Review AMD Radeon HD 6950 – The Feature-rich, High-end Performer

Testing Platform

We used the following hardware combination in our performance test. Scores from other graphics cards are also included in the final charts for comparison purposes.

• Processor : Intel Core i7 930 @4 GHz (200×20)
• Motherboard : Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
• Graphics cards : AMD Radeon HD 6950; HD 6870; 2x HD 6850 for Crossfire; HD 5870; HD 5850; NVIDIA GTX 570; GTX 480; GTX 470; 2x GTS 450 for SLI
• Memory : 3×1GB Kingston KHX16000D3T1K3/3GX
• Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB HDD(32 MB Cache)
• Power Supply Unit: Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt
• HSF : Gelid Tranquilo
• Monitor : Philips 221E
• Input Devices : Genius (Keyboard and Mouse)
• OS : Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
• Driver : Catalyst 10.11 (8.796.2); Forceware 263.09; Forceware 262.99

Test Results

First Person Shooter Games

Alien VS Predator

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Texture Quality-Very High; Shadow Quality-High; SSAO-On; AF x16; No-MSAA

Crysis Warhead (Ambush Map)

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 10; Enthusiast Mode; No-AA

Metro 2033

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Very High; Advance DOF; No-Advance PhysX; AF x16; MSAA x4

Third Person Action/Shooter Games

Batman Arkham Asylum

Setting : 1920×1080; Quality Preset-Very High; PhysX Off; No-AA

Just Cause 2

Setting : 1920×1080; Maximum Quality (Very High); AF x16; AA x4

Lost Planet 2

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 9; DirectX 11; Motion Blur-On; Shadow Detail-High; Texture Detail-High; Rendering Level-High

Resident Evil 5

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 10; High Quality; Motion Blur-On; No-AA