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Things are sure getting crowded out there in the graphics world, with a card hitting just about every price point. Basically no matter what spare change you've got rattling around in your pocket there's a card available for that exact number.Down to the p...
Incredibly cool, Still quick...
Pricey, No dual-BIOS switch...
ABOUT THE AUTHORDave JamesComponents EditorDave (Twitter) is the components editor for TechRadar and has been professionally testing, tweaking, overclocking and b0rking all kinds of computer-related gubbins since 2006. Dave is also an avid gamer, with a l...
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It feels like it's been ages since I've tested a video card. Unfortunately I was then quick to realize that it's only been a little over a week, and became concerned that 10 days felt like an eternity. To get back into the swing of things, though...
The HD 6950 Twin Frozr II shows us why we love this series so much. Not only does it run a lot cooler than the reference designed AMD offering, but it's also a little quieter. To be cooler is great, but to be cooler while also being slightly quieter...
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AMD recently launched their Cayman boards, aka the HD 6900 series, and while I was impressed with the highest end model, the HD 6950 was something I was particularly looking forward to. This was mainly because AMD themselves are targeting this card to...
Brilliant overclocking, Very cool and quiet...
Slight buzzing noise while running under full load...
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MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II/OC features a similarly quiet and efficient cooler and is probably as interesting for overclockers.
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Last year I reviewed the MSI HD 5770 HAWK video card, and I came away impressed by the engineering that MSI brought to the table. The card was quiet, it was efficient, it didn’t build up any significant levels of heat, and it was pretty affordable a...
The performance of the HD 6950 is well known, and with the latest Catalyst 11.4 preview drivers it nearly matches the overall performance of the older (but still quite powerful) GTX 480 from NVIDIA. For comparison's sake, the GTX 570 is about the same sp...
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It feels like it's been ages since I've tested a video card. Unfortunately I was then quick to realize that it's only been a little over a week, and became concerned that 10 days felt like an eternity. To get back into the swing of things, though...
The HD 6950 Twin Frozr II shows us why we love this series so much. Not only does it run a lot cooler than the reference designed AMD offering, but it's also a little quieter. To be cooler is great, but to be cooler while also being slightly quieter...
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The AMD 6950 was a bit of a disappointment when we first reviewed it. It didn't really inspire us in the same way that the earlier series of Radeon cards have.Of course as the second best model in their range we wouldn't expect bleeding-edge performanc...
You'd be forgiven for coming away from this review with a profound sense of "hmm that was shorter than normal". I make no apologies for it, but hopefully can at least explain why.Step into the world of metaphors for a moment. What we've got here is organi...
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Today we have a new review on the Radeon HD 6950. A series (6900) that has been received with somewhat mixed feelings. Everybody expected the overall performance to be a notch higher. Then again armed and tagged with the right price these boards can...
So yeah, another interesting product from MSI. It is certainly surprising to see what happened to MSI in the past two years, their sales increased incredibly as well as their market share here in Europe. It is a combination of many factors, a strong R&D a...
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AMD recently released their Radeon HD 6900 Series which delivers high-end 3D performance based around the new Cayman GPU. The new Series boasts improvements in power consumption while increasing performance over last generation. Most noteworthy, howeve...
Overclocked out of the box, Good overclocking potential, 2 GB video memory, Idle fan noise reduced, Native HDMI output, Support for DirectX 11...
High price, Very small overclock out of the box, Our sample could not be modded to HD 6970, High power draw in Blu-ray playback, CCC Overdrive limits too low, Power draw limiter could complicate advanced overclocking, DirectX 11 relevance limited at this...
MSI's HD 6950 Twin Frozr II is the first custom design HD 6950 card to reach our labs. Due to what seems to be a restriction from AMD side, the card comes with an overclock out of the box of only 10 MHz - such a small increase is not noticeable in actu...
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AMD recently launched their Cayman boards, aka the HD 6900 series, and while I was impressed with the highest end model, the HD 6950 was something I was particularly looking forward to. This was mainly because AMD themselves are targeting this card to...
Brilliant overclocking, Very cool and quiet...
Slight buzzing noise while running under full load...
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Then on the other hand we had the MSI HD 5870 Lightning. This was a card that had a lot of promise. This particular card had a custom PCB design with high end power circuitry, quality components, and the TwinFrozr fan design. All of this came to naught. T...
The performance of the HD 6950 is well known, and with the latest Catalyst 11.4 preview drivers it nearly matches the overall performance of the older (but still quite powerful) GTX 480 from NVIDIA. For comparison's sake, the GTX 570 is about the same sp...
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