothing major and really could hardly be called an overclock but will still give a bump in performance.

As we said before, you're simply not going to get the same wow factor out of the Radeon HD 5750 version of the Vapor-X model for the simple reason being that it's a mid-range card. No matter what a company does to these mid-range cards, it's hard to get the same excitement from it when compared to something higher end like the Radeon HD 5870. In saying that, these Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X is hardly a bad card. Already impressed with what the stock model was capable of, it's good to see a small bump in performance when comparing outright frames while at the same time getting better numbers off both the core and temperature.

If you are thinking that the Radeon HD 5750 is for you and don't mind spending the extra dollars, the Vapor-X version might be a better option. These extra few MHz on the core and memory give a small but consistent performance increase, while the new fan does an excellent job of cooling and also looking the part. And look on the bright side, Sapphire even took the time to give us a small bump in performance. Having looked at both Vapor-X models from Sapphire, we find at the moment there's a clear hole in the middle. So if you want even more performance now, you can at least know that you're buying a card that is giving better cooling.