GPU Compare | Graphics Card Comparison
The Radeon HD 7950 will run 85% of the top 10,000 PC games. It will also run 55% of these games at the recommended or best experience levels.
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AMD - Generation
- 11 generations old
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Enthusiast - Dedicated RAM
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3.0 GB - DirectX
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11.1 - Rank
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83rd percentile of AMD GPUs - Rank in Power
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88th of AMD GPUs - Rank in Popularity
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86th of AMD GPUs
Can the Radeon HD 7950 run the Top PC games? You can see a GPU comparison by choosing another video card. How many games can your GPU run?
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| 1 |
Grand Theft Auto V |
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Cyberpunk 2077 |
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Elden Ring |
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Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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VALORANT |
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| 6 |
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered |
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| 7 |
Call of Duty: Warzone |
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| 8 |
Minecraft |
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| 9 |
Fortnite |
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| 10 |
Forza Horizon 5 |
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| 11 |
League of Legends |
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| 12 |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
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| 13 |
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla |
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| 14 |
God of War |
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| 15 |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 16 |
Apex Legends |
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| 17 |
FIFA 22 |
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| 18 |
Genshin Impact |
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| 19 |
The Sims 4 |
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| 20 |
Far Cry 6 |
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| 21 |
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS |
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| 22 |
FIFA 23 |
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| 23 |
Battlefield 2042 |
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| 24 |
Dying Light 2 Stay Human |
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| 25 |
Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 26 |
Assassin’s Creed: Origins |
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| 27 |
Hogwarts Legacy |
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| 28 |
Phasmophobia |
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| 29 |
Need for Speed Payback |
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| 30 |
1982 |
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| 31 |
WARZONE |
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| 32 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II |
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| 33 |
NotGTAV |
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| 34 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops II |
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| 35 |
ARK: Survival Evolved |
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| 36 |
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey |
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| 37 |
NBA 2K23 |
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| 38 |
Assassin’s Creed Unity |
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| 39 |
Battlefield 1 |
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| 40 |
Dying Light |
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| 41 |
Sea of Thieves |
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| 42 |
GTA 5 Thor Mod |
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| 43 |
Call of Duty: WW2 |
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| 44 |
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag |
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| 45 |
Rust |
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| 46 |
Destiny 2 |
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| 47 |
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege |
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| 48 |
PUBG Lite |
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| 49 |
Rocket League |
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| 50 |
Grand Theft Auto IV |
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| 51 |
Fallout 4 |
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| 52 |
Assassin’s Creed |
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| 53 |
Overwatch |
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| 54 |
Battlefield 5 |
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| 55 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare |
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| 56 |
Assassin’s Creed III |
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| 57 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops III |
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| 58 |
Far Cry 5 |
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| 59 |
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE |
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| 60 |
DayZ |
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| 61 |
Far Cry 3 |
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| 62 |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |
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| 63 |
Escape from Tarkov |
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| 64 |
Team Fortress 2 |
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| 65 |
World of Warcraft |
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| 66 |
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout |
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| 67 |
F1 Manager 2022 |
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| 68 |
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order |
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| 69 |
The Forest |
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| 70 |
Fortnite: Battle Royale |
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| 71 |
Arma III |
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| 72 |
Assassin’s Creed Rogue |
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| 73 |
ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN |
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| 74 |
Stray |
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| 75 |
Assassin’s Creed II |
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| 76 |
Battlefield 4 |
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| 77 |
Just Cause 3 |
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| 78 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 |
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| 79 |
Dota 2 |
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| 80 |
GTA 5 Premium Online Edition |
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| 81 |
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 |
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| 82 |
Age of Empires 4 |
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| 83 |
Dark Souls 3 |
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| 84 |
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate |
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| 85 |
Roblox |
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| 86 |
Warframe |
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| 87 |
Mad Max |
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| 88 |
Need for Speed Heat |
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| 89 |
Forza Horizon 3 |
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| 90 |
Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord |
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| 91 |
Euro Truck Simulator 2 |
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| 92 |
Left 4 Dead 2 |
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| 93 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 94 |
CS:GO — Operation Riptide |
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| 95 |
Football Manager 2022 |
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| 96 |
Far Cry 4 |
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| 97 |
Project Zomboid |
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| 98 |
Crusader Kings 3 |
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| 99 |
Tomb Raider |
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| 100 |
Dead by Daylight |
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AMD
NVIDIA
Intel
| Rank | GPU |
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HIS 7950 Fan 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP
New Design, New Experiences
PCI-e 3.
0 Support
Armed with the latest PCI-e 3.0 bus design maximizes performance by delivering double bandwidth per lane of PCI-e 2.x. Paired the card with the latest platforms and get the ultimate performance!
More Graphics, Less Power
The new architecture of the card gets more usable processing power for your money, enabling better frame rates in the latest games at high resolutions. In addition, with AMD PowerPlay™ & AMD PowerTune technologies, you can optimize the balance between performance and power consumption of your system by adjusting the engine clock during runtime of the card. Manage the power and keep your wallet loaded!
See More, Win More!
The card is capable to turn your computer into a super gaming machine. Enjoy the latest 3D games with stunning graphics and effects that your enemies cannot match! Get an immersive experience with AMD Eyefinity “2.0”!
Expand your game across up to 4 displays while your opponents have one monitor. Along with all-new support for stereo 3D, universal bezel compensation and brand new display configurations, take the unfair advantage over your opponent and win more with the surround sight!
Game Better & Faster
Game Better & Faster
With full Microsoft DirectX® 11.
1 support, the card is ready for next generation DirectX games. Equipped with AMD HD3D technology, you can enjoy a stereo 3D experience in the latest 3D games. The card also offers up to 2x faster tessellation and faster DirectCompute over earlier cards. Gamers will be pleased to enjoy the life-like graphics!
Sounds Better
Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required, heightening the sense of reality!
See Better, Enjoy Better
The HIS 7950 3GB supports 30” LCD monitor and any large size TV up to 80″ feature with 16:9 ratio in amazing 4096 by 2160 resolution. Up-scaling your computer into a multimedia center with the biggest display!
Enjoy HD Beauty
With Full HD 1080p support, the card delivers high quality 1920X1080 graphics, enabling seamless full-screen video playback. See HD, hear HD and feel HD — Enjoy the beautiful graphics now with the card!
Enjoy Copy Protected Movies
The card is HDCP complaint, enabling users to play copy-protected content, such as commercial DVD movies.
