HD 6950 2gb xfire question

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Karnyge

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Hey guys,
I'm in the process of building a new rig, I'm looking at going the xfire route, I currently have a Gigabyte 6950 2gb which I bought back around December, I've decided that I will get another for my xfire setup as I have read some good reviews, my problem is I cant seem to find the same brand of card it appears to be discontinued, the card I have has a 1250mhz memory clock, there are plenty of the 2gig cards with 5000mhz memory clock floating around will this make any sort of difference when it comes to xfire?

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Yargnit

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The 6950 uses DDR5 VRAM. DDR5 VRAM is quad data rate VRAM, meaning 1250mhz memory, is 5000mhz effective. (1250 x 4 = 5000) The memory speed on you card is exactly the same as the cards you are looking at.

You'll have no issues Xfiring your 2GB 6950 with a new 2GB 6950 to full effectiveness.
 
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