January 20th, 2012
Sapphire Readies Radeon HD 7950 3G GDDR5
First leaked pictures of new Radeon HD 7950 from Sapphire have surfaced. Model called HD7950 3G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/DVI-I/DUAL MINI DP OC VERSION was found by Guru3D forums user on Sapphire pages.
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 has a custom cooling system equipped with dual fans. This card required two slots, but less space than Radeon HD 7970. Core clock was overclocked to 900MHz (800MHz default). Radeon HD 7950 features 1792 stream processors, 3GB of memory running on 384-bit bus. GDDR5 memory is clocked at 5GHz effectively.
Card features 4 outputs: one HDMI, one Dual-Link DVI and two Mini-DisplayPorts 1.2.
| Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|---|
| Core Clock | 900 MHz |
| Build Process | 28 nm |
| Stream Processors | 1792 |
| Memory Capacity | 3072 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus Width | 384 bit |
| Memory Clock | 5000 MHz |
| Dimension | 275(L)x115(W)x42(H) mm |
| Outputs | 1 x Dual-Link DVI1 x HDMI (with 3D)2 x Mini-DisplayPort DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Accessory: | CrossFire™ Bridge Interconnect CableDVI to VGA AdapterMini-DP to DP Cable 6 PIN to 4 PIN Power Cable x 2 HDMI to SL-DVI Adapter HDMI 1.4a high speed 1.8 meter cable(Full Retail SKU only) |