Enjoy True to Life Graphics
Quad HD videos have resolution four times that of current HD videos, meaning images too clear that may deceive your eyes! With the card, you are set for getting the movie theater experience to your home. You may be able to watch a video shooting the Eiffel tower and zoom it in to see your friend’s face clearly from the top! Get your eyes impressed and enjoy mind-blowing graphics with extreme clarity, depth and texture!
View More, Work Better
Having one dedicated screen just for twitter or Facebook and a second for outlook is not a dream anymore. The card features 2 Mini-display Ports for enhanced workspace flexibility. You can easily connect to two displays, including the 27” Apple LED Cinema Displays with the two Mini DisplayPorts. The dual-link DVI port allows you connect to a 30” DVI display up to 2560×1600. Resolution can even reach 4096×3112 with HDMI 1.4a that are good for TV up to 80″!
The card is an ideal solution for all those who rely on having several applications visible simultaneously for extra productivity.
Multi-tasking just got a lot simpler! Make your computer a multi-display workstation!
HIS PRODUCTS ADVANTAGE
- HIS delivers Faster, Cooler, Quieter plus the best quality product!
- Professional customer service and technical support
What’s in the box
- HIS Graphics Card
- CrossFireXTM Bridge
- DVI-VGA Adapter
- Weight Lifter
- Install CD with Multilingual User Guide
- Quick Installation Guide
- HIS Power Up Label
| Model Name | HIS 7950 Fan 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP |
| Chipset | Radeon HD 7950 PCIe Series |
| ASIC | RadeonTM HD 7950 GPU |
| Manu. Process (Micron) | 28nm |
| Memory Size (MB) | 3072 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Engine CLK (MHz) | 800MHz |
| Memory CLK (Gbps) | 5Gbps |
| Memory Interface (bit) | 384bit |
| Power Supply Requirement | 500 Watt or greater power |
Max. Resolution |
4096×2160 per display (DisplayPort 1.2) 2560×1600 per display (Dual-link DVI) 2048×1536 per display (VGA) |
| Bus Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| Mini Display Port | Yes |
| HDMI | Yes |
| DVI | Dual-link DVI-I |
| VGA | No |
HD 7950 System Requirement
- PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot with 2 slots space available on the motherboard
- 500W (or greater) power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connectors recommended
- Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://support.amd.com/us/certified/power-supplies/Pages/listing.aspx for a list of Certified products
- Minimum 1GB of system memory
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
- DVD playback requires DVD drive
- Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
- The operation of AMD CrossFire™ technology in dual mode requires a second AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 graphics card and an AMD CrossFire™ Ready motherboard.
September 22th, 2012 at 01:17 pm By mediasorcerer
Hello to all.
I very recently purchase the HIS reference 7950 3gb for a very good price here in Australia brand new, and would like to express my opinion to any potential customers if i may.
I have tested it out with some 2012 fps titles [big name etc] and the card is excellent!! I can run games at full graphics settings @1920×1080 superbly, with excellent frame rates, no stutter or lag, and it overclocks like a beast!!! I have a background in technology and industrial design, so i can say with confidence that this card is very well made, well designed, i prefer the way it vents the heat out from my case rather than most aftermarket cooler solution which can cause ambient temps rise inside comp case and this is why i chose the reference cooler solution! Well done His, im very pleased!!
The card idles at 32c ambient and does not rise above around 65c during intense usage.
As a side note, i have no affiliation with the company[his] other than recently purchasing this gpu!
It is the first time i have owned a his card, and i highly recommend it to anyone in the market for a 3gb BEAST!!! ps, Ati have recently released a new updated bios for the reference 7950,s only, which gives even better performance, i am using this bios and it works excellently!!!
I will be buying his products again as i see fit, thanx his, good stuff, give my regs to the engineers who created my new card please, they did a well good job in my humble opinion!!!
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Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon RX 550 Graphics cards Comparison
When comparing Radeon HD 7950 and Radeon RX 550, we look primarily at benchmarks and game tests. But it is not only about the numbers. Often you can find third-party models with higher clock speeds, better cooling, or a customizable RGB lighting. Not all of them will have all the features you need.
Another thing to consider is the port selection. Most graphics cards have at least one DisplayPort and HDMI interface, but some monitors require DVI. Before you buy, check the TDP of the graphics card — this characteristic will help you estimate the consumption of the graphics card. You may even have to upgrade your PSU to meet its requirements. An important factor when choosing between Radeon HD 7950 and Radeon RX 550 is the price. Does the additional cost justify the performance hit? Our comparison should help you make the right decision.
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Main Specs
| Radeon HD 7950 | Radeon RX 550 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Interface | PCIe 3. 0 x16 |
PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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- Radeon HD 7950 has 300% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550.
- Radeon HD 7950 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
- Radeon RX 550 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
- Both cards are used in Desktops.
- Radeon HD 7950 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 — with GCN 4.0.
- Radeon HD 7950 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 — by 14 nm process technology.
- Radeon HD 7950 is 122 mm longer, than Radeon RX 550.
- Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 5750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.
