{"id":32158,"date":"2012-02-08T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=32158"},"modified":"2012-02-08T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T15:37:49","slug":"amd-7950-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/32158-amd-7950-review","title":{"rendered":"AMD 7950 review"},"content":{"rendered":"

While AMD\u2019s next generation flagship card, the HD7970, is grabbing all the headlines with impressive performance figures – the graphics and processor company have also launched the more sanely priced HD7950.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t match the HD7970 in terms of speed, but then again it doesn\u2019t retail for over R6,500. Let\u2019s see what the card is really like.<\/p>\n

Technology overview<\/h3>\n

The HD7950 is based on AMD\u2019s new 28nm manufacturing process, and is part of the Southern Islands series of graphics processors.<\/p>\n

Being a HD7900 series card, the HD7950 ships with all the new technology AMD has to offer, including Eyefinity 2.0. The latest version of Eyefinity supports up to 4k displays over one output port; has intelligent bezel correction; and can split independent video and audio streams to selected monitors and more.<\/p>\n

For a full look at Eyefinity 2.0, read the Mygaming overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The HD7950 also features ZeroCore technology. This is a power-saving feature that allows the card to draw less than 3w during a long idle state when the computer is on, but not powering a monitor.<\/p>\n

Also present is intelligent power management for multi-graphics card setups. While working in a 2D environment, only the primary graphics card draws its normal amount of power, the rest are put into a long idle state.<\/p>\n

For more on AMD ZeroCore, read the Mygaming Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Performance<\/h3>\n

Metro 2033<\/h4>\n

Known as the new Crysis, Metro 2033 is one of the most demanding games on your hardware currently available. We played through a set level three times, and recorded the average frame rate of the level using fraps. These averages were then averaged to get the below result.<\/p>\n

All graphics settings were maxed, while tessellation was turned off. The resolution was 1920 x 1200.<\/p>\n

Scores:<\/p>\n