Specifications
The card that we are looking at today is the Radeon HD 6950 from HIS. This is one of AMD’s latest GPUs as part of the 6900 series of cards.
The full specifications are as listed below:
| Model Name | HIS 6950 Fan 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/2xDVI/2xMini DP |
| Chipset | Radeon HD 6950 PCIe Series |
| Memory Size (MB) | 2048 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Engine CLK (MHz) | 800Mhz |
| Memory CLK (Gbps) | 5Gbps |
| Memory Interface (bit) | 256 |
| Bus Interface | PCI Express 2.1 (x16) |
| DVI | Upper Single-link DVI-D |
| 2nd DVI | Bottom Dual-link DVI-I |
| Mini Display Port | Yes |
| HDMI | Yes |
HD 6850 System Requirements
- PCI Express ® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot with 2 slots space available on the motherboard
- 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connectors recommended
- Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
- Minimum 1GB of system memory
- Installation software requires CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, and a display
- DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD
- Blu-ray playback requires Blu-ray drive and a Blu-ray disc
- For an AMD CrossFireX system, a second AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Graphics card, an AMD CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one AMD CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable is required
