MSI R6950-2PM2D2GD5 Pro Reviews

Some have complained that we tend to prattle on in our conclusions but MSI has made this one easy for us. Their HD 6950 1GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC may have one of the longest names of any current graphics card but it represents an excellent value for your money. Years ago MSI found themselves fighting an uphill battle against their rivals over at Gigabyte and ASUS. Instead of packing it up and going home, they introduced features like the Twin Frozr heatsink design, heavily upgraded component designs, overclocking options aplenty and an industry leading tweaking software in the form of AfterBurner. This quartet of items comes together in perfect harmony on the Power Edition OC and allows for great overclocking headroom, low temperatures, increased efficiency over the reference design and an overall quiet gaming experience. On the performance front, the Power Edition OC certainly won’t win any awards for its performance since clock speeds really haven’t been increased all that much. On paper there is a small difference between MSI’s pre-overclocked HD 6950 and AMD’s reference version but it’s doubtful that anyone would notice an in-game difference between the two. However, there’s so much more offered by this custom card that clock speeds hardly seem to matter. With new a AMD architecture rapidly closing in, some may think that this is a poor time to be looking at the HD 6900-series but we think otherwise. The pricing structure of the HD 6950 1GB in particular makes it highly appealing for anyone in the market for a mid-priced card with a ton of staying power. At its current price of just under $260, the MSI HD 6950 1GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC is a perfect alternative for anyone that isn’t willing to spend $30 more on NVIDIA’s GTX 560 Ti 448.