Game benchmarks
| Assassin’s Creed OdysseyBattlefield 5Call of Duty: WarzoneCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveCyberpunk 2077Dota 2Far Cry 5FortniteForza Horizon 4Grand Theft Auto VMetro ExodusMinecraftPLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDSRed Dead Redemption 2The Witcher 3: Wild HuntWorld of Tanks | ||
| high / 1080p | 35−40 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | 21−24 | 8−9 |
| QHD / 1440p | 16−18 | 3−4 |
| 4K / 2160p | 10−11 | − |
| low / 720p | 60−65 | 30−33 |
| medium / 1080p | 40−45 | 18−20 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| high / 1080p | 55−60 | 21−24 |
| ultra / 1080p | 45−50 | 20−22 |
| QHD / 1440p | 35−40 | 6−7 |
| 4K / 2160p | 18−20 | 5−6 |
| low / 720p | 100−110 | 50−55 |
| medium / 1080p | 60−65 | 24−27 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Battlefield 5 is 145% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 45−50 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| low / 768p | 250−260 | 200−210 |
| medium / 768p | 220−230 | 170−180 |
| ultra / 1080p | 180−190 | 95−100 |
| QHD / 1440p | 110−120 | 50−55 |
| 4K / 2160p | 70−75 | 30−33 |
| high / 768p | 210−220 | 130−140 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 52% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| low / 768p | 60−65 | 55−60 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 35−40 |
| medium / 1080p | 55−60 | 45−50 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| low / 768p | 120−130 | 100−110 |
| medium / 768p | 110−120 | 90−95 |
| ultra / 1080p | 100−110 | 60−65 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Dota 2 is 33% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| high / 1080p | 45−50 | 16−18 |
| ultra / 1080p | 40−45 | 14−16 |
| QHD / 1440p | 27−30 | − |
| 4K / 2160p | 14−16 | 6−7 |
| low / 720p | 80−85 | 35−40 |
| medium / 1080p | 45−50 | 18−20 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Far Cry 5 is 147% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| high / 1080p | 60−65 | 24−27 |
| ultra / 1080p | 45−50 | 18−20 |
| QHD / 1440p | 27−30 | 16−18 |
| 4K / 2160p | 27−30 | − |
| low / 720p | 180−190 | 95−100 |
| medium / 1080p | 110−120 | 50−55 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Fortnite is 107% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| high / 1080p | 60−65 | 24−27 |
| ultra / 1080p | 45−50 | 18−20 |
| QHD / 1440p | 30−35 | 8−9 |
| 4K / 2160p | 24−27 | − |
| low / 720p | 100−110 | 50−55 |
| medium / 1080p | 65−70 | 27−30 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Forza Horizon 4 is 142% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| low / 768p | 140−150 | 80−85 |
| medium / 768p | 120−130 | 70−75 |
| high / 1080p | 70−75 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | 30−35 | 12−14 |
| QHD / 1440p | 21−24 | 2−3 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Grand Theft Auto V is 102% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| high / 1080p | 24−27 | 9−10 |
| ultra / 1080p | 20−22 | 7−8 |
| QHD / 1440p | 16−18 | − |
| 4K / 2160p | 8−9 | 2−3 |
| low / 720p | 65−70 | 27−30 |
| medium / 1080p | 30−35 | 12−14 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Metro Exodus is 158% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| low / 768p | 130−140 | 110−120 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 100−110 |
| medium / 1080p | 120−130 | 100−110 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Minecraft is 18% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| high / 1080p | − | 21−24 |
| ultra / 1080p | 14−16 | 16−18 |
| low / 720p | 100−110 | 55−60 |
| medium / 1080p | 18−20 | 24−27 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS is 39% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| high / 1080p | 24−27 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | 16−18 | 9−10 |
| QHD / 1440p | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| 4K / 2160p | 7−8 | − |
| low / 720p | 65−70 | 27−30 |
| medium / 1080p | 35−40 | 16−18 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 111% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
| low / 768p | 130−140 | 50−55 |
| medium / 768p | 85−90 | 30−35 |
| high / 1080p | 45−50 | 18−20 |
| ultra / 1080p | 24−27 | 10−11 |
| 4K / 2160p | 16−18 | 8−9 |
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 158% more, than Radeon RX 550. |
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| low / 768p | 90−95 | 100−110 |
| medium / 768p | 60−65 | 60−65 |
| ultra / 1080p | 50−55 | 30−35 |
| high / 768p | 60−65 | 50−55 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in World of Tanks is 6% more, than Radeon RX 550. | ||
Full Specs
| Radeon HD 7950 | Radeon RX 550 | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | Tahiti | Lexa |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 31 January 2012 | 20 April 2017 |
| Pipelines | 1792 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 1250 MHz | 1183 MHz |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 89. 60 |
37.86 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops | 1,211 gflops |
| Length | 267 mm | 145 mm |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | |
| Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) | 0.56 kh/s | |
| FreeSync | + | |
| Bus support | PCIe 3. 0 x16 |
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| HDMI | + | |
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 381 Mh/s | |
| Eyefinity | + | |
| PowerTune | + | |
| ZeroCore | + | |
| Design | reference | |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
| CrossFire | + | |
| Decred / DCR (Decred) | 0.78 Gh/s | |
| Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | 13.86 Mh/s | |
| Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) | 250 Sol/s | |
| Compute units | 28 | |
| AppAcceleration | + | |
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0: What is the difference?
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Why is ATI Radeon HD 5850 better than Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0?
- 49W lower TDP?
151Wvs200W - 1 more DisplayPort outputs?
1vs0 - 18W lower power consumption while under peak load?
303Wvs321W - 1 more DVI outputs?
2vs1 - 44mm narrower?
241mmvs285mm
Why is Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0 better than ATI Radeon HD 5850?
- 275MHz faster GPU clock speed?
1000MHzvs725MHz - 1.
5 TFLOPS higher floating-point performance?
3.58 TFLOPSvs2.09 TFLOPS - 8.8 GPixel/s higher pixel rate?
32 GPixel/svs23.2 GPixel/s - 250MHz faster memory clock speed?
1250MHzvs1000MHz - 1000MHz higher effective memory clock speed?
5000MHzvs4000MHz - 59.8 GTexels/s higher texture rate?
112 GTexels/svs52.2 GTexels/s - 3x more VRAM?
3GBvs1GB - 112GB/s more memory bandwidth?
240GB/svs128GB/s
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Performance
1.
GPU clock speed
725MHz
1000MHz
The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.
2.GPU turbo
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925MHz
When the GPU is running below its limitations, it can boost to a higher clock speed in order to give increased performance.
3.pixel rate
23.2 GPixel/s
32 GPixel/s
The number of pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
4.floating-point performance
2.09 TFLOPS
3.58 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance is a measurement of the raw processing power of the GPU.
5.texture rate
52.2 GTexels/s
112 GTexels/s
The number of textured pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
6.GPU memory speed
1000MHz
1250MHz
The memory clock speed is one aspect that determines the memory bandwidth.
7.shading units
Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors within the graphics card that are responsible for processing different aspects of the image.
8.texture mapping units (TMUs)
TMUs take textures and map them to the geometry of a 3D scene. More TMUs will typically mean that texture information is processed faster.
9.render output units (ROPs)
The ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, writing the final pixel data to memory and carrying out other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the look of graphics.
Memory
1.effective memory speed
4000MHz
5000MHz
The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the size and data rate of the memory. Higher clock speeds can give increased performance in games and other apps.
2.
maximum memory bandwidth
128GB/s
240GB/s
This is the maximum rate that data can be read from or stored into memory.
