14 Oct 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 6950 Sapphire 2GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

How many years will the Radeon HD 6950 Sapphire 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 6950 Sapphire 2GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon HD 6950 Sapphire 2GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 6950 Sapphire 2GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 240% better and can meet 825 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB which is 177% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 759 games from the most demanding games today.