XFX HD6950 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:57:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png XFX HD6950 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 XFX HD6950 DD, HD6870 DD and HD6790 DD Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-hd6950-dd-hd6870-dd-and-hd6790-dd-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-hd6950-dd-hd6870-dd-and-hd6790-dd-review/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:41:05 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=63144 Today we are looking at three new cards from XFX which feature their latest ‘DD' cooling system. Before you all jump to wrong conclusions, it actually stands for ‘Double Dissipation' – a dual fan system with 3 direct contact copper heatpipes. XFX claim record low temperatures and equally impressive noise emissions. Are the HD6950 DD, …

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Today we are looking at three new cards from XFX which feature their latest ‘DD' cooling system. Before you all jump to wrong conclusions, it actually stands for ‘Double Dissipation' – a dual fan system with 3 direct contact copper heatpipes. XFX claim record low temperatures and equally impressive noise emissions. Are the HD6950 DD, HD6870 DD and HD6790 DD really as good as they say?

There is no doubt that AMD make some great graphics cards, but when it comes to creating a decent, quiet cooling system they really struggle – I have no idea why they continue to use those tiny, high spinning red fans, but it certainly opens up the market for their partners.

XFX have already released a few graphics cards with dual fan cooling system, but they have tweaked the designs and released a new range under the ‘DD' banner. Knowing the guys in XFX as well as I do, the sexual connotations are surely intentional.

We have three of the new cards up for test today.

The high end XFX HD6950 DD which retails for £229.99 inc vat

The mainstream performance XFX HD6870 DD which retails for £137 inc vat.

The budget gaming XFX HD6790 DD which retails for £116 inc vat.

Today we will slot them into a high end system and measure their relative performance. Are they worth the dosh?

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XFX HD6950 XXX Edition Review – dual fan overclocked https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-hd6950-xxx-edition-review-dual-fan-overclocked/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-hd6950-xxx-edition-review-dual-fan-overclocked/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:44:38 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=34211 The latest card to get the ‘special' treatment from XFX is the HD6950 XXX Edition which is not only supplied with higher than reference clocks, but a dual fan, customised cooler design. Is this one of the best HD6950's that money can buy? Today we will find out. When compared against the reference edition, the …

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The latest card to get the ‘special' treatment from XFX is the HD6950 XXX Edition which is not only supplied with higher than reference clocks, but a dual fan, customised cooler design. Is this one of the best HD6950's that money can buy? Today we will find out.

When compared against the reference edition, the XFX HD6950 XXX is supplied with a 30mhz core clock increase, from 800mhz to 830mhz. GDDR5 memory is also enhanced from 5.0Gbps to 5.2Gbps.

We are pleased to see that this time the card also has a customised two fan cooler, unlike the rather disappointing HD6970 Black Edition we reviewed last week.

Product XFX HD6950 XXX Edition
AMD HD6950
Core Clock speed
830mhz
800mhz
Primitive Rate
2 prim/clk
2 prim/clk
Shader Architecture
VLIW4
VLIW4
Stream Processors
22 SIMD/1408 ALU
22 SIMD/1408 ALU
Texture Units 88 88
ROPs/Z-Stencil 32/128 32/128
Frame Buffer 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5
Memory Width/Speed 256bit, 5.2 Gbps 256bit, 5.0 Gbps
Power Connectors 6 pin & 6 pin 6 pin & 6 pin
Display Outputs 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI
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XFX HD6970 3-way CFx & HD6950 CFx review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-hd6970-3-way-cfx-hd6950-cfx-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/xfx-hd6970-3-way-cfx-hd6950-cfx-review/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:13 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=26327 Ready for eye popping frame rates? This review today might just be the answer to your pre-Christmas hangover. We put AMD's latest and greatest through their paces in a variety of multiple card configurations. While AMD's 6800 series included solid products, the re-naming strategy confused many enthusiast users. AMD effectively moved its product stack down …

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Ready for eye popping frame rates? This review today might just be the answer to your pre-Christmas hangover. We put AMD's latest and greatest through their paces in a variety of multiple card configurations.

While AMD's 6800 series included solid products, the re-naming strategy confused many enthusiast users. AMD effectively moved its product stack down one, and it caught a lot of people out. Then there were the price wobbles around launch time.

You've got to admire XFX's marketing drive, they sent KitGuru three HD 6970's and two HD6950's. We will put these into an ultra high end system and give them a jolly good thrashing – why? To help you guys make educated judgements as to whether these cards should be on your shortlist for a system upgrade.

Product XFX HD6970
XFX HD6950
Core Clock speed 880mhz
800mhz
Primitive Rate
2 prim/clk
2 prim/clk
Shader Architecture
VLIW4
VLIW4
Stream Processors
24 SIMD/1536 ALU
22 SIMD/1408 ALU
Texture Units 96 88
ROPs/Z-Stencil 32/128 32/128
Frame Buffer 2GB GDDR5 2GB GDDR5
Memory Width/Speed 256 bit, 5.5 Gbps 256bit, 5.0 Gbps
Power Connectors 8 pin & 6 pin 6 pin & 6 pin
Display Outputs 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI
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