The hd 7870 was released over a year more recently than the hd 6950, and so the hd 7870 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro, apu. Mar 21, 2012 a 7950 is at least 4060% faster than a 6950, stock to stock. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Based on 50,021 user benchmarks for the amd hd 6950 and the hd 7870, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 636 gpus. The hd 7870 xt was released over a year more recently than the hd 6950, and so the hd 7870 xt is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest. Mar 05, 2012 amds pitcairn cards will be the radeon hd 7870 ghz edition and the radeon hd 7850. Question asked by ark on nov 15, 2016 latest reply on sep 7, 2019 by luis901.
Intro the radeon hd 6970 features a gpu core speed of 880 mhz, and the 2048 mb of gddr5 memory runs at 75 mhz through a 256bit bus. It also is made up of 1536 spus, 96 taus, and 32 raster operation units. Might as well get that extra performance for the same price. Amd radeon hd 6950 software unlock to radeon 6970 bios flash linus tech tips duration. I had to patch the video driver and edit the available screen resolutions to get an option to go over the max resolution of 2560x1440. Radeon hd 6970 vs radeon hd 7850 which one techpowerup. For reference, the radeon hd 7900 series cards measure 27cm long. Hd 7950 1050 is 50% faster than hd 6970 not hd 6950. Battlefield 3, battlefield 4, bioshock infinite and 21 more. Intro the radeon hd 6950 makes use of a 40 nm design. Theyre not only faster for the money, as the plots above show.
Mar 07, 2012 the sameclocked argument can be extended to radeon hd 7870, hd 6870 and hd 5870, as well, but we reckon the budget pitcairn is of more relevance to our readers. Jul 22, 2012 in that specific game, the 7850 usually trails the gtx 560 ti and radeon hd 6950 by 12 fps. Compare all that to the radeon hd 7870 xt, which has a core clock frequency of 925 mhz and a gddr5 memory speed of 1500 mhz. Xfx radeon hd 6950 xxx graphics card radeon hd 6950 2 gb overview and full product specs on cnet. Here the hd 7850 shines, losing only to the hd 7870 in this game and matching the gtx 660 at 43. In total the hd 7850 was headtohead with the hd 6950, % faster than the hd 6870. Intro the radeon hd 6950 features a gpu core speed of 800 mhz, and the 1024 mb of gddr5 memory is set to run at 1250 mhz through a 256bit bus. The radeon hd 6950 was a performancesegment graphics card by amd, launched in december 2010. His 7870 iceq turbo 2gb gddr5 pcie dvihdmi2xmini dp 7870 iceq turbo 2gb gddr5 pcie dvihdmi2xmini dp.
What i think happened to 2 of my cards, i know that maybe its stupid to say. Interestingly, the radeon hd 6950 only proffers about 10% fewer shaders than the radeon hd 6970. The 15gpu jamboree takes in a healthy dollop of the best pc graphics cards available right now. Even if the frame rates look decent, the slower the gpu, the more pronounced youll see microstuttering during gameplay. Find out which is better and their overall performance in the graphics card ranking. The hd 7870 xt was released over a year more recently than the hd 6950, and so the hd 7870 xt is likely to have better driver support, meaning it.
The radeon hd 6950 is a card that rocks and oldschool red pcb and really takes you back to a day where cartoon characters rocked the boxes of graphics cards. However in other titles the 7850 takes a pretty good lead, and its further bolstered by having 2gb of vram, which is useful in titles like bf3 and metro 2033 which use more than 1gb of vram when running on ultra settings at 1080p and titles with. Msi radeon hd 7850 directx 11 r7850 twin frozr 2gd5oc 2gb. It features 1408 spus as well as 88 texture address units and 32 rops. Based on 52,0 user benchmarks for the amd hd 6950 and the hd 7850, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 636 gpus. The hd 7870 was released over a year more recently than the hd 6950, and so the hd 7870 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for. Make offer xfx radeon hd 6950 pcie graphics video card 1gb dvi dp hdmi 256bit hd 695xzddc msi r6950 twin frozr iii 1gd5 power editionoc video card. Amd radeon hd 6950 amd computer graphics cards for sale.
Amd radeon hd 6950 crossfire compare amd radeon hd 7870. Weve expanded the radeon set by including an hd 6850, mainly with a view of evaluating the. Based on 40,954 user benchmarks for the amd hd 6970 and the hd 7870, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 639 gpus. It also is made up of 1408 stream processors, 88 texture address units, and 32 raster operation units. It also is comprised of 1408 stream processors, 88 taus, and 32 rops. Xfx radeon hd 6950 xxx graphics card radeon hd 6950. Arkham city, we see an average of 56 fps which falls a couple of fps short of the gtx 660, and beating out a peer by. The problem seems to be amds drivers having the 4k resolution disabled for hd 6000 series cards so that they dont have to support higher resolutions than what the cards were originally specified to support. Xfx radeon hd 6950 xxx graphics card radeon hd 6950 cnet.
