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Radeon_HD_6970_MSI_Edition

AMD Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition

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4

Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition GPU Variants

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0% - Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Edition

0% - Radeon HD 6970 PowerColor 2GB Edition

0% - Radeon HD 6970 Sapphire Dual Fan 2GB Edition

0% - Radeon HD 6970 HIS IceQ 2GB Edition

1% - Radeon HD 6970 Asus Edition

2% - Radeon HD 6970 XXX Edition

6% - Radeon HD 6970 Lightning Edition

A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

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 6970 MSI Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

FPS System Benchmark

53 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition is released on the 01 Dec 2010

AMD PC game performance check Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition

GPU

Architecture

Terascale 3 Cayman XT

Process

40nm

TMUs

96

Texture Rate

84 GTexel/s

ROPs

32

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

No the Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

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

Dedicated

Yes the Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition graphics card is a dedicated GPU

Integrated

No the Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Memory

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

0

DVI Connection

2

HDMI Connection

1

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

GD Official

GD Value

-

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GD RATING

GD GPU hardware score: 4

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Approved

Yes the Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition graphics card has been approved by GD Admin. Always use GD data as a guideline.

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Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 6970 MSI Edition is basically a renamed Radeon HD 6970 and part of the Radeon HD 6000 Series released by AMD in 2010/2011.
There are no relevant features nor any tweaks and so the performance is exactly like the standard version.
All demanding games, including very demanding one's like Metro 2033/The Witcher II will run on the highest settings.

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

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i7-970 6-Core 3.2GHz

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Graphics Card

Radeon RX 470 4GB

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RAM

11GB

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08:16 Sep-09-2012

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717

high end cards look amazing ! but mid range cards have a fan case and nothing else !

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11:40 Jul-01-2012

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You are one hell of a chic ;) MSI FTW!!!

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15:11 Sep-05-2012

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agreed :D

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13:07 Jun-03-2012

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726

An epic card well done MSI! =)

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00:59 Jun-04-2012

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Mine is better ;) :D :D

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13:34 Jun-04-2012

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=( but mIne is smaller! HA! =D

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13:35 Jun-04-2012

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726

and cheaper and better looking and less chunky =P

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14:00 Jun-04-2012

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Ok, ok :D :D

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15:42 Jun-04-2012

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XDD Ory 1-0 TM

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15:44 Jun-04-2012

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One of these days… I'll have you :D

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726

well that is what like 1 in 365 chance XD and that is only a year time will tell ;D

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18:01 Jun-04-2012

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Ahahahahahahhahahahahaa :D

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