3.VRAM
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of a graphics card. More VRAM generally allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
4.memory bus width
256bit
384bit
A wider bus width means that it can carry more data per cycle. It is an important factor of memory performance, and therefore the general performance of the graphics card.
5.version of GDDR memory
Newer versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher transfer rates that give increased performance.
6.Supports ECC memory
✖ATI Radeon HD 5850
✖Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0
Error-correcting code memory can detect and correct data corruption. It is used when is it essential to avoid corruption, such as scientific computing or when running a server.
Features
1.DirectX version
DirectX is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
2.OpenGL version
OpenGL is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
3.OpenCL version
Some apps use OpenCL to apply the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions introduce more functionality and better performance.
4.Supports multi-display technology
✔ATI Radeon HD 5850
✔Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0
The graphics card supports multi-display technology. This allows you to configure multiple monitors in order to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as having a wider field of view.
5.load GPU temperature
A lower load temperature means that the card produces less heat and its cooling system performs better.
6.supports ray tracing
✖ATI Radeon HD 5850
✖Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0
Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games.
7.Supports 3D
✔ATI Radeon HD 5850
✔Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0
Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D display and glasses).
8.supports DLSS
✖ATI Radeon HD 5850
✖Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0
DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an upscaling technology powered by AI. It allows the graphics card to render games at a lower resolution and upscale them to a higher resolution with near-native visual quality and increased performance. DLSS is only available on select games.
9.PassMark (G3D) result
This benchmark measures the graphics performance of a video card. Source: PassMark.
Ports
1.
has an HDMI output
✔ATI Radeon HD 5850
✔Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0
Devices with a HDMI or mini HDMI port can transfer high definition video and audio to a display.
2.HDMI ports
Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (ATI Radeon HD 5850)
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More HDMI ports mean that you can simultaneously connect numerous devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.
3.HDMI version
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Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC FZ0)
Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth, which allows for higher resolutions and frame rates.
4.DisplayPort outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using DisplayPort.
5.DVI outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using DVI.
6.mini DisplayPort outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using mini-DisplayPort.
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Radeon HD 7950 vs. GeForce GTX 660 Ti revisited
Ah, it’s the eternal battle, the unending duopoly duel: GeForce versus Radeon, Radeon versus GeForce. The skirmishes are ongoing, but the victor is never decided for long. Today, another chapter in the story unfolds.
Doesn’t seem that long ago, back in August, when the GeForce GTX 660 Ti first hit the scene and squared off against the Radeon HD 7950. That match-up ushered in a new generation of competition among ridiculously powerful video cards at around 300 bucks. Nvidia had the advantage going in, since it was facing off against an already established competitor; it knew what the GTX 660 Ti had to do in order to win. AMD, however, has been unusually feisty lately, and it had other ideas. At the last minute, the Radeon team rolled out a new BIOS that added dynamic clock speeds to the 7950.
The result was an incredibly slight win for the GTX 660 Ti on points, but in the end, we threw our hands up and said the differences mattered little.
We’re vaguely astonished by how much things have changed since then.
Of course, we have a new crop of games for the holiday season, headlined by titles like Borderlands 2, Hitman: Absolution, Sleeping Dogs, and Assassin’s Creed III. AMD’s newfound aggressiveness means many of these games are part of its Gaming Evolved program, so they should run very well on Radeon graphics cards—and maybe, you know, not so well on those pesky GeForces.
In fact, accentuating its stronger ties to game developers, AMD has taken to bundling a trio of these games with its Radeon HD 7950 cards. Cramming that sort of gaming goodness into the box with a graphics card certainly changes the value equation.
As if that weren’t enough, AMD has also released Catalyst 12.11 beta drivers that promise a roughly 15% across-the-board performance increase for its 7000-series Radeons.
New drivers often bring performance gains for individual games, but general improvements of that magnitude are uncommon. AMD tells us it has employed new insights in tuning its relatively young GCN architecture.
What’s more, Windows 8 is out, and we’ve transitioned our test rigs to the new operating system.
Add up all of these changes, and you have a recipe for realignment in ongoing battle for GPU supremacy. Are we still at rough parity, or have AMD’s bold moves allowed it to push into the lead? We’ve deployed our infamous “inside the second” testing methods with a host of the latest games in order to find out.
Our lovely contestants
Pictured above is the Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X, our representative from the Radeon camp for this little hoedown. The 7950 Vapor-X is our first look at a retail product with the new Boost BIOS, and it ups the ante by sporting a peak Boost clock of 950MHz, 25MHz above stock. Sapphire’s Vapor-X cooler sprouts quad heatpipes that snake into a large array of cooling fins situated beneath dual fans.
The shroud that covers the whole assembly may be the finest expression of the F-117 Stealth fighter look that has rampaged through the enthusiast PC hardware scene in recent years. Although it sticks out maybe a quarter-inch beyond the 10.5″ length of the card itself, there’s no way that thing shows up on radar.
The HD 7950 Vapor-X sells for $329.99 at Newegg and comes with a bunch of inducements to buy, including copies of Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution, and Far Cry 3, along with a 20%-off coupon for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. There’s also a $20 mail-in rebate attached right now. If you buy two, AMD CEO Rory Read will come to your house and personally serenade you from outside of your window. I hear he has quite the voice.
Looking over the listings at Newegg, 7950 cards are going for as little as $299.99. However, only a few other cards can match the Vapor-X’s 950MHz boost clock, and they all cost more than the Sapphire.
We’ve pitted the HD 7950 Vapor-X against our returning champ from the GeForce side, the Zotac GTX 660 Ti AMP. This baby sports Zotac’s charming “angry bumblebee” look but is scaled down massively from its GTX 670 and 680 brethren. The card is only 6.75″ long, giving it a distinctive miniature vibe we like to call “low BOM cost chic.”
There’s something to be said for keeping costs down, though. The GTX 660 Ti AMP! is currently going for $299.99, even though it’s a hot-clocked card. In fact, the Zotac’s boost frequency is one of the highest among the GTX 660 Ti cards available. Also, its 6.6 GT/s memory is 10% faster than most of its competitors, even though they cost as much as 350 bucks.
In a bid not to be totally left behind by AMD’s cornucopia of bundled games, most GTX 660 Ti cards right now (including the AMP!) come with a free copy of Assassin’s Creed III. Also, Zotac currently matches Sapphire’s $20 rebate offer with its own, for those who enjoy filling out microscopic forms.
