Vortez offers a 26-page review of the Radeon HD 6950 2GB DirectCU II from ASUS. the site awards the card with a Silver Award for its good performance and cool & quiet operation. The biggest downsides are its price and somewhat lacking stock performance.

"The graphics card we will be focussing our attentions on today is the HD6950, which we covered in great depth on release. The Cayman GPU that the card is based on features AMD's new refined VLIW4 architecture, boasting a total of 96 texture units, upgraded render back for improved anti-aliasing performance, and an enhanced tessellation engine. The HD6950 only features 88 of those texture units and 1408 stream processors out of a potential 1536 which the fully unlocked HD6970 sports. The main advantage is significantly reduced power consumption, making the HD6950 a very capable card."



Link: Vortez