PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ 3GB GDDR5 PCIe AX7950-3GBD5-2DHPP

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Pros:

Faster than a reference HD 7950, Tackles highquality, fullHD gaming with ease, Loads of overclocking headroom, Keeps extremely quiet during use, Low operating temperature.
Good performance increase vs. HD 6950, Overclocked out of the box, Excellent energy efficiency, Outstanding overclocking potential, Low noise output, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Dual BIOS, 3 GB of memory, Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and

Cons:

At £370, only diehard PC gamers need apply
High price, CCC Overdrive limits too low

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Last revision on December 28, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Faster than a reference HD 7950, Tackles highquality, fullHD gaming with ease, Loads of overclocking headroom, Keeps extremely quiet during use, Low operating temperature
Good performance increase vs. HD 6950, Overclocked out of the box, Excellent energy efficiency, Outstanding overclocking potential, Low noise output, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Dual BIOS, 3 GB of memory, Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and

Reviewers Didn't Like

At £370, only diehard PC gamers need apply
High price, CCC Overdrive limits too low

Expert reviews and ratings

You've seen and heard almost everything you need to know about AMD's Radeon HD 7950. The card, based on a new Graphics Core Next architecture, is a little slower and quite a lot cheaper than the top-of-the-line HD 7970, available in a variety of...

By HEXUS.net on February 10, 2012

PowerColor is the first AIB partner to send us a custom-design HD 7950 card. Their HD 7950 PCS+ continues the legacy of many PCS (Professional Cooling System) cards before, delivering about 5% higher real life performance than the AMD reference...

By techPowerUp! on January 30, 2012

PowerColor’s HD 7950 Boost State is a great success on a number of fronts; it performs well at all resolutions, features a forward looking technology that’s bound to mature and most importantly, it should bring some attention back to...

By Hardware Canucks on August 20, 2012

Final Words & Conclusion We like what PowerColor has done with the Radeon HD 7950, the PCS+ edition is a nice makeover. Granted, the reference model of the R7950 is already really good in every way thinkable, the PCS+ model however lifts the card...

By Guru of 3D on January 31, 2012

It's not very often we get a cut-down version of a graphics card outstripping it's bigger brother but today is just one of those days. The PowerColor PCS+ HD7950 in stock form already arrives with a somewhat conservative pre-overclock which is...

By Vortez on January 31, 2012

Blickend auf die AMD Radeon HD 7950-Referenz, dürfen wir nach dem Test der PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ feststellen, dass es im Bereich Geräuschkulisse eben deutlich besser geht. Diesen Knackpunkt löst PowerColor mit dem neuen...

By HardTecs4U on January 31, 2012