Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SRbest
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List Price : $314.99 Price : $279.99
List Price : $314.99 Price : $279.99
Product Description
The SAPPHIRE HD 6950 Dirt3 Special Edition is a new SAPPHIRE original model with a special cooler using a new dual fan configuration. Based on the latest high end AMD GPU architecture, it boasts true DX 11 capability and the powerful configuration of 1408 stream processors and 88 texture processing units. With its clock speed of 800MHz for the core and 2GB of the latest GDDR5 memory running at 1250Mhz (5 Gb/sec effective), this model speeds through even the most demanding applications for a smooth and detail packed experience.A Dual BIOS feature allows enthusiasts to experiment with alternative BIOS settings and performance can be further enhanced with the SAPPHIRE overclocking tool, TriXX, available as a free download from...
- 1xDisplayPort
- 1xDual-Link DVI-I
- 1xSingle-Link DVI-D1xDisplayPort
- 1xHDMI 1.4a
- DisplayPort 1.2
Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR Reviews
Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR Reviews
| 26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:  Great 6950 card, By Mike The Guy "Crazy Jiggle" (Minneapolis Mn) - See all my reviews This review is from: Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR (Personal Computers) I did a lot of research before deciding on this card. The main things that made me decide to buy it were; 1. High quality components. This card is not a cheap version of a 6950, it is a solid card with Japanese made capacitors (the best) and great construction. 2. Quiet! This card is 100% quieter than my last card, a 4890. My wife loves it that my computer cannot be heard in the other room now! 3. Cool! This card runs extremely cool. The two fan configuration does an excellent job keeping it cool (and is also the reason it's so quiet, the fans can run at a lower rpm and still provide more cooling than a single fan). 4. Fast fast fast. This card, while not a reference design (for unlocking shaders) is still a very fast card. It blows away every game I throw at it, and I can FINALLY run crysis at max settings! One thing to remember about reference vs. non-reference cards is that when you unlock the shaders, you only get... Read more 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: Best bang for the buck out there right now, By Lockjaw (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR (Personal Computers) After tons of research and analyzing benchmarks, I decided to go with a 6950. Deciding to go with the 2GB card was an easy choice, as its a "future proof" of sorts...the extra 1GB of vram might not be too noticeable in benchmarks right now, but may be in the future. Also the extra vram will definitely be a factor if you're running at high resolutions (1920x1080 +), the benchmarks will back that up. This card nips at the heels of the nvidia gtx 570 in benchmarks and is about $100 cheaper. The price to performance ratio is superb. Deciding on the Sapphire Dirt 3 Ed. of the card was also an easy choice. Sapphire is a quality manufacturer that I've had very good experiences with in the past. This card is well made, with Japanese capacitors and a solid frame. The two fans and thick heatsink pipes keep this baby very cool- I get about 30C at idle and 50-60C under load while playing Bad Company 2 for long periods of time at max settings. It also doesn't hurt that the... Read more 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: 100312-3SR, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR (Personal Computers) Pros; -the non-ref 6950 Dirt 3 ed. runs modern games with ease -easy to overclock with the free Sapphire TRIXX program -stays really cool (just like another reviewer comfirmed) -32c on idle; doing nothing, 40~45c web browsing on ff5, ~69c max load after an hour or so of bad company 2, cod4, metro, ect. data was taken from trixx gadget on windows 7's sidebar -2gb gddr5 memory helps with aa and high-res gaming -free Dirt 3 steam voucher included -dual bios switch for those nasty bios-flashing mishaps. although defeats the bios flashing purpose because amd laser cut the extra 6970 shaders. -hdmi cable (i think 1.4a), dvi-to-vga adapter, sapphire sticker, driver disc, crossfire bridge, and two 4-pin psu to pci-e adapters are included; standard with sapphire video cards i guess -very quiet; so quiet, i thought i had to rma because of the fan -voucher to join the Sapphire Select Club included -2 year warranty with... Read more |
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