Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition Can Run PC Game System Requirements

FPS System Benchmark

64 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition

GPU

Architecture

Terascale 3 Cayman XT

Process

40nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

84 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

28 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

1536

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 11.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.3

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

2048 MB

Memory Speed

1375 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

176GB/sec

L2 Cache

512KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

880 MHz

Power

Max Power

250 Watts

PSU

550 Watt & 34 Amps

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i7-875K Quad 2.93GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

GPU Upgrade

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

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Resolution Performance
1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
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Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition is a special edition of the high-end AMD Radeon HD 6970 that features nothing new, other than a new fan. Its performance is exactly like the reference Radeon HD 6970.

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eddyman24

eddyman24's Rig
Saved at: Jul-06-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-8350

GFX

Radeon R9 280

RAM

14GB DDR3 667MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Pantech Flex P8010

eddyman24's Game Library

05:08 Apr-17-2016

This card is pretty good.. I've been rocking it for out 2 years now.. going to upgrade soon, though.

may get he R9 380

1998skatefreak

1998skatefreak's Test Rig
Saved at: May-31-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Ryzen R7 1800X

GFX

GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB

RAM

8GB DDR4 2400MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 5s 16 GB

1998skatefreak's Game Library

02:26 Nov-22-2014

can i use this with a 500 W PSU?
Also is this good for budget builds, like paired with an i3-4150/4130, or AMD x4 750K or will the cpu cause bottleneck?
Thanks in advance

Aphala

Aphala's Rig
Saved at: Jun-01-2015

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-4770 4-Core 3.4GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

3360 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 6 Plus 64GB

Aphala's Game Library

22:17 Dec-26-2014

Yes :) it's low voltage and power consumption would be good, just don't OC it :)

1998skatefreak

1998skatefreak's Test Rig
Saved at: May-31-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Ryzen R7 1800X

GFX

GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB

RAM

8GB DDR4 2400MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 5s 16 GB

1998skatefreak's Game Library

04:50 Dec-31-2014

thanks mate

Release period
01-Dec-2011

Avg. User Score GD Rating

10.0

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Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition Performance

Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

FX-9370

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 470 4GB

89%

RAM

11GB

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Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition Extras

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