14 DAY TRIAL // You'd think that an overclocked graphics card would have a faster than normal graphics processing unit clock, but that's not the case for the Sapphire Radeon R5 230 series.
The Radeon R5 230 FleX has some clock tweaking, sure, but not for the GPU. The Caicos graphics processing unit still runs at 625 MHz. It's the memory that goes faster than normal.
AMD made the R5 230 with DDR3 1066 MHz DRAM. Sapphire opted to push it faster though, to 1600 MHz.
That's the only reason the card stands out though. Well, that and the fact that 2 GB of DDR3 are used instead of one. And I suppose that the triple-DVI Eyefinity is interesting too: two monitors through DVI ports, one through HDMI via included passive adapter.
The other two boards are almost identical, but one has 2 GB of memory, while the other has one.
All boards have 160 stream processors and three video outputs: DVI, VGA and HDMI.
Obviously, Sapphire intends for these things to be used in HTPCs (home-theater personal computers) and, maybe, nettops. And, of course, DIY mini PCs. Can't forget those.
Like the other R5 230 series adapters coming out, the prices of the Sapphire Radeon R5 230 series video cards should be of around $50 / €50.
