AMD Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition

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

Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

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

How many years will the Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

FPS System Benchmark

45 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition is released on the 14 Dec 2010

AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition

GPU

Architecture

Terascale 3 Cayman Pro

Process

40nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

70 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

26 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 XFX 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

1250 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

160GB/sec

L2 Cache

512KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

800 MHz

Power

Max Power

200 Watts

PSU

500 Watt & 30 Amps

Power Connector

2x 6-pin

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 XFX 2GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
Radeon HD 6950 XFX 2GB Edition is a Special Edition of AMD's High-End Radeon HD 6950, created by Sapphire.

Overclock: Central Unit
None.

Overclock: Memory Clock
None.

Frame Buffer
Untouched.

Cooling Solution
Untouched.

Performance
Benchmarks Indicate no Performance Boost over the Reference Radeon HD 6950.

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CPU

Core i5-9400T 6-Core 1.8GHz

Graphics Card

GeForce GTX 780 Ti

151%

RAM

11GB

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CPU

Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 660 Ti WindForce 2X OC Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone SE 64GB

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