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Base clock (MHz) |
Boost clock (MHz) |
Peak ROP rate (Gpix/s) |
Texture filtering int8/fp16 (Gtex/s) |
Peak shader tflops |
Memory
transfer rate |
Memory
bandwidth (GB/s) |
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| Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X | 850 | 950 | 30 | 106/53 | 3. 4 |
5.0 GT/s | 240 |
| Zotac GTX 660 Ti AMP! | 1033 | 1111 | 27 | 124/124 | 3.0 | 6.6 GT/s | 159 |
Although they’re positioned against each other in the market, these two cards really are somewhat different classes of hardware, as both the picture and table above illustrate. The 7950 is based on a slightly cut-down Tahiti GPU with a 384-bit memory interface. The GTX 660 Ti’s interface is half that width at 192 bits. The Radeon has the theoretical advantage in ROP rate, shader flops, and memory bandwidth—and the gap is quite large, in the last case. The 7950 has 3GB of memory, too, while the 660 Ti has 2GB.
The GeForce can eclipse it only in texture filtering prowess.
The 7950 even has more appetite for power, requiring six- and eight-pin auxiliary inputs, while the GTX 660 Ti gets away with dual six-pin plugs.
Still, Nvidia’s Kepler architecture has proven to be shockingly efficient in many cases, so the GTX 660 Ti’s lower specs won’t necessarily translate into lower performance. That’s why we test these things. Speaking of which…
Our testing methods
As ever, we did our best to deliver clean benchmark numbers. Tests were run at least three times, and we’ve reported the median result.
Our test systems were configured like so:
| Processor | Core i7-3820 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte X79-UD3 |
| Chipset | Intel X79 Express |
| Memory size | 16GB (4 DIMMs) |
| Memory type | Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9 DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz |
| Memory timings | 9-9-11-24 1T |
| Chipset drivers | INF update 9.  3.0.1021
Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 3.5.0.1101 |
| Audio | Integrated X79/ALC898 with Realtek 6.0.1.6662 drivers |
| Hard drive | Corsair F240 240GB SATA |
| Power supply | Corsair AX850 |
| OS | Windows 8 |
| Driver revision |
GPU base core clock (MHz) |
GPU boost clock (MHz) |
Memory
clock (MHz) |
Memory
size (MB) |
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| Zotac GTX 660 Ti AMP! |
GeForce 310. 54 beta |
1033 | 1111 | 1652 | 2048 |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Vapor-X |
Catalyst 12.11 beta 8 |
850 | 950 | 1250 | 3072 |
Thanks to Intel, Corsair, and Gigabyte for helping to outfit our test rigs with some of the finest hardware available. AMD, Nvidia, and the makers of the various products supplied the graphics cards for testing, as well.
Unless otherwise specified, image quality settings for the graphics cards were left at the control panel defaults. Vertical refresh sync (vsync) was disabled for all tests.
In addition to the games, we used the following test applications:
- Fraps 3.
5.9 - GPU-Z 0.6.6
Some further notes on our methods:
- We used the Fraps utility to record frame rates while playing either a 60- or 90-second sequence from the game. Although capturing frame rates while playing isn’t precisely repeatable, we tried to make each run as similar as possible to all of the others. We tested each Fraps sequence five times per video card in order to counteract any variability. We’ve included frame-by-frame results from Fraps for each game, and in those plots, you’re seeing the results from a single, representative pass through the test sequence.
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We measured total system power consumption at the wall socket using a Yokogawa WT210 digital power meter. The monitor was plugged into a separate outlet, so its power draw was not part of our measurement. The cards were plugged into a motherboard on an open test bench.
The idle measurements were taken at the Windows desktop with the Aero theme enabled. The cards were tested under load running Skyrim at 2560×1440 with the Ultra quality presets, 4X MSAA, and FXAA enabled.
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We measured noise levels on our test system, sitting on an open test bench, using an Extech 407738 digital sound level meter. The meter was mounted on a tripod approximately 10″ from the test system at a height even with the top of the video card.
You can think of these noise level measurements much like our system power consumption tests, because the entire systems’ noise levels were measured. Of course, noise levels will vary greatly in the real world along with the acoustic properties of the PC enclosure used, whether the enclosure provides adequate cooling to avoid a card’s highest fan speeds, placement of the enclosure in the room, and a whole range of other variables. These results should give a reasonably good picture of comparative fan noise, though.
- We used GPU-Z to log GPU temperatures during our load testing.
The tests and methods we employ are generally publicly available and reproducible. If you have questions about our methods, hit our forums to talk with us about them.
Borderlands 2
First up is my favorite game of the year so far, Borderlands 2. The shoot-n-loot formula of this FPS-RPG mash-up is ridiculously addictive, and the second installment in the series has some of the best writing and voice acting around.
As you may know, our game benchmarking methods are different from what you’ll find elsewhere, in part because they’re based on chunks of gameplay, not just scripted sequences. We’re trying something different this time around: embedding videos of typical gameplay sessions in the article. Below is a look at our 90-second path through the “Opportunity” level in Borderlands 2.
As you’ll note, this session involves lots of fighting, so it’s not exactly repeatable from one test run to the next. However, we took the same path and fought the same basic contingent of foes each time through.
The results were pretty consistent from one run to the next, and final numbers we’ve reported are the medians from five test runs.
We used the game’s highest image quality settings at the 27″ Korean monitor resolution of 2560×1440.
Our first result is a simple plot of the time needed to render each frame during one of our test runs. Because the frame render times are reported in milliseconds, lower times are preferable. Note that, although you may see FPS-over-time plots elsewhere, those usually are based on averaging FPS over successive one-second intervals; as a result, they tend to mask momentary slowdowns almost entirely. Our plots are sourced from the raw frame time data instead.
Right away, this approach gives us some insights. The GTX 660 Ti’s frame times tend to be very low, generally under 20 ms and rarely ranging above that mark. By contrast, the Radeon HD 7950’s plot is riddled with spikes up to twice that long or longer.
A traditional FPS average doesn’t really capture the difference in how these two cards perform in Borderlands 2. Yes, the Radeon’s average is lower, but it’s still over the supposedly golden 60-FPS mark. Usually, producing an average that high would be considered quite good, but we felt the difference between the 7950 and the GTX 660 Ti clearly while testing.
