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toxic 6950

jonsport888

jonsport888

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After being helped by you guys last night i was decided to get a 6950 toxic edition for £230 mainly because I have heard that it has a good chance of becoming a 6970 just by flicking the switch. After receiving lots of false information about the card by the people selling it it persuade me to spend more and get a 570 or actual 6970 (People at overclockers forums told me what they were saying was false, thanks guys :)) But before I bought it i asked if the card had the 6970 bios on the second switch position and they sent this to me

'the toxic card is a factory overclocked card that comes with the switch, the switch doesnt just automatically turn it in to a 6970 either, it switches between two bios' and you can overclock it using one of the bois'. it doesnt let you use the locked shaders either as cards now come with on die fuses.

the point in this card is you can put it in your system and it be faster than a 6950 straight off.'

Now since you guys have already proved to know more than them, can you tell me how much of that is true and is it worth getting the toxic for 6970?


Thanks for any help you can give me!
 
Thanks Tommybhoy you've been really helpful!
Just making sure it is the toxic that has the switch and everything etx, this is what they're selling

The SAPPHIRE HD 6950 TOXIC Edition ships with clock speeds of 880MHz for the core and 1300 MHz (5.2 Gb/sec effective) for the memory, making it the fastest production HD 6950 on the market. This has been achieved by building the card on a high specification PCB with digital VRMs for excellent power regulation and 8 + 6 pin power connectors. It has a high performance cooler featuring a Vapor Chamber, blower fan and a new perforated backplate to increase airflow out of the system case.

specs
Bus Standard: PCIe 2.1
Core Clock (MHz): 880
Stream Processors: 1408
Memory:
Generation: GDDR5
Capacity (MB): 2048
Clock (MHz): 5200
Bandwidth (GB/s): 21.6
Interface: 256-bit
Outputs:
2x Mini-Display Port
1x HDMI
2x DVI


CrossFireX Ready: Quad
3D Ready: Yes

Power Input: 1x 6-Pin PCIe; 1x 8-Pin PCIe
Card Length: 11"
Low Profile: No

I don't know why they're giving so much false information but this is the card they're selling, so should i get it? its £230 and i haven't seen any others for that price unless i risk ebay........
 
Ok thanks again, ill probably go and pay £20 pound extra and get it from overlcockers, they,ve got 8 left, don't want to give it to the other company after how clueless they are regarding graphics cards :P
 
Thanks again Tommybhoy! But the games don't bother me as much its more about getting a good card for as little as possible the toxic here is 259 but if your lucky and it unlocks to a 6970 it would be good value still, heres the one i was looking at the only difference i can find is the model number, not sure if it makes any difference :S
 
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