Testing a video card isn't a 5 minute job. To be honest, it's not even a 5 hour job or a 1 day job. From the minute a video card arrives ‘till the moment I can send it off to my editor, many, many hours are put into the review; everything from photography to benchmarking.

The HD 5970 TOXIC 4GB from Sapphire today is getting a preview; this is something we tend to only do with cards that we look at in Taiwan or at a trade show. The reason we’re doing it for this model is that it deserves it! – There’s only four samples released worldwide right now and we want to bring you some information as soon as possible.