We think gamers would be better served by skipping the FPS average and instead taking a latency-focused approach to frame delivery, if they really want to understand gaming performance. One alternative method is to consider the 99th percentile frame time, which is simply the threshold below which 99% of all frames have been generated. In the chart above, the Radeon HD 7950 has delivered 99% of the frames in under 31.7 milliseconds or less. That means all but the last one percent of frames were produced at a rate of 30 FPS or better—not too shabby.
Compared to the GeForce, though, the Radeon isn’t doing so well.
The GeForce delivers 99% of frames in under 20 milliseconds, which is the equivalent of about 50 FPS. That’s why playing the game on the GeForce feels perceptibly smoother. I think these 99th percentile numbers more accurately convey the sense of things one gets from studying those initial frame time plots—and from playing the game on both cards.
Our 99th percentile cutoff has proven to be a pretty good choice for capturing a sense of comparative performance. However, we have to be careful, because it’s just one point along a curve. We can plot the entire frame latency curve, using data taken from all five runs, in order to get a better sense of overall performance. Over time, I’ve grown accustomed to reading these curves, and they’re now my favorite way to illustrate gaming performance.
As you can see above, the Radeon’s performance is very close to the GeForce’s much of the time. The two cards’ latency curves are similar up to about 90% of the frames rendered.
Once we reach the last 10% or so, though, they begin to diverge, with the Radeon’s curve shooting upward sooner, to higher reaches. For some reason, the 7950 struggles to render a portion of the frames as quickly as its GeForce counterpart. We know from the initial frame time plots that those difficult frames are distributed throughout the test run as intermittent and fairly frequent spikes.
Our 99th percentile metric rules out the last one percent of frames, instead focusing on the general latency picture. That’s helpful, as we’ve seen, but we also want to pay attention to the worst delays, the ones that are likely to impact the fluidity of gameplay. After all, a fast computer is supposed to curtail those big slowdowns.
We can measure the “badness” of long frame times by adding up all of the time spent working on frames beyond a given threshold. In this case, we’ve picked 50 milliseconds as our cutoff. That’s equivalent to 20 FPS, and we figure any animation moving slower than 20 FPS will probably be noticeably halting and choppy.
Also, 50 ms is equivalent to three vertical refresh intervals on a 60Hz display.
These results are somewhat heartening. Although the Radeon does spend twice as long above our threshold as the GeForce, neither card wastes much time at all working on especially long-latency frames. In other words, both cards offer pretty good playability in this test scenario. Subjectively, I prefer the smoother gameplay produced by the GeForce, but the Radeon doesn’t struggle too mightily. Still, the gap between them is much larger than the 64-to-72 difference in FPS averages would seem to suggest.
Guild Wars 2
Yes, yes I am attempting to benchmark an MMORPG. Guild Wars 2 has a snazzy new game engine that will stress even the latest graphics cards, and I think we can get reasonably reliable results if we’re careful. My test run consisted of a simple stroll through the countryside, which is reasonably repeatable. I didn’t join any parties, fight any bandits, or try anything elaborate like that, as you can see in the video below.
Uh oh. Once again, we’re seeing lots of spikes from the 7950, while the GeForce’s frame times are smoother and more consistent. Interestingly, though, the Radeon still produces more total frames across our test run, as you can tell from its longer line in the plot above. You know what that means?
Yep, despite all of the spikes, the Radeon’s FPS average is actually higher than the GTX 660 Ti’s. The difference is minor, but the FPS average really doesn’t tell the whole story.
Our latency-focused metrics capture the difference, though. The Radeon and GeForce perform almost identically through the majority of the latency curve, but the 7950 struggles with the last five percent of frames.
Again, those problem frames are interspersed throughout the test run. The result is another big gap between the two cards’ 99th percentile frame times, again in favor of the GTX 660 Ti.
Only the 7950 registers on our “badness” meter in this test scenario. The GTX 660 Ti doesn’t take over 50 milliseconds to produce any of the frames, while the 7950 spends almost a fifth of a second crunching frames above our threshold.
Sleeping Dogs
Our Sleeping Dogs test scenario consisted of me driving around the game’s amazingly detailed replica of Hong Kong at night, exhibiting my terrifying thumbstick driving skills.
This game’s graphics are intensive enough that we were easily able to stress these GPUs at 1080p.
This is a closer contest than we saw in the first two games.
The frame time plots for both cards show some spikes, as one might expect when the game must constantly stream in new areas of the city. The spikes are more frequent on the GeForce, but the magnitude of the spikes on the Radeon is greater. The result is a clear advantage for the 7950 in the FPS average, but only a slight edge in our latency-sensitive 99th percentile frame time metric—and more time spent by the Radeon above 50 ms.
Assassin’s Creed III
This game appears to be a thought experiment centered around what would happen if the Quaker Oats guy had invented parkour in 18th-century Boston. As you’ll see in the video below, the one thing that would not have happened is his hat falling off. That thing must be glued on there.
Since the AC3 menu doesn’t lend itself to screenshots, I’ll just tell you that we tested at 1920×1080 with environment and shadow quality set to “very high” and texture and anti-aliasing quality set to “high.
” I understand that the “high” AA setting uses FXAA HQ with no multisampling. This game also supports Nvidia’s TXAA, but Nvidia has gated off access to that mode from owners of Radeons and pre-Kepler GeForces, so we couldn’t use it for comparative testing.
Well, this one is more straightforward than the others, at least. The GTX 660 Ti is much, much faster than the Radeon HD 7950 in this scenario, regardless of how you slice it.
Hitman: Absolution
In this game, Max Payne has sobered up and gotten a job with a shadowy government agency, yet somehow things still went totally sideways. He’s decided to stop talking about it so much, which is a relief.
I wasn’t sure how to test this game, since the object appears to be avoiding detection rather than fighting people. Do I test by standing around, observing guards’ patrolling patterns? Also, it seems that some areas of this game are much more performance-challenged than others, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear.
Ultimately, I decided to test by taking a walk through Chinatown, which is teeming with people and seems to be reasonably intensive. I can’t say that good performance in this scenario would ensure solid performance in other areas of this game, though.
And we’ve finally found a good use for DX11 tessellation: bald guys’ noggins.
Yikes. This game is part of AMD’s Gaming Evolved program and is bundled with the Radeon HD 7950 right now, as is Sleeping Dogs. I had really expected better things from the Radeon as a result. You can see that the 7950’s average frame time is much lower than the GTX 660 Ti’s, but the spikes—followed by short frame times, likely due to buffering—are present throughout the test run.
