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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition

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Getting one of these Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

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

How many years will the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

FPS System Benchmark
71 FPS
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The Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition is released on the 03 May 2012
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Architecture
GCN 1.0 Tahiti PRO
Process
28nm
TMUs
112
Texture Rate
106 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
30 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
1792
Driver Support
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Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.4
Resolution (WxH)
4096x2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
3072 MB
Memory Speed
1250 MHz
Memory Bus
384 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
240GB/sec
L2 Cache
768KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
1
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
950 MHz
Power
Max Power
None
PSU
500 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
Radeon R9 290X
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Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 7950 Sapphire OC 3GB 950MHz Edition is a special edition of the Radeon HD 7950. See the page of the standard edition to know more about it.
The new features include a core-clock raise from 800MHz to 960MHz. A new cooling system with dual-extractor technology which is more effective and quieter is also featured.
The performance boost is around 7% when compared to standard Radeon HD 7950.


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can play game s with 4 gb card req on high?

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Will my cpu bottleneck it if I overclock it to 3ghz?

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I think it does bottleneck, but you can easily check that by using a program like MSi Afterburner to monitor its performance in a (CPU-demanding) game.

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