SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6950 DiRT 3 Edition review

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited July 2011 in Science & Tech
SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6950 DiRT 3 Edition review

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2011
    Great review, Brian! :) I like the new graph style. Have you played much DiRT3?

    As an aside, the DisplayPort jack on this card is actually capable of handling <i>three</i> 1920x1200 displays for a total of five (2xDVI+3 on DP). You'll need a monitor hub that supports DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport (MST) to enable the feature, but if you get one, the hub goes to the port on the card, and you connect the monitors to the hub.

    There are also DP1.2 MST-capable monitors. Though they don't yet exist in the market, you can daisychain them together and connect one of them to the DisplayPort jack to eliminate the hub entirely.

    Any of AMD's DP1.2-ready boards--pretty much the entire Radeon 6000 Series--support this feature, which is illustrated in the diagram below for the 6800 Series launch:

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  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited July 2011
    the real question is, can this card be bios modded to a 6970?..

    Maybe, if you're the daring type

    If you don't have a reference design 6950 <3
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2011
    Quite possibly. BIOS switch and 2GB GDDR are pretty strong indicators.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2011
    From what I understand, this card is not capable of being flashed to a 6970.
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited July 2011
    primesuspect wrote:
    From what I understand, this card is not capable of being flashed to a 6970.

    if not, then spend $30 more and get a 6970

    or

    find a reference 6950 and unlock it.
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    edited July 2011
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