The curve tells us that the high-latency frames only comprise about five percent of the total frames produced by the 7950.
Still, since those long render times are present, the 7950 actually trails the GeForce GTX 660 Ti in our two latency-sensitive metrics.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Warfighter uses the same Frostbite 2 engine as Battlefield 3, with advanced lighting and DX11 support. That’s fortunate, because I struggled to find any other redeeming quality in this stinker of a game. Even playtesting it is infuriating. I actually liked the last Medal of Honor game, but this abomination doesn’t belong in the same series. If you enjoy on-rails shooters where it constantly feels like you’re in a tunnel, bad guys pop up randomly, and your gun doesn’t work well, then this is the game for you.
Well.
Even though we have the image quality settings cranked at a resolution of 2560×1440, neither of these cards struggles in the least with the rendering workload. The result is an almost identical finish in every metric, with the slightest of advantages to the 7950 in the latency-focused numbers.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
No, Skyrim isn’t the newest game at this point, but it’s still one of the better looking PC games and remains very popular. It’s also been a particular point of focus in driver optimizations, so we figured it would be a good fit to include here.
We did, however, decide to mix things up by moving to a new test area. Instead of running around in a town, we took to the open field, taking a walk across the countryside. This change of venue provides a more taxing workload than our older tests in Whiterun.
Note: do not aggro the giants.
Not again! The Radeon HD 7950’s plot looks more like a cloud than a line, since it’s populated by a series of long and short frame times back to back, along with some nasty spikes into the 50 and 60 millisecond range.
The 7950 really doesn’t perform too poorly here—it delivers 99% of the frames in about 25 milliseconds or less, the equivalent of 40 FPS. Even if there is a lot of variance in its plot, much of it comes below that 25 ms threshold, and you’d be hard-pressed to notice it.
The more vexing problem is the series of larger spikes that happen occasionally as we tread through the countryside. Those are easily noticeable and interrupt the flow of the animation. Once again, the spikes on the GTX 660 Ti are smaller and less frequent.
Power consumption
Our idle power measurements demonstrate the impact of AMD’s ZeroCore Power feature, where the Radeon HD 7950 GPU powers down most of itself when the screen goes into power-save mode. When it kicks in, ZeroCore Power drops total system power consumption by 19W. Without it, when the system is idle at the desktop, the GTX 660 Ti draws a little less power than the 7950.
When running a game—Skyrim, in this case—the 7950-equipped system draws 20W more at the wall socket than the GTX 660 Ti-based test rig.
Noise levels and GPU temperatures
Both of these cards are reasonably quiet at idle, but the 7950 becomes virtually silent in ZeroCore Power mode, when its fans stop spinning. Then, only the faint whine of our slow-spinning CPU cooler generates any sound above the noise floor of our test environment.
Sapphire has tuned its Vapor-X cooler to maintain very low temperatures under load, likely in order to ensure lots of overclocking headroom for those who wish to tinker. They pay a price in additional fan noise, but that cooler is beefy enough to keep the noise levels fairly modest, regardless.
Personally, I prefer the fan profile Zotac has chosen for its GTX 660 Ti AMP!, which still keeps temperatures in check (67° C is practically cool, for a GPU) but holds down noise levels, as well.
Even with its tiny cooler, the Zotac card makes less noise than the Sapphire.
Conclusions
This certainly isn’t the outcome we expected going into this little exercise. Given AMD’s expanded involvement with game developers and a claimed across-the-board increase in driver performance, we expected the Radeon HD 7950 to assert itself as the best choice in its class. Instead, the Radeon’s performance was hampered by delays in frame delivery across a number of games.
Our first instinct upon seeing these results was to wonder if we hadn’t somehow misconfigured our test systems or had some sort of failing hardware. We test Nvidia and AMD GPUs on separate but identical systems, so to confirm our numbers, we switched the cards between the systems and re-tested. The Radeons still exhibited the same patterns of frame latency, with no meaningful change in the results. We wondered about the possibility of a problem with our Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X card or its Boost BIOS causing the slowdowns, but swapping in an older, non-Boost Radeon HD 7950 card from MSI produced very similar results.
We’re also quite confident the problem isn’t confined to a single set of drivers. You see, this article has had a long and difficult history; it was initially conceived as an update comparing Catalyst 12.8 and 12.11 beta drivers. However, driver updates from AMD and Nvidia, along with some additional game releases, caused us to start testing over again last week. I can tell you that we’ve seen the same spiky frame time plots in most of these games from three separate revisions of AMD’s drivers—and, yes, Catalyst 12.11 is an improvement over 12.8, all told, even if it doesn’t resolve the latency issues.
In the end, we’re left to confront the fact that the biggest change from our prior graphics reviews was the influx of new games and new test scenarios that stress the GPUs differently than before. (The transition to Windows 8 could play some role here, but we doubt it.) For whatever reason, AMD’s combination of GPU hardware and driver software doesn’t perform as well as Nvidia’s does in this latest round of games, at least as we tested them. That’s particularly true when you focus on gameplay smoothness, as our latency-focused metrics tend to do.
Speaking of which, we can show you the overall performance picture using our famous value scatter plots. The performance results come from all seven of the games we tested, averaged via a geometric mean to reduce the impact of outliers. The prices come from current listings at Newegg for the exact cards we tested. As always, the most desirable combinations of price and performance will be located closer to the top left corner of the plot.
Pop back and forth between the 99th percentile and average FPS plots, and you’ll see two different stories being told. The FPS average suggests near-parity performance between the 7950 and the GTX 660 Ti, with a tiny edge to the GeForce. The 99th percentile frame time, though, captures the impact of the Radeon’s frame latency issues and suggests the GTX 660 Ti is easily the superior performer. That fact won’t be a surprise to anyone who’s read this far.
Armed with that info, we can dispense with the talk about game bundles, rebates, and pricing shenanigans that might shift the value math in favor of one camp or another. Instead, we have a crystal clear recommendation of the GeForce GTX 660 Ti over the Radeon HD 7950 for this winter’s crop of blockbuster games. Perhaps AMD will smooth out some of the rough patches in later driver releases, but the games we’ve tested are already on the market—and Nvidia undeniably delivers the better experience in them, overall.
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Review and testing of the video card ASUS HD7950-DC2-3GD5
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MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC: another improved Radeon HD 7950
MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC
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ASUS HD7950-DC2T-3GD5: cool and quiet Radeon HD 79fifty
ASUS HD7950-DC2T-3GD5
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junior flagship.
Radeon HD 7950 testing
Powercolor HD7950 3GB GDDR5 (AX7950 3GBD5-2DH)
Radeon HD 7950 video card [in 3 benchmarks]
Radeon HD 7950
- PCIe 3.0 x16 interface
- Core frequency 0
- Video memory size 3072 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory frequency 1250
- Maximum resolution
Description
AMD started Radeon HD 7950 sales on January 31, 2012 at a suggested price of $449. This is a desktop video card based on the GCN 1.0 architecture and 28 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory at 1.25 GHz, and coupled with a 384-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 240 Gb / s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a two-slot PCIe 3.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 267 mm. The connection requires two 6-pin additional power cables, and the power consumption is 300 watts.
It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of
16. 18%
from the leader, which is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
Radeon HD
7950
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GeForce RTX
3090 Ti
General information
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the Radeon HD 7950, as well as when sales started and cost at the time.
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FeaturesRadeon HD 7950’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about Radeon HD 7950’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results. |
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Compatibility and dimensions
Information on Radeon HD 7950 compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply). 9
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Parameters of the memory installed on Radeon HD 7950 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.
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HD 7950
Passmark This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. Benchmark coverage: 26%
HD 7950 3DMark Fire Strike GraphicsFire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests showing a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature that appears to be made of lava. Using resolution 1920×1080, Fire Strike shows quite realistic graphics and is quite demanding on hardware. Benchmark coverage: 14%
HD 7950 Unigine Heaven 4.0 This is an old DirectX 11 based benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively minor differences. It depicts a medieval fantasy city spread over several floating islands. The benchmark is still occasionally used despite its significant age, and it was released back in 2013. Benchmark coverage: 1%
HD 7950 Mining hashratesRadeon HD 7950 performance in cryptocurrency mining. Usually the result is measured in mhash / s — the number of millions of solutions generated by the video card in one second.
Game testsFPS in popular games on the Radeon HD 7950, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests. Average FPSPopular gamesRelative performance
Radeon HD 7950 overall performance compared to its nearest desktop competitor.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 Competitor from NVIDIAWe believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 7950 from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 760, which is approximately equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating. Compare Here are some of NVIDIA’s closest competitors to the Radeon HD 7950:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
NVIDIA P104-100 Other video cardsHere we recommend a few video cards that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one. Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare Recommended Processors According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the Radeon HD 7950. 5.2% 3.1% 2.9% 1.9% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% User rating
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Which comparisons are the most popular?ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs Gigabyte Radeon RX 550 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon RX 550 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 SE MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon R9 280 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs AMD Radeon RX 460 MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 570 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs AMD Radeon RX 550 MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon HD 7790 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon R7 360 ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2 MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC vs AMD Radeon R9 270X ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs AMD Radeon HD 6 3. 46.4 GPixel/s 26.6 GPixel/s The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second. 4.flops 4.64 TFLOPS 2.98 TFLOPS FLOPS is a measure of GPU processing power. 5.texture size 116 GTexels/s 93 GTexels/s The number of textured pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second. 6.GPU memory speed 1000MHz 1250MHz Memory speed is one aspect that determines memory bandwidth. 7.shading patterns Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors in a graphics card that are responsible for processing various aspects of an image. 8.textured units (TMUs) TMUs accept textured units and bind them to the geometric layout of the 3D scene. More TMUs generally means texture information is processed faster. 9 ROPs ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, such as writing the final pixel data to memory and for performing other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the appearance of graphics. Memory1.memory effective speed 4000MHz 5000MHz The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the memory size and data transfer rate. A higher clock speed can give better performance in games and other applications. 2.max memory bandwidth 256GB/s 240GB/s This is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored in memory. 3.VRAM VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of the graphics card. More VRAM usually allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution. 4. 512bit 384bit Wider memory bus means it can carry more data per cycle. This is an important factor in memory performance, and therefore the overall performance of the graphics card. 5.GDDR memory versions Later versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher data transfer rates, which improve performance. 6. Supports memory debug code ✖ATI Radeon HD 5970 ✖MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC Memory debug code can detect and fix data corruption. It is used when necessary to avoid distortion, such as in scientific computing or when starting a server. Functions1.DirectX version DirectX is used in games with a new version that supports better graphics. OpenGL version 2. The newer version of OpenGL, the better graphics quality in games. OpenCL version 3. Some applications use OpenCL to use the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions are more functional and better quality. 4. Supports multi-monitor technology ✔ATI Radeon HD 5970 ✔MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC The video card has the ability to connect multiple screens. This allows you to set up multiple monitors at the same time to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as a wider field of view. 5. GPU Boot Temperature Lower boot temperature means the card generates less heat and the cooling system works better. 6.supports ray tracing ✖ATI Radeon HD 5970 ✖MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows and reflections in games. 7. Supports 3D ✔ATI Radeon HD 5970 ✔MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D screen and glasses). 8.supports DLSS ✖ATI Radeon HD 5970 ✖MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI based scaling technology. This allows the graphics card to render games at lower resolutions and upscale them to higher resolutions with near-native visual quality and improved performance. DLSS is only available in some games. 9. PassMark result (G3D) This test measures the graphics performance of a graphics card. Source: Pass Mark. Ports1.has HDMI output ✔ATI Radeon HD 5970 ✔MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC Devices with HDMI or mini HDMI ports can stream HD video and audio to the connected display. 2.HDMI connectors Unknown. Help us offer a price. (ATI Radeon HD 5970) Unknown. Help us offer a price. (MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC) More HDMI connectors allow you to connect multiple devices such as game consoles and TVs at the same time. 3rd HDMI version Unknown. Help us offer a price. (ATI Radeon HD 5970) Unknown. Help us offer a price. (MSI Radeon HD 7950 Boost OC) Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth for higher resolutions and frame rates. 4. DisplayPort outputs Allows connection to a display using DisplayPort. 5. DVI outputs Allows connection to a display using DVI. Mini DisplayPort 6 outputs Allows connection to a display using Mini DisplayPort. Price matchCancel Which graphic cards are better?Comparison of AMD Radeon HD 7950 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 video cards by all known characteristics in the categories: General information, Specifications, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions, requirements, API support, Memory, Technology support. AMD Radeon HD 7950 versus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 BenefitsReasons to choose AMD Radeon HD 7950
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