Final thoughts and rating
Sapphire has recognised that the mid-range Radeon HD 6670 1GB GPU provides a solid platform on which to base a fanless card around. Now shipping with a revised cooling solution and equipped with full HD 6670 speeds, the Sapphire Ultimate version makes a lot of sense if you're partial to near-silent computing.
Set to retail for a £10 premium over an actively-cooled model that's otherwise identical with respect to technical specifications, the £85 Ultimate provides enough oomph for gaming at a full-HD resolution, albeit with medium-quality settings, while AMD's UVD 3.0 video-processing comes in handy when turning attention to multimedia tasks.
In a perfect world we'd like it to be cooled by a single-slot heatsink, like the HD 6570 Ultimate, making it suitable for a wide range of HTPC-orientated chassis, but we believe it's a good enough package to warrant recommendation at the proposed price point. What's more, Sapphire throws in the rather spiffy DiRT 3 right now, thereby reducing the effective cost of the package if Codemaster's latest title whets your appetite.
The Good
Silent
Excellent multimedia credentials
DiRT 3 is bundled
The Bad
Kind of obvious, but more gaming perf is available for same money
HEXUS Rating
Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Ultimate 1GB
HEXUS Awards
Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Ultimate 1GB
HEXUS Where2Buy
TBC.
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