Sapphire HD3870 512MB TOXIC Edition Review

Half Life II: Episode 2

Half Life 2: Episode 2 is the newest installment in Valve’s long running Half Life series and this is without a doubt the best looking game in the series. For this benchmark a typical 10 minute exterior gameplay sequence was prerecorded and then played back using the in-game timedemo feature. The results were recorded with FRAPS.


1280 x 1024



1600 x 1200



2048 x 1536


In this popular game, the Sapphire Toxic does very well even at the higher resolutions but it seems like the minor overclock does next to nothing to improve overall framerates. That being said, even a stock HD3870 is able to play this game with all the bangs and whistles turned on.