The new Radeon HD 6950 1GB was released by vendors looking to bring the price down on AMD’s card, it is exactly the same design barring the missing gigabyte of GDDR5. The price difference is minimal, seeing HD6950 1GB models at $255 with the full 2GB model costing a mere $22 more. More important is the performance delta between these cards, which is exactly what [H]ard|OCP investigated. What they saw is not unexpected, if you game at 1920×1200 or lower, and are on a budget, get the 1GB version.
“We are pitting the new Radeon HD 6950 1GB video card against the Radeon HD 6950 2GB version and a GeForce GTX 560 Ti in apples-to-apples testing to see how they compare. We test at 1920×1200 and 2560×1600 to push memory limitations and find which card provides the best gaming value.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- ASUS HD 6870 DirectCU: Chasing the Leader @ X-bit Labs
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 On Linux @ Phoronix
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Flex Video Card Review @ Ninjalane
- XFX 6950 XXX 1GB – Building a XXX Eyefinity System with Logitech Controllers @ HardwareHeaven
- PowerColor AX6950 PCS++ Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
- XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 FleX 1GB @ Tweaktown
- Deepcool V6000 VGA Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
- AMD vs Intel – Integrated Graphics in Hardcore Games @ hardCOREware
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ X-bit Labs
- Palit GTX 570 Sonic Platinum Review @ OCC
- Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB ‘Phantom’ Graphics Card @ iXBT Labs
- Zotac Geforce GTX 560 Ti @ Funky Kit
- Cooler Master GX 450 @ UMLan
- Gigabyte GTX560 Ti SOC @ OC3D
