Codenamed cayman xt, the new radeon hd 6970 features 2640 million transistors, 23% more than that of the 5870. Apr 07, 2020 amd radeon hd 6950 1gb video card in crossfire page 1 we get a 1gb hd 6950 from amd and pair it with our sapphire one to see how this 1gb model goes in crossfire. The radeon hd 6950 has 1408 stream processors, 88 texture units, and still all 32 rops attached to the same 2gb of gddr5. With the radeon hd 6950 and 6970 uncovered and out in the open it became apparent that the radeon hd 6950 is bit of a weird product to position. Yes sir, the all new highend segmented radeon hd 6950 and 6970.
Keeping an eye on 2560 and 1920, not only does the 6970 start things off with a slight lead over nvidias gtx 570, but even the cheaper 6950 holds parity. Crysis on an amd radeon 6870 physics island in 1080p duration. Amds mobility radeon hd 6970 in crossfire mode forges ahead in mobile gaming with stunning full hd 3d performance. The xfx hd695xznfc radeon hd 6950 video card does what other cards can only claim. Damn that mods too bright lol i prefer deeper blacks i wish someone would make a mod that made the game darkeras in gothic dark, not brightness it does get a little crazy sometimes but you can adjust the mod to increase or decrease its brightness and well all the aspects of the mod. Apr 26, 2011 the his radeon hd 6850 iceq x turbo on the other hand averaged 36fps, some 6% faster than a standard hd 6850, 16% faster than the gtx 460, 14% slower than the gtx 560 ti and 12% slower than the hd. Crysis 2 dx11 vga and cpu performance benchmarks hence i did not even bother to purchase it. His 6950 iceq x turbo 2gb gddr5 pcie 2xdvihdmi2xmini dp. Because crysis 2 is a game a not a gpu benching tool and because of optimization issues on the amd platform from crytek, the crysis 2 game is using an abundance of unnecessary cpu usage.
Crytek provides the directx 11 patch for which weve all waited, and we. Ati radeon hd 6950 crossfirex, crysis and 3dmark11 clips. Amd radeon hd 6950 xfx 2gb edition best compatible. Crysis 3 hd very high settings on hd radeon 6950 youtube. Crysis original poor dx10 radeon 6950 crossfire scaling.
Xfx radeon hd 6950 xxx edition 1gb intel core 2 duo e7200 2x 2,53 ghz. I will bench again hd 6970 and hd 6950 when new drivers will be available because some. Amds mobility radeon hd 6970 in crossfire on eurocoms. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro, apu. Jan 31, 2011 amds mobility radeon hd 6970 in crossfire mode forges ahead in mobile gaming with stunning full hd 3d performance.
Radeon hd 5750 geforce gts 450 radeon hd 6850 geforce gtx 460 1 gb radeon hd 6950 geforce gtx 560 ti radeon hd 6970 geforce gtx 570 page 4 results with 3d vision. Crysis, is it still the hardest game on your system. Hopefully for amdatis sake, drivers updates will catapult it ahead. Au final alors quune radeon hd 6950 affiche des performances identiques a. There are many performance issues with my hd6970 trifire and crysis 2 dx11 first there is the famous tessellation issue that i dont believe it is related to a weakness in caymans architecture but rather in drivers or the game itself i just hope it is one of nvidias dirty work. I was afraid that the game wouldnt run smoothly nut it does so. Instead, im going to explain which method i used and why. Stay up to date on the latest amd radeon software releases. The system specs and build history can be read in this thread which i posted in the cpuoverclocking forum. I just build my new gaming rig, which includes a radon hd 6950 2gb. So began my weekend of running benchmarks and compiling the results. His radeon hd 6950 2gb video card in crossfire page 1 it doesnt carry the same price tag as its big brother, but packs some good performance. The core clock is set to 800mhz, while the memory clock is 1250mhz. From what i read it looks like it is the version 1.
As i found out, xfire only works when in true fullscreen mode, borderless window mode doesnt count so if you have 2 monitors then when running a game in xfire the second monitor will probably be blank and you cant move the cursor out. No fantasylooking overdone graphics here, the goal for this graphics mod is realistic visuals, inspired by the actual look of tropical islands. These results are, then, very close to what the performance indexes showed in our tests. With its dx11 update, crysis 2 had the potential to be one of the first games. A driver update to reduce radeon frame times the tech report. I was afraid that the game wouldnt run smoothly nut it does so there is o need to upgrade the graphics card. I am in the process of getting a new rig up and running. Before the 4th patch i never went below 60 fps on ultra. Sli pave the way, although the results suggest radeon hd 6950s in.
