The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Vapor
The Sapphire HD 4850 Vapor also uses a custom cooler design in order to differentiate itself from the swath of HD 4850 offerings on the market. 

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The larger fan on the Vapor cooler allows it to spin slower, and thus, remain quiet.  The clock speeds on the Sapphire card remain at reference speeds: 625 MHz core clock and 1996 MHz GDDR3 memory speed.

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The back of the card is again bare – nothing to see here.

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The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Vapor supports CrossFire configurations with up to four total GPUs – if your budget and motherboard can support the extra cards. 

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The external connectors on the Vapor card include a VGA output, dual-link DVI output and HDMI output that supports audio output with the integrated audio codec on the GPU.

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Just like the ASUS GTS 250 DK card, the Sapphire HD 4850 Vapor requires a single 6-pin PCIe power connection.

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Inside the box with the Sapphire card are a power adaptor, CrossFire connections and a host of software including 3DMark Vantage and PowerDVD.

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