itreviews.com Updated: 2011-08-14 01:42:49
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Asus' new EAH6950 graphics card is based on the new AMD Radeon HD 6950 graphics chipset, married to 2GB of GDDR5 memory along with a sprinkling of factory overclocking. That's Radeon, rather than ATi Radeon, as the time has finally come for AMD to ti...
Radeon HD 6950 is significantly different to HD 6850, despite the similar name - but as things stand, the performance of this new chip isn't compelling. The contribution made by Asus to this particular package is negligible, as this is very much a refe...
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ocaholic.ch.english Updated: 2011-08-14 01:42:55
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With the EAH 6950, ASUS presents its first AMD Radeon HD 6950 based graphics card which has been equipped with 2 GByte GDDR5 memory. The successor of the very successful Radeon HD 5850 lets us all hope for another superb graphics card with an excellent...
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We've seen a lot of NVIDIA's offerings recently, especially GTX 570s. While they do rock the charts fairly well, AMD isn't one to be forgotten. The recent release of the Cayman Pro HD6950 and the Cayman XT HD6970 showed us that AMD can offer a tremend...
Price/Performance, Eyefinity, Good Cooler, Overclocking, Smart Doctor...
Loud Fan...
From what I saw the Cayman Pro equipped ASUS HD6950 performed more or less as it was meant to. Like the reference design it was able to usually outperform, or perform as well as, the GTX 480. Once overclocked the card, every once in a while, came clos...
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The AMD Radeon HD 6900 series cards are the latest in AMD's graphics card product catalogue and are their flagship cards when it comes to single GPU with the 5970 still dominating the dual-GPU market.The 6900 series are based around the Cayman GPU and off...
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Asus AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series features 2GB standard memory on both HD 6950 and HD 6970 graphics cards. Asus HD 6950 is an over clocked edition with a core clock speed of 810 MHz as compared to the usual 800 MHz. The card is furnished with 2GB GDDR5 me...
2GB GDDR5 Memory, -Low Temperature, -Good performance, Multi-display, -Voltage Tweak, Eyefinity support...
No full display port...
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techreaction.net Updated: 2011-08-14 01:42:46
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ASUS has sent us their version of the Radeon HD 6950 to run through the paces today. The ASUS HD 6950 2GB is factory overclocked right out of the box by 10MHz, which really is not anything to write home about, but it’s there nonetheless. ASUS does in...
Overall the ASUS HD 6950 2GB performed about where it was made to be. Some tests were a little low while some exceeded expectations. With the voltage tweak options ASUS provides, it will allow users to easily push their cards further if they decide th...
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AMD replaced the very popular HD 5850 and HD 5870 video cards with the HD 6950 and HD 6970 respectively. Based on the Cayman architecture, the HD 6970 is priced to compete with the GTX 570 while the $300 HD 6950 fills the gap that Nvidia has with the...
Dual BIOS, Cool and Quiet, Ideal for High Resolution and Multi-Display Eyefinity setups, Overall great performance in games.
Poor Value...
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These graphics cards look great, run fairly quiet, and offer some strong gaming performance out of the box, improving considerably upon the Radeon 6800 series cards. And with the voltage tweaking ability, the overclocking potential is impressive. Of the two cards, the 6950 offers better temperatures, power consumption, and gaming value. The 6970 is a strong card as well but succumbs to the GTX 57...
As we saw in testing, both the ASUS 6950 and 6970 are very capable gaming cards and will provide sufficient horsepower in modern game titles. The voltage tweaking ability is an important selling point to many enthusiasts when deciding which manufacture...
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Today AMD has launched their new AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series. The new graphics cards are based on a reworked GPU core called "Cayman" that features a new shader design called VLIW4. Read our HD 6950 Review to get an idea about the architectural changes a...
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