AMD has made very nice performance Graphics Cards and they are really stylih as well.Today we review An AMD 6000 sries GPU which is AMD HD 6950.Radeon HD 6900 Series which delivers high-end 3D performance based around the new Cayman GPU. The new Series boasts improvements in power consumption while increasing performance over last generation. Most noteworthy, however, is the possibility to unlock a Radeon HD 6950 into a HD 6970 by a simple BIOS flash.some impressive performance improvements over the previous AMD generation, the combination of a relatively high price and the fact it still loses out speed-wise compared with the similarly-priced Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 means it can't be recommended over the competition.The Cayman GPU, which powers both the Radeon HD 6970 and the Radeon HD 6950, has been fairly heavily delayed since its proposed launch some months ago.We were expecting big things from it we've become about its final performance.Like AMD, we were hoping for a single-GPU graphics king in the HD 6970, but the advanced launch of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580 scuppered that, and the GTX 570 has only hammered more nails into the top-end AMD card's coffin.
The other difficulty for the Radeon HD 6970, and the reason it failed to garner a particularly good review score, is the fact it was released alongside this very card we're looking at here.
Tech Specification:
GENERAL
Graphics Engine: AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6950
GPU Clock: 800 MHz
Shader: Shader Version 5
Processors and Cores: 1408 Stream Processor
Bus Standard: PCI Express 2.1 x16
Model ID: Radeon HD6950
Power Supply Required: 500 W
MEMORY
Memory: 256-bit, 2 GB GDDR5 Memory with 1250 MHz
Memory Bandwidth: 5 GB/sec
DISPLAY
Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital), 2048 x 1536 (Analog)
TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTED
Graphics Technologies Supported: Microsoft DirectX v11, Open GL Optimization v4.1, AMD CrossFireX supported
3D Support: Yes support
CONNECTIVITY
DVI and HDMI Interface: Yes x Dual Link DVI Out, 1 x HDMI Output Out, DVI to VGA Adapter
Mini HDMI: 1 x Mini HDMI Output
Other Interface: 1 x Mini Display Port Out, 1 x DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D, Mini Display Port
HD Content Support: HDCP Support
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
INCLUDED TECHNOLOGIES
Software Included: Driver CD
Other Technologies: ATI Stream Technology, ATI Eyefinity Technology, VGA Output Via Adapter, DisplayPort Resolution: 2560 x 1600, HDMI Resolution: 1920 x 1200, Scalable Geometry Processing Technology, HDR Texture Compression, Adaptive Anti-aliasing, Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing, UVD 3 Dedicated Video Playback Accelerator, AMD HD3D Technology
DIMENSIONS
Dimensions: 275 x 111.2 x 38 mm
OTHER FEATURES
Additional Features: ATI Stream Technology, ATI Eyefinity Technology, VGA Output Via Adapter, DisplayPort Resolution: 2560 x 1600, HDMI Resolution: 1920 x 1200, Scalable Geometry Processing Technology, HDR Texture Compression, Adaptive Anti-aliasing, Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing, UVD 3 Dedicated Video Playback Accelerator, AMD HD3D Technology
so lets take a look @ BenchMarks results....
- Performance is bit decent.
- Cheaper than HD 6970.
- Nice Design and Stylish.
- A good option instead of 6970 as performance is almost similar.
- It was a nice card but not faster than current generation.
- High power Consumption.
- Temp is a bit High.
