SAPPHIRE claims to have produced the fastest HD 6950 on the market in the SAPPHIRE HD6950 TOXIC Edition. It competes with a stock Radeon HD 6950 and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570. We also put it to the test against a Radeon HD 6970 and GeForce GTX 580 with results that might shock you. And did we mention you get two free games?

Sapphire Technology is a well-known company based in Hong Kong, China, and is recognized as the single largest supplier of AMD-based video cards. Since ATI began funneling graphics processors to add-in-board partners in 2001, Sapphire has been at the head of the red-team pack. In addition to video cards , Sapphire also offers a series of motherboards, workstation class video cards, multimedia products such as TV tuners and Digital Photo frames, and mini PCs like the EDGE HD2.

On our test bench today is SAPPHIRE’s highest end, and fully customized, Radeon HD 6950 card, the SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD6950 which was just released in August, 2011. We will only be testing this overclocked SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD6950, against the Radeon HD 6950, HD 6970, a GeForce GTX 570, and a GTX 580 with some really impressive results!

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