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Powercolor HD6950 PCS++ 2GB Review – dual action

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell March 3, 2011 Featured Announcement, Graphics

Mafia II is a gritty drama which chronicles the rise of World War II veteran Vito Scaletta, the son of Sicilian immigrants. As the game progresses, Vito will join the Falcone Crime Family and become a made man. There are 15 chapters in the game, connected into one storyline.

We tested at 2560×1600 with fullscreen: on, antialiasing:on , Anisotrophic filtering: 16x, Shadow Quality: High, Ambient Occlusion: on, Geometry Detail: High and APEX PhysX: medium.

The Nvidia GTX570 is the highest performing card, by a clear margin in Mafia 2 and is really the only card on test which is perfectly playable at these settings. Disabling physX will help increase the frame rates.

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7 comments

  1. Garth
    March 3, 2011 at 8:27 am

    really clever idea to have a dual bios preconfigured like this. I know some people dont want to flash their cards due to the risk of killing it and having no comeback.

  2. Nick
    March 3, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Its a really nice idea to be seen as being active like this. they do release some particularly impressive cards in the last year.

  3. Frannie
    March 3, 2011 at 9:25 am

    Their cooler is great, my friend has another card with the same cooler and its very quiet. dual fans always works great.

  4. Thomas
    March 3, 2011 at 9:25 am

    PCB design is good, and although I know they could maybe have used the better memory it would put the price up a good bit.

  5. Benjamin
    March 3, 2011 at 9:26 am

    Im still not sold on their cards, I hear horror stories of their UK support system. which is basically non existant. that is why I go for sapphire, cause I know ill get a replacement if the hardware fails. same for HIS, crap UK support.

  6. NeD
    March 3, 2011 at 9:32 am

    I like their PCS cards, always really well made, but I do echo a feeling of concern in the Uk. I know my wifes brother bought a powercard card years ago and it did fail after 10 months and no one would accept it back. A word of caution for those people buying one in the UK, their local support is not good. (or wasnt ).

  7. AMD4EVER
    March 3, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Their support in USA is very good.

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