Sapphire HD 6950 Video Card Review (with CrossFire Results)

Overclockers.com · 05-30-11, 10:16 AM

In my initial AMD HD 6950 review, the card came out a huge winner in both performance and value. What good is another review of the same product? Well, the Sapphire HD 6950 is still a reference card (unlike the discontinued PowerColor PCS++ HD 6950), but this card is from a later batch and built by Sapphire, which means we could be in for significant gains in overclocking potential. Plus, with two cards in hand, we can explore the powerful CrossFire scaling abilities of AMD's latest 6900 series GPUs.

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jd101 · 06-13-11, 03:53 AM

was the 3DMark Vantage (the one comparing 570 a overall score or just gpu score) ?

Artas1984 · 06-14-11, 12:08 AM

I have to say something about CrossFire scaling in AVP: when i had two HD4870 cards, i remember CF being negative in that game, scaling was some -50%. Looks like they fixed it now.

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Overclockers.com Join Date: Nov 1998	Sapphire HD 6950 Video Card Review (with CrossFire Results) In my initial AMD HD 6950 review, the card came out a huge winner in both performance and value. What good is another review of the same product? Well, the Sapphire HD 6950 is still a reference card (unlike the discontinued PowerColor PCS++ HD 6950), but this card is from a later batch and built by Sapphire, which means we could be in for significant gains in overclocking potential. Plus, with two cards in hand, we can explore the powerful CrossFire scaling abilities of AMD's latest 6900 series GPUs. ... Return to article to continue reading.
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jd101 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: westmidlands	was the 3DMark Vantage (the one comparing 570 a overall score or just gpu score) ? __________________ i7 870 @ 4000ghz + corsair h80 8gb Corsair Vengeance 1866 sapphire 7970 3gb cx600 new rig i7 3770k + h80 rog gene v z77 16gb vengeance 1866 ax750 128 ssd veterx 4 hd 7970 in a midgard 2 case
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Artas1984 Disabled Join Date: Sep 2009	I have to say something about CrossFire scaling in AVP: when i had two HD4870 cards, i remember CF being negative in that game, scaling was some -50%. Looks like they fixed it now.
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