With the recent release of DiRT 3 AMD announced that it would be packing the game with select video cards. Of course Sapphire’s Radeon HD 6950 was one of those cards. From a technical standpoint the Radeon HD 6950 is basically the same card as the original card we reviewed back in December, except Sapphire has improved the cooling solution. They have increased the size of the cooling surface, added 5 copper heatpipes, and finally added a second fan. All of this plus the free game makes this the definite choice when it comes to deciding which Radeon HD 6950 to get. Read on to check out our review!
Special thanks to Sapphire for providing us with the Radeon HD 6950 Dirt 3 Edition 2GB Video Card to review.
Specifications
Output
1 x Dual-Link DVI
1 x HDMI 1.4a
1 x DisplayPort
1 x Single-Link DVI-D
DisplayPort 1.2
GPU
800 MHz Core Clock
40 nm Chip
1408 x Stream Processors
Memory
2048 MB Size
256 -bit GDDR5
5000 MHz Effective
Dimension
260(L)x110(W)x35(H) mm Size.
Software
Driver CD
SAPPHIRE TriXX Utility
1 x Dirt®3 Coupon
Accessory
CrossFire™ Bridge Interconnect Cable
DVI to VGA Adapter
6 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable x 2
HDMI 1.4a high speed 1.8 meter cable(Full Retail SKU only)
Packaging
The Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 Dirt 3 Edition comes in a nice retail package, of course with the Dirt 3 logo on the front. On the back of the box is some more information about of the card.
Opening the box up everything is nicely packed inside and the card is well protected. Getting everything out you have the Radeon HD 6950 card, 2x 6pin power adapters, CrossFire bridge, DVI to VGA adapter, HDMI cable, driver CD, manual, and voucher for the Dirt 3 game.
