Sapphire Special Edition HD6970 and HD6950 CFx Multi Screen Review

The Special Edition Sapphire HD6970 arrives in a beautiful aluminum briefcase, very high quality we might add.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam is the focus of this Sapphire bundle with a full colour motif on both sides of the briefcase.

The bundle is very impressive. Sapphire not only supply a Displayport cable, but a miniDP converter as well. There is also literature on the product, a claim form for the Vietnam game as well as power converters if you are using an older power supply. A software disc and Crossfire cable are also included. This is the most impressive bundle we have seen so far.

The card follows the reference design, with the red fan on the right, forcing air over the PCB and out the rear of the chassis. The rear features a backplate, just like all the other cards we have looked at to date.

The HD6970 is Crossfire capable – in 2/3/4 way configurations if so desired. It requires a 6 pin and an 8 pin power connector to function correctly.

Both HD6950 and HD6970 have a new switch next to the Crossfire Connectors which enables two modes. Setting 1 is an unprotected mode for user updates and setting 2 is protected as factory default. Never has modding your video card been so user friendly.

Connectivity is strong with 2 miniDisplayport connectors being complimented by an HDMI 1.4A output and 2 DVI ports (one DL and one SL).

The cooler is a 5th generation Vapor Chamber system which AMD claim has great cooling efficiency and acoustic performance but more on this later. The 2GB memory installed on the card is Hynix H5GQ2H24MF.

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