AMD released the 6950 graphics card quite some time ago, but it's still one of the best selling cards around as it gives customers great performance for a reasonable price. From time to time, some partners bundle games or certain software with their cards to give something extra to their buyers. Today sees us taking a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Dirt 3 Edition graphics card which from a first glance will seem as if the only added extra is the inclusion of Dirt 3 but this card offers so much more with a custom PCB design and custom cooler for the most extreme gaming situations. We will be seeing how this card compares against its rival competition from Nvidia as well as other similarly powered cards from AMD themselves.
Today we are going to look at Sapphire’s first attempt at a Lynx motherboard, the Pure Platinum A75. As it’s name suggests, this sports the top-end A75 FCH (Fusion Controller Hub) and, as a result, it boasts an impressive specification which includes an array of SATA 6G ports and USB3.0 support. Unlike the Asus motherboard we looked at, the Sapphire A75 makes use of the full-size ATX form factor, rather than Micro ATX.
Some might say, “Hey, I could build a rig similar, or better, for a lot less.” In actuality, while doing a price comparison via Newegg with the different components the system comes with, including the operating system — some parts we couldn’t find to include in the price comparison, like the Xion 700W PSU, the actual RAM, and iBuyPower’s water cooling solution, so similar parts were priced out instead — we found that it would cost about the same as what iBuyPower is offering the BTS 11 for.
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