Rage3D AMD Radeon HD 7950 Launch Review

[Ichneumon]

You don't want to miss this one folks. The review of the card you've been clamoring for these last few weeks has arrived. Continuing to put pressure on Nvidia with it's new offering, check out AMD's Tahiti Pro and what it has to offer.

Read the Rage3D 7950 Launch Review.

[The PyroPath]

Error is ERage3D 7950 review?

Hi there, I was reading the Rage3D review of the 7950 and came across this:

The dual PCIe 6pin connectors plus mainboard slot offer a total of 225W, under PCIe specification and AMD has very sensibly set the maximum board TDP of the HD 7950 to be 200W. When the PowerTune limit is raised by 20%, to a 220W cap, there is still electrical headroom in the power provided to the card.

Maybe this is still right, but isn't 20% of 200 Watt, 40 Watt? That would make it a 240 Watt cap, not 220.

[Woops]Sorry for the weird errors in my thread title, don't get what went wrong there [/Woops]

[Sherv]

I really thought it would be alot cheaper, guess i'll wait for the new Nvidia cards & compare the price of the 7950 to whatever nvidia bring out.

[The PyroPath]

Made a post a feedback central, it's a question about the power envelope, please have a look at it...

[jam2k]

Great review, congrats !

[meerkat154]

Again - another excellent review - thanks!
I may consider - have a "aging" 5870.
Kat

[Dr. Zhivago]

Wow! Impressive card. Thanks Jim!

[acroig]

Another solid review from CMJ and the Rage team.

[Lupine]

Made a post a feedback central, it's a question about the power envelope, please have a look at it...

I merged that question into this thread so the author will see it.

[caveman-jim]

Hi there, I was reading the Rage3D review of the 7950 and came across this:



Maybe this is still right, but isn't 20% of 200 Watt, 40 Watt? That would make it a 240 Watt cap, not 220.

[Woops]Sorry for the weird errors in my thread title, don't get what went wrong there [/Woops]

You're right, my math was bad - thanks for catching it; and for lupy for the merge.

Yes, I don't know why I said 20% of 200W was 20W... thats just wrong. Derp! My only excuse I can give is... er.... um.... CAVEMAN NO MATH GOOD! Y U NO LIKE CAVEMAN MATH?! CAVEMAN CLUB!