A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

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

FPS System Benchmark

48 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition is released on the 01 Jun 2011

AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition

GPU

Architecture

Terascale 3 Cayman Pro

Process

40nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

74 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

27 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

1408

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 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

2048 MB

Memory Speed

1280 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

163.8GB/sec

L2 Cache

512KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

840 MHz

Power

Max Power

None

PSU

500 Watt

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i7-930 Quad 2.80GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

GPU Upgrade

Radeon HD 7970

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Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition is a special edition of high-end Radeon HD 6950.
This edition comes with overcloking out of the box in both core and memory clocks that were raised by 40MHz to 840MHz and by 30MHz to 1280MHz, respectively. It also features a custom cooling solution called IceQ X Cooling Technology which features a 9.2cm silent fan and 4 heatpipes making it cooler and quieter than the reference card.
Benchmarks indicate a 4% performance boost when compared to the reference card.

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Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i7-970 6-Core 3.2GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 470 4GB

106%

RAM

11GB

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