HIS HD7950 Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 31st January 2012 | Source: HIS | Price: £355 |
Introduction
Talk about back with a bang.
Having been relatively disappointed with the performance of the HD6 series, the HD7970 was a stunner. AMD aimed squarely at the GTX580 and definitely achieved their aims.
Of course, as with all premium products, there is a heavy price-tag to pay for that performance. So far more of us have been waiting for the release of the HD7950 to see if it's a repeat of the excellent 4850 (very close to its bigger brother), or more akin to the 6950 (only really useful in Crossfire).
Wonder no longer as we are here with the first of three HD7950 reviews today.
First up we have the reference model, here brought to us via the fine folks at HIS Digital.
Technical Specifications
As is often the case with the slightly reduced siblings in the graphics world, the main changes are in clock speed and the amount of Stream Processors. As always though, one of those problems can be overclocked away.
Otherwise it's the same excellent 28nm Tahiti Core we found on the HD7970.
| Model | Radeon HD7950 |
| Core Clock | 800MHz |
| Memory Size | 3GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz |
| PCI Bus | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Stream Processors | 1792 |
| Outputs | 2x Mini DisplayPort |
So let's have a look shall we.
Most Recent Comments
I have read you can flash the 7950s that have the dual BIOS with an Asus 7970 BIOS and it improves performance but it doesn't unlock the shaders. Don't know how true that is but it's what I have read.
Prices are still to high for the 7950 and 7970 though, but I think that is more to do with AMD taking advantage of having better cards than Nvidia on the market at the moment, anyone buying new or upgrading will be buying a 7970>7950>580. Once Kelper comes out, hopefully soon, prices will most likely drop, unless Nvidia price their cards really high as well.Quote
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