HIS Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo X 2GB Video Card   Page 1

Reviewer: RWL Staff Article Publish Date: 7/8/2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

 

    With the latest increase in DirectX 11 compatible game titles (Crysis 2 anyone?) owning a good DX11 capable graphics card is a must especially if you consider yourself as being a hardcore gamer. Last time we had the chance to test the latest NVIDIA mGPU solution, the incredibly fast Gainward GeForce GTX 590 which is without doubt the fastest graphics card in the market currently (at stock clocks). Today we are taking things a step back to take a look at a single GPU card and more specifically the latest HIS Radeon HD 6950 2GB ICEQX TURBOX offering based on the best ATI/AMD GPU to date the Cayman.

 

 

     HIS - Hightech Information System Limited is an internationally acclaimed graphics cards company. Time and time again, HIS were compared and tested by hundreds of worldly renowned critics. The results are phenomena, HIS have proven to offer far superior, cooler, quieter, and faster graphic cards than any other leading rivals. Up to the fourth quarter of 2008, HIS has won over 1000 awards with AMD graphic solution from major media worldwide. HIS is being recognized by providing performance leading and award-wining products. HIS was established in 1987 with the mission to produce the highest quality PC products in the industry. Besides strong devotion to excellent products and services, HIS has been conducting business with the aim to "Glorifying God". Honesty and integrity are the two key principals of how HIS are conducted. Ethical business practice has been an everyday commitment to our clients, vendors, and investors. Headquartered in Hong Kong, and with sales offices and distribution networks in Europe, Middle East, North and South America, Asia Pacific Regions our worldwide customers benefits from efficient and localized services. ISO Certified, HIS's manufacturing facility in China is managed by a team of professionals with expertise in quality control and production planning. Working with world-class clients, HIS has been consistently meeting high quality standards and fulfilled volume order in short lead-time.

 

 

    Much like the HIS IceQ X Turbo X 6850 and 6870 we reviewed a while back the 6950 card also comes factory overclocked at 880MHz on the GPU and 1300MHz on the memory modules compared to the 800MHz/1250MHz of the stock version. This overclock may not be huge which automatically means that there should be room to push the card even further but even so not many companies dare to push their cards as much. However since the IceQ X cooler by HIS has managed to maintain a solid reputation of keeping temperatures quite lower than stock coolers over the years you shouldn't come across any issues.