Upgraded a rig recently to play Battlefield 3 and video capturing purposes with this Sapphire Radeon HD 6950. It wasn't a bad choice. Sapphire threw in as alwasy great support for all monitors and included 2 VGA/DVI converters although I did use the HDMI port. The card is sbustantially longer (larger) than mid-range ones like 6870 or 6850 and will typically require a roomy case. It is also a dual slot cooling solution so it is quite bulky. Installation under Windows is typically easy; ensuring all your previous drivers have been uninstalled and the card put into place and system reboot. One of the problems or annoyances you may face is the very ...  Read the complete review

Firstly Do not get confused by the name. AMD made a rather poor name change move from the 4xxx series of cards to the 5xxx, and an even worse change to the 6xxx. If you are expecting this thing to blast the 4xxx's and 5xxx's out of the water, and compete with the big boys at Nvidia, think again. I will save you the time of checking all the performance comparison websites, the 5xxx series is a meagre step up from the 4xxx's, and this latest series is in actual fact, a surprise step down. In order to capture the lower end, casual user's attention, AMD released it's 6xxx series graphics cards. They are all DirectX 11 ready, and have an appealing new name. If ...  Read the complete review