Friday, January 14th 2011
HIS Intros Radeon HD 6950 1 GB Fan Edition Graphics Card
HIS unveiled one of its first Radeon HD 6950 1 GB graphics cards. The HIS HD 6950 1 GB Fan Edition features AMD's high-end GPU with 1 GB of memory, and a cost-effective design that makes it competitive with upcoming GeForce GTX 560 Ti. HIS used its own design PCB that's shorter in length, and uses cost-effective VRM since the card isn't dealing with high-density 2 Gbit GDDR5 memory chips anymore. It uses a GPU fan-heatsink that uses a large fan to ventilate an aluminum fin array that cools the GPU and other components. the cooler is covered by a well-ventilated shroud.
That and the memory aside, other specifications are the same: the 40 nm Cayman GPU features 1408 VLIW4 stream processors, and connects to 1 GB of GDDR5 memory over a 256-bit wide memory interface. The core is clocked at 800 MHz, and the memory at 1250 MHz (5.00 GHz GDDR5 effective). HIS did not release pricing yet, but it will be well below the $300 mark.
That and the memory aside, other specifications are the same: the 40 nm Cayman GPU features 1408 VLIW4 stream processors, and connects to 1 GB of GDDR5 memory over a 256-bit wide memory interface. The core is clocked at 800 MHz, and the memory at 1250 MHz (5.00 GHz GDDR5 effective). HIS did not release pricing yet, but it will be well below the $300 mark.
25 Comments on HIS Intros Radeon HD 6950 1 GB Fan Edition Graphics Card
HD6870 is 259$
6850 is $179, and cheaper with rebates (snagged mine for $155).
6870 is $239, and cheaper with rebates.
6950 1 GB is <$300, will it unlock to 6970?
(can't help myself lmao when I heard the "Ti")
These cards will not unlock to anything. If you want unlocking, you need to hurry up and find some old stock of 6950 2GB cards. I haven't seen anybody getting a 6950 2GB that won't unlock yet, but AMD has stated that they won't be around for long.
I think that's a marketing decision and we will see products that will keep the dual-BIOS feature for a slightly higher price. Also, see the space they left near the bridges?... why would they do that unless they ordered shrouds like that for versatility.
I'm pretty sure they didn't send their extra chips back for laser cutting...
Ref. design HIS HD 6950 2GB taken from W1zzard's review:
I don't know what those little thingys do but if they're not on the 6970...
Ref. design HIS HD 6970 2GB taken from W1zzard's review:
Personally I think this card will be even more difficult to o.c. than the older one. And no more 6970 bios ;)
I don't understand why you think the new cards will be harder to overclock, surly using the same core with mainly just less memory should mean there would be little difference in overclocking ability?
Original post has been editedLittle correction, the extra components are on the 6950 but not on the 6970. Look at the PCIe power connectors ;)