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PowerColor Launches HD 6950 Vortex II Edition Graphics Card

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TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards, today introduced an innovative cooling technology into the HD6950 series: the PCS+ HD6950 Vortex II Edition. Featuring the PCS+ series characteristic, the latest edition has superior overclocking ability which clocks in at 850MHz core speed and 1300MHz memory speed, easily accelerating gaming machines with nearly 2.39 teraFLOPs of computing power and offering the surprising gaming experience

The PCS+ HD6950 Vortex II Edition enables users to manually adjust the fan and its physical attributes. By lifting the fan, it optimizes the air flow and taking advantage of the cooler air from the bottom of the case, balancing the ambient temperature. Furthermore, with the exclusive perforated fan design and anti-turbulence ability, enhancing the cooling efficiency and resulting in cooling down the temperature up to 20% compare to reference design.



Also, the latest solution utilizes "Gold Power Kit" which is composed of the select components: Ferrite Core Choke, DrMOS, and solid capacitor, allows the stable and more efficient overclocking entertaining environment.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Game Bundle: A Record Setting AAA Title for True Gamers
To bring more benefits for gamers, PowerColor includes the most-anticipated game of the year, Modern Warfare 2, into the PCS+ HD6950 Vortex II Edition. Continuing the gripping and heart-racing action against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse, the Modern Warfare 2 delivers the most realistic and immersive FPS gaming experience with PowerColor PCS+ HD 6950 Vortex II Edition to all gamers, enabling the most exhilarating gaming experience like never before.



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To bring more benefits for gamers, PowerColor includes the most-anticipated game of the year, Modern Warfare 2.....


You mean of the year 2009? This is 2011 as far as I can remember unless I have discovered a way to travel back in time, in which case I better make sure I don't kill my grandfather.
 

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Two questions:

If I were to get this to CrossfireX with my reference PowerColor 6950 where would I put it? Top or bottom?

Does it have the dual BIOS switch?

Other than the additional fans and the slight OC (which I can do myself), this doesn't seem like much of a deal. If I wanted Modern Warfare 2 I'd have bought it already.
 

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Two questions:

If I were to get this to CrossfireX with my reference PowerColor 6950 where would I put it? Top or bottom?

Does it have the dual BIOS switch?

Other than the additional fans and the slight OC (which I can do myself), this doesn't seem like much of a deal. If I wanted Modern Warfare 2 I'd have bought it already.
doesn't matter wether you put it at the top or bottom.
But I'd put the reference card at the bottom coz it surely will get more airflow.
 
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