SAPPHIRE FleX 100312FLEX Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Pros: I got this card because I wanted to set up an Eyefinity system. I have three Dell 24" monitors. It works great. The system has been running great for over a year now.

Cons: None that I have found.

Other Thoughts: System Specifications

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Intel Core i5 2500K Sandybridge CPU 3.3 ghz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Asus P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard
Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3 1600 9-9-9-27 RAM
Crucial M4 128 GB Solid State Drive (Boot Drive)
Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black 7200 RPM 3GB/s (Storage)
Sapphire Flex Radeon HD 6950 2GB GPU with Eyefinity
750W Corsair Professional Series HX750 Modular PSU
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
3x Dell 24" LED ST2420L Monitors in 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity Klipsch Promedia 2.1 Speaker System

Windows Experience Index 7.6
·Processor 7.6
·Memory (RAM) 7.9
·Graphics 7.9
·Gaming Graphics 7.9
·Primary Hard Disk 7.9

Pros: This card has handled flawlessly since I got it. I have no had any artifacts, screen tearing or the such since install.

-AMD drivers have improved a lot over the last couple years!
-AMD's lead in hardware specs has decreased sadly

Cons: Does not have the dual firmware switch. I know many people are looking for this to flash it to a 6970.
I believe this model does have a high success rate with the flash, but it does not have the switch, so you risk bricking.

Other Thoughts: The card does not get as hot as many of the previous cards I have had.

-Its a long card, make sure your memory, case or drives are not getting in the way. But, you should know that if your looking at a card like this!

Pros: Unlocks easy as can be
Great overclocker
Dual fan cooler design

Once I unlocked the card I simply used Sapphire Trixx to overclock it to 6970 settings and went from there. Currently running 900/1380/1.150v!

6970 performance for 560Ti price!

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: To anyone buying this card: Unlock using the ATI-winflash/RBE bios modification method! If you search for 'Guru3d Sapphire 6950 Dirt 3 unlock' you can find a very good guide on how to do this.

DO NOT FLASH A 6970 BIOS.

Modify the shaders in RBE and you'll be laughing.

Pros: 1536 shaders unlocked out of the box. Easily OCable from stock speeds to increase throughput.
Quiet
Efficient from my testing..
Supports Eyefinity and will happily run SkyRim across 3x1920x1080 screens all day long at stock speeds @ ultra quality

Cons: I didn't buy two!

Pros: * Excellent card for the price
* Unlocked shader to 1536 by switching the bios switch to 1
* Runs majority of games at Ultra
* Crossfire bridge included
* Supports Eyefinity with 1 card

Cons: * Very long card (luckily was able to fit in my HAF 912)

Pros: Fast card!
I was able to unlock extra shaders, but flashing to 6970 gave me errors. (Remember to flip the switch on the card when trying to flash). Still, it's easy enough to overclock it to get what you want.

Running Skyrim on Ultra on 1920x1080.

Cons: Card is long, which could be a problem for smaller cases. It was not for my CM Storm Enforcer, especially after I removed the extra hard drive cage.

Pros: Great FPS on every game I have used it on (so far). Sharders unlocked with the flip of the BIOS switch, which the poster before must have not noticed. Built a new machine to replace my 2005 comp... and I must say what a difference!

Cons: Like many people before have mentioned the card is quite large which I was a little concerned about. However, it fit into my Antec 900 with an extra inch and a half of space from the drive bay.

Other Thoughts: When it comes back in stock it's a great card!

Pros: Unlockable
Free HDMI cable (probably just a cheap one but oh well free is free!)
Free Dirt 3 (unexpected and welcomed!)

Cons: Long. This was expected, but it took some love to get in my case (I was cocky and just assumed anything would fit in my Antec 1200 with ease, but I was wrong) it fit without modifications but it was close.

Other Thoughts: I'm not going to give you a bunch of benchmarks, and frame per second stats (they don't matter to me as long as they aren't low) but I will say this card will max anything I throw at it (except GTA: EFLC I think there is a problem in the software though)

Like others have said, unlocked shaders with the flip of a switch. Literally that simple. I flipped the switch and when I started my computer and opened GPU-z it showed 1536 shaders. With a bit of an overclock you have yourself a 6970. When I was shopping for cards (which was very difficult to pick one, I bought this on impulse because I was tired of looking) getting a free game was kind of a big deal to me, and to my surprise this one came with one even though there was no mention of it.

In a nutshell, one of the cheