The Radeon HD 7950 has had a fairly quiet run since its release a little over four months ago, with many customers taking either a step up to the Radeon HD 7970 or a step down to an overclocked Radeon HD 7870. This is regrettable, since the Radeon HD 7950 actually beats the other two cards in efficiency. Now that the cheaper (and even more efficient) GeForce GTX 670 is readily available at major retailers, the Radeon HD 7950 is starting to come down in price, mostly in the form of rebates. As vendors get realistic about the Tahiti-based board's competitive position, it should become more affordable for a greater number of gamers, effectively taking over the higher middle-class role in AMD's line-up from the Radeon HD 6950.  Today, we're taking a look at the Radeon HD 7950 in its new role. By now, the card is available in a variety of versions, and we have six boards engineered for different strengths. Some overclock well, while others are designed to operate as quietly as possible. We're also including video to demonstrate the acoustic characteristics of each card, believing that graphs sometimes fall short when it comes to conveying this very important aspect of a card's performance. If you are in the market for a graphics card in this segment, you'll know what to buy once AMD's boards reach a price with which you're comfortable. Five Custom Designs And One Reference Model We have a quintet of custom Radeon HD 7950 cards from AMD partners, in addition to a reference card from HIS. Naturally, you pay the least for the reference version, making it an ideal choice for fans of water cooling, who'll rip off that heat sink anyway. Here are the specs for the six graphics cards. The prices don't include rebates, though many of these vendors are pulling prices down substantially by offering money back. Swipe to scroll horizontally Header Cell - Column 0 HIS H795F3G2MHIS HD 7950 IceQ TurboSapphire HD7950 OCAsus HD7950-DC2T-3GD5MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD/OCPowerColor PCS+ AX7950 3GBD5-2DHPPShaders179217921792179217921792Texture Units112112112112112112Full Color ROPs323232323232Graphics Clock800 MHz900 MHz900 MHz900 MHz880 MHz880 MHzTexture Fillrate89.6 GTexel/s100.8 GTexel/s100.8 GTexel/s100.8 GTexel/s98.6GTexel/s98.6GTexel/sMemory Clock1250 MHz1250 MHz1250 MHz1250 MHz1250 MHz1250 MHzMemory Bus384-bit384-bit384-bit384-bit384-bit384-bitMemory Bandwidth240 GB/s240 GB/s240 GB/s240 GB/s240 GB/s240 GB/sGraphics RAM3 GB3 GB3 GB3 GB3 GB3 GBTransistors (Billion)4.314.314.314.314.314.31Process Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nmPower Connectors2 x 6-pin2 x 6-pin2 x 6-pin2 x 6-pin2 x 6-pin2 x 6-pinPrice (Street)$410$405(for 800 MHzversion)$410$430$380$380 Aside from HIS' submission, all of these cards are overclocked by default. Unfortunately, the HIS HD 7950 IceQ Turbo (running at 900 MHz) isn't available in North America, though there's an 800 MHz model with the same cooler. Current page: Six Radeon HD 7950s, Rounded-Up Next Page HIS HD 7950 IceQ Turbo Join the experts who read Tom's Hardware for the inside track on enthusiast PC tech news — and have for over 25 years. We'll send breaking news and in-depth reviews of CPUs, GPUs, AI, maker hardware and more straight to your inbox. NVIDIA graphics card review. Latest images, pricing and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT specs. Gaming GPU benchmarked against the biggest PC games like Fortnite, Minecraft and PUBG Should you buy this MSI graphics card? This NVIDIA graphics card features the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT processor. The processor, also known as the GPU, is the most important component in any graphics card. PCGameBenchmark rates processors by how many of the top 1,000 PC games the chip can run. This PC graphics card has a chip that can run 252 of the top 1000 games - so we give it a 25% rating. For a full list of the games that this card will run and the chance to compare it to similar cards check our graphics card comparison - we have tracked 3 cards with a similar GPU and 3 of them are cheaper than this setup - no need to wait for a sale or Black Friday 2023 to get the best price on a card like this. You get 3 GB of VRAM on this MSI graphics card and the weight of the full set up is 3.3 lb. Check out best deals on cheap graphics cards and the latest deals. MSI AMD Radeon HD7950PCGameBenchmark Rating: 6% Amazon US price updated Tuesday 12:00am GMT. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Details Details: Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product |