We like to run both code paths to compare performance. Very low fps on radeon r9 390 crysis general discussions. For radeon graphics and processors with radeon graphics only. Question asked by ale04 on aug 30, 2016 latest reply on aug 19, 2017 by justin6183. Amds last major update to its graphics driver package, catalyst omega, added more than 20 features and fixed more than 400 bugs for radeon owners. If you are wondering why i opted to get the 6950 over the 697.
We know this is a performancethruenthusiast segment product with the capability to run any directx 11 game at full hd resolution. Nov 22, 2011 windows 7 64bit sp1 asrock p67 extreme4 i52500k his radeon 6950 2gb h695f2g2m corsair 8 gb ram cmz8gx3m2a1600c9 samsung spinoint f3 1 tb hd10. Crysis 2, running on full settings on my gaming computer. Amds mobility radeon hd 6970 in crossfire on eurocoms panther.
Gpu perfstudio is a freely available tool for radeon graphics cards, and. Crysis 2 seems to have been as well optimised for the geforces as the radeons. Hi guys i have two 3870 in crossfire with a q6600 and im having trouble with crysis im on vista 64 if i go to the game explorer right click on the crysis. For use with systems running microsoft windows 7 or 10 and equipped with amd radeon discrete desktop graphics, mobile graphics, or amd processors with radeon graphics. The crysis comparison seems particularly apt here, as our rankings closely mirror crysis.
You can click on the buttons to switch between the. Its graphically breathtaking, and can bring any system crashing to its knees. Buy sapphire radeon hd 6950 directx 11 1003122sr 2gb 256bit gddr5 pci express 2. I have a radeon 6990 1400, and a 1090t at 4ghz and i still get only 60% usage in c2. Crysis 2 getting dx11 patch march 28th crysis 2 giant bomb. And i see my problem in windows 7, in both crysis and crysis warhead my first 6970 is running at full speed but the second card is at 2d mode, 250mhz core. Feb 28, 2011 and i see my problem in windows 7, in both crysis and crysis warhead my first 6970 is running at full speed but the second card is at 2d mode, 250mhz core. Radeon hd 6950 in crossfirex a second card requires you to add another 160 watts. Codenamed cayman xt, the new radeon hd 6970 features 2640 million transistors, 23% more than that.
The his radeon hd 6850 iceq x turbo on the other hand averaged 36fps, some 6% faster than a standard hd 6850, 16% faster than the gtx 460, 14% slower than the gtx 560 ti. Same with fc2, i guess i should count myself lucky, many people have complained about crytek engine. Above are plots of the frame rendering times for each card throughout one of our five test runs. Amd radeon hd 6950 xfx 2gb edition best compatible radeon. I have a sapphire radeon hd 6950 2gb 256bit gddr5 and can play ultra with no lose on framerate. Xfx radeon hd 6950 xxx edition 1gb intel core 2 duo e7200 2x 2,53 ghz 750w psu. So crysis is saying mgpu in the console info but i can see why crossfire is slower than one card now.
The second patch for cryteks highlyacclaimed crysis is now available. The radeon hd 6950 xfx 2gb edition is clocked at 800 mhz. If that is the case, it makes total sense why they used 10. Jul 12, 20 using my 6970s in crysis 3, i get artifacts if i set object detail to very high. But can it stand up to nvidias highend geforce gtx 470m and 480m in. Amd radeon hd 6950 1gb video card in crossfire tweaktown. Ati radeon 9800 pro radeon x800 pro for vista or greater. Crysis 2 launched as a directx 9 game, but directx 11 support was added later through a patch. Feb 21, 2011 its that you should buy a radeon hd 6950 and unlock the extra shaders to turn it into a radeon hd 6970.
His radeon hd 6950 2gb video card in crossfire tweaktown. The truth behind unlocking the amd radeon hd 6950 guru3d. Ive checked furmark, occtp, lost planet 2 test, 3dmark11, battlefield 3, crysis 2, in all of those examples difference was at around 2 fps and at around 150 points difference in 3dmark11. This seems to be skyrimexclusive problems as all my other games run around 60 fps maxed out. Unlocking the hd 6950 2gb im not going to go into detail on how to unlock the hd 6950 as there are many threads on this subject already. The truth behind unlocking the amd radeon hd 6950 guru3d forums. Download and run directly onto the system you want to update. In your case if the 6950 has been flashed succesfully to a 6970 then it shouldnt really make much difference.