His 7870 iceq 2gb gddr5 pcie dvihdmi2xmini dp 7870 iceq 2gb gddr5 pcie dvihdmi2xmini dp. Feb 16, 2018 the radeon hd 6950 is a card that rocks and oldschool red pcb and really takes you back to a day where cartoon characters rocked the boxes of graphics cards. Hw bench recommends radeon hd 7970 the radeon hd 7970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used 44 combinations of games. Amd hd 6xxx series and 4k displays hardware heaven forums. A 6950 cf on the other hand would be 7090% faster than a single 6950 but with microstuttering and other problems, power draw etc. Compare all that to the radeon hd 7870, which uses a 28 nm design. Though check the card for stability first, chances are your friend has been mining with 7870 for a while now.
Only get an image after uninstalling in safe mode with the cleanup utility, and sticking with the generic windows driver. Amd radeon hd 7800 series price cuts, new game bundle inbound. Currently, it seems like cards less powerful than the radeon hd 6950 are not wellsuited for dualgpu crossfire. Were already well acquainted with amds radeon hd 7870 and 7850 graphics cards. Make offer xfx radeon hd 6950 pcie graphics video card 1gb dvi dp hdmi 256bit hd695xzddc msi r6950 twin frozr iii 1gd5 power editionoc video card. Russiansensation tuesday, august 21, 2012 link 6950 2gb were amazing cards. The radeon hd 7870 ghz edition and radeon hd 7850 are plainly more desirable than the old radeon hd 6970 and 6950. Buy msi radeon hd 7850 directx 11 r7850 twin frozr 2gd5oc 2gb 256bit gddr5 pci express 3. Now the hard part, i first have to decided what gpu to use, i know i said a hd 7870, and yes i do have but it has problems. My friend is offering me to trade my 6970 for his 7870, hes mining and the 6970 is better for it.
A 7950 is at least 4060% faster than a 6950, stock to stock. Benchmarks real world tests of radeon hd 7870 vs 6950. Amd radeon hd 7870 ghz edition previous drivers amd. His 7870 iceq 2gb gddr5 pcie dvihdmi2xmini dp driver release. The new installer will also show options for the latest available driver for your system configuration during the install process. Mar 05, 2012 the radeon hd 7870 is surprisingly compact as it measures 24cm long 9. Hi, i would like to know the best driver for my hd 7870 because i dont want the new drivers to destroy my graphics card. Its faster, and has more modern features such as vce relive and more up to date drivers. I had to rma once and visiontek were super difficult about it, i literally had to recorded the card glitching out in desktop.
Sapphire radeon hd 6950 dirt3 edition graphics card radeon hd 6950 2 gb overview and full product specs on cnet. Intro the radeon hd 6950 2gb has a gpu core clock speed of 800 mhz, and the 2048 mb of gddr5 ram runs at 1250 mhz through a 256bit bus. Ati radeon hd 6950 key features, gddr5 memory interface, pci express 2. These two new midrange cards are going to shift the dynamics in the graphics arena alright, as the entire package including performance is really. Getting out of the synthetic world and in to actual gaming results, we will start with alien vs predator. Dont bother about the 7850 as you can find 7870s for basically the same price, its a no brainer realy.
The radeon hd 7870 is surprisingly compact as it measures 24cm long 9. Why is sapphire radeon hd 7870 flex better than sapphire hd 6950. Radeon hd 6950 2gb vs radeon hd 7870 hardware compare. Amd radeon hd 7870 xt compare amd radeon hd 6950 sapphire 2gb. New advanced display settings and diagnostics page within radeon settings with better detection for hdmi cable issues and fallback for end users experiencing display issues.
The gddr5 memory works at a frequency of 1250 mhz on this particular model. Mar 28, 2012 were already well acquainted with amds radeon hd 7870 and 7850 graphics cards. If your system is not running windows 7 or 10, or for driverssoftware for other amd products such as amd radeon pro graphics, embedded graphics, chipsets, etc. Jan 24, 2018 amd radeon hd 6950 software unlock to radeon 6970 bios flash linus tech tips duration. So you should expect performance boost of at least about 50% or so going to a 7870 overclocked without cf hassles, without microstuttering. Jul 21, 20 dont bother about the 7850 as you can find 7870 s for basically the same price, its a no brainer realy. Again, it is not requiring a 7850, it requires a 7870. Performancewise, the radeon hd 6950 2gb should theoretically be a little bit better than the radeon hd 7870 in general. In contrast, the radeon hd 7850 comes armed with a roughly 25% deficit compared to radeon hd 7870. Compare those specs to the radeon hd 7870, which comes with clock speeds of mhz on the gpu, and. Amd radeon hd 6950 amd computer graphics cards for sale ebay. Sapphire radeon hd 6950 dirt3 edition graphics card. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the cayman graphics processor, in its cayman pro variant, the card supports directx 11.
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