Introduction:
After a while all graphics cards seem to blend together. Most are just the reference design with a company logo on it. For the most part they all perform the same. That’s why it’s so refreshing when a company does something different with their cards. Sapphire, one of the largest manufacturers of graphics cards, introduces their new HD 6950 FleX edition card. While the speeds of the cards may be stock 6950, Sapphire makes this card stand out by enabling it to run 3 monitors in an Eyefinity setup without the need for expensive Display Port monitors or adapters. While the FleX brings a cool trick to the table, does it have what it takes to run today’s games? Only reading on will give you the answer.
Sapphire’s Take:
Most graphics cards based on AMD technology require the third monitor in an Eyefinity set-up to be a DisplayPort monitor, or connected with an active DisplayPort Adapter. The SAPPHIRE FleX family can support three DVI monitors in Eyefinity mode and deliver a true SLS (Single Large Surface) work area without the need for costly active adapters. The first two monitors are connected to the two DVI ports and the third to an HDMI to DVI cable (supplied) with no extra hardware required.
The SAPPHIRE HD 6950 FleX is now the highest performing card with this feature, allowing gamers to use low-cost DVI monitors for all three screens. Additional monitors can be added to the setup, but must be DisplayPort connected.
Like the standard HD 6950, the SAPPHIRE HD 6950 FleX Edition boasts true DX 11 capability and the powerful configuration of 1408 stream processors and 88 texture processing units. With its clock speeds of 800MHz for the core and 1250Mhz (5 Gb/sec effective) for the memory this model brings multi-screen enjoyment to even hard-core gamers.
can someone tell me if this graphics card will work in a compaq sr2050nx computer here is computer specs…
PassMark BurnInTest Log file – http://www.passmark.com
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Date: 09/05/11 01:21:30
BurnInTest V6.0 Pro 1030
(64-bit)Logging detail level: Normal
*** Unlicensed Shareware Version ***
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SYSTEM SUMMARY
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Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 build 6002 (64-bit),
1 x Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz,
959MB RAM,
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series,
186GB HDD, 932GB HDD,
CD-RW/DVDRW, CD/DVDRW,
GENERAL
System Name: SR2050NX
System Model: RE476AA-ABA SR2050NX NA680
Motherboard Manufacturer: ECS
Motherboard Name: Asterope3
Motherboard Version: 1.1
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: 3.24
BIOS Release Date: 01/18/2007
CPU
CPU manufacturer: GenuineIntel
CPU Type: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
CPUID: Family F, Model 4, Stepping 7
Physical CPU’s: 1
Cores per CPU: 2
Hyperthreading: Disabled
CPU features: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 DEP PAE Intel64
Clock frequencies:
Measured CPU speed: 2799.2 MHz
Cache per CPU package:
Trace Cache: 12 K-uops
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB
MEMORY
Total Physical Memory: 959MB
Available Physical Memory: 423MB
Virtual memory: C:\pagefile.sys (allocated base size 6000MB)
Virtual memory: D:\pagefile.sys (allocated base size 1258MB)
GRAPHICS
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series
Chip Type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x5A61)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Memory: 64MB
BIOS: BK-ATI VER008.046I.003.000
Driver provider: ATI Technologies Inc.
Driver version: 8.383.0.0
Driver date: 6-13-2007
Monitor 1: 1024x768x32 75Hz (Primary monitor)
DISK VOLUMES
C: Local drive, NTFS, (931.51GB total, 732.01GB free)
D: Local drive, CHUCK, NTFS, (186.31GB total, 80.82GB free)
E: Optical drive, iHAS324 B
F: Optical drive, CD/DVDW TS-H652L
G: Removable
H: Removable
I: Removable
J: Removable
DISK DRIVES
Disk drive: Model ST3200826AS ATA Device (Size: 186.31GB)
Disk drive: Model WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device (Size: 931.51GB)
OPTICAL DRIVES
E: ATAPI iHAS324 B (CD-RW/DVDRW)
F: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L (CD/DVDRW)
NETWORK
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (Speed: 100Mb/s)
PORTS
PCI Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP: COM3 – Modem Device (max Baud rate: 128000)
Parallel port: LPT1
Mouse Port: PS/2 connector
Keyboard Port: PS/2 connector
ATI I/O Communications Processor USB 1.1 OHCI controller
– Dell Dell USB Optical Mouse
ATI I/O Communications Processor USB 1.1 OHCI controller
– Dell Dell USB Keyboard
ATI I/O Communications Processor USB 2.0 EHCI controller
– Generic USB2.0-CRW (SN: 20021111153705700)
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RESULT SUMMARY
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Test Start time: Mon Sep 05 00:52:37 2011
Test Stop time: Mon Sep 05 01:07:40 2011
Test Duration: 000h 15m 03s
Test Name Cycles Operations Result Errors Last Error
CPU 0 266 Billion PASS 0 No errors
Memory (RAM) 37 19.288 Billion PASS 0 No errors
2D Graphics 6 6167 PASS 0 No errors
3D Graphics 5 11278 PASS 0 No errors
Optical disk (E:) 0 0 FAIL 176 Error while searching for files on optical data disk
Optical disk (F:) 0 0 FAIL 179 Error while searching for files on optical data disk
Sound 3 12.150 Million PASS 0 No errors
Printer 0 0 FAIL 2 Could not send page to printer
Network 1 0 0 FAIL 76 No permission to open RAW network socket
Parallel Port 0 0 FAIL 89 Error loading Parallel port device driver. Check administrator privileges.
Tape 0 0 FAIL 58 Could not access the tape drive selected
USB Plug 1 0 0 FAIL 1 Could not detect USB loopback plug
USB Plug 2 0 0 FAIL 1 Could not detect USB loopback plug
Video Playback 12 157 PASS 0 No errors
Serial Port 1 0 0 FAIL 81 The requested COM port could not be found
Disk (A:) 0 0 FAIL 3 No media detected in drive
Disk (C:) 2 43.603 Billion PASS 0 No errors
update i found my exact board…
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/c00783617.gif
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/c00783618.jpg
It looks like the board has a PCI-E 1.0 bus. The card should still work, but it will be bottlenecked by the speed of the bus. Not to mention the Pentium D that is in your machine is getting up in years and will definitely be a bottleneck for newer games. Also, if you are running the stock power supply that the machine came with, I highly doubt it will be able to support your card. You will need at least a 750 Watt power supply to be on the safe side.
Please can you confirm that you are correct with your specification where you state 40 stream processes or have you copied/pasted from the Sapphiretech site and not realised this looks wrong?
That section was copied directly from Sapphire’s site. Looks like they have it listed wrong in a few places. It should actually be 1408 Stream Processors. I have updated the article accordingly. Good catch.