With all the hype surrounding the radeon hd 6950 s unlocking ability, i wanted to find out how much of a difference unlocking the extra shaders really makes. Tdp is 200w, while idle power is the same as with the 6970 at 20w. Mar 05, 2012 hd 7870 easily trumps the radeon hd 6970 and takes its nowcustomary position between nvidias geforce gtx 580 and gtx 570. Added mod loader to main menuincreased damage of most playerfired weapons and decreased damage of most aifired weaponsadded auto team balanceadded grenade indicator for enemy and friendly teamadded. Only crysis and metro 2033 will stutter in the highest detail settings at. Crysis warhead gameplay 1 gigabyte hd 6950 2gb gddr5. Apr 07, 2020 his radeon hd 6950 2gb video card in crossfire page 1 it doesnt carry the same price tag as its big brother, but packs some good performance. So i was swapping bios quite a few times testing, checking temperatures and again 6950 with modded bios at the same clocks was faster. However, with my amd system, i get the black screen, not responding in task manager and the following in event viewer. Apr 26, 2011 radeon hd 6950 in crossfirex a second card requires you to add another 160 watts. Now i was playing the game on veryhigh dx10 using the regular exe and in the begining of the game both cards work. Mar 19, 20 just decided to do this small video about crysis 3 running on a hd radeon 6950. Jan 19, 2012 page 1 of 2 low fps with amd radeon hd 6950.
Amd radeon hd 6950 1gb video card in crossfire page 1 we get a 1gb hd 6950 from amd and pair it with our sapphire one to see how this 1gb model goes in crossfire. The 6970 takes a small lead over the gtx 570, while the 6950 rides shotgun with the gtx 570. Crysis 2 dx11 vga and cpu performance benchmarks graphics. Just decided to do this small video about crysis 3 running on a hd radeon 6950. Sapphire radeon hd 6950 directx 11 1003122sr 2gb 256bit. Dec 28, 2010 if you are wondering why i opted to get the 6950 over the 697. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro. Apart from that, the game runs great, smooth animation, accurate firefights etc, and very stable even when taskswitching on dual screen, no crashes, bugs etc. Crysis warhead is one of the most graphically intensive games on the mainstream market. Dec 15, 2010 the crysis comparison seems particularly apt here, as our rankings closely mirror crysis.
Crysis 2 is the best directx 11 implementation yet crysis 2 goes. It aims to eliminate loopholes in the code, which could lead to. Amd radeon hd 6950 software unlock to radeon 6970 bios flash linus tech tips duration. Apr 06, 2011 crysis original poor dx10 radeon 6950 crossfire scaling. Radeon hd6950 having forums battlelog battlefield 3. Meanwhile, hd 7850 gives the hd 6950 a good spanking but, again, is. However, as i mentioned optomized games like battlefield 4 and crysis 3 run very nice for me at 4k. Using my 6970s in crysis 3, i get artifacts if i set object detail to very high. For some reason in windows 7 i cant get the 2nd card to throttle up in crossfire. However a week and a half ago crytek released a new 1. Xfx hd695xznfc radeon hd 6950 video card 1gb, gddr5. The amd mobility radeon hd 6950m or sometimes called ati.
Check out our newest blog to learn about the latest updates to radeon software. As the title suggest, my two msi r6950 twin frozr iiis are not scaling as well as. Brand new time of day for every level that needed it which is most of them, plus many other tweaks to improve view distance, balance hdr and ssao, improve colors, maximize. I was afraid that the game wouldnt run smoothly nut it. Windows 7 64bit sp1 asrock p67 extreme4 i52500k his radeon 6950 2gb h695f2g2m corsair 8 gb ram cmz8gx3m2a1600c9 samsung spinoint f3 1 tb hd10. For the record, i am using a amd radeon hd 6950 with catalyst 12. The intel next unit of computing nuc is a super small, super cool, pc. Its that way no matter what drivers ive ever tried with my 6970s. Crysis and crysis warhead plays greatr on my intel system.
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