AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 videocard review

Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 videocard released by AMD; release date: 31 January 2012. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Core clock speed - 925 MHz. Texture fill rate - 88.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1536. Floating-point performance - 2,842 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 185 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 240.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti
Launch date	31 January 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,842 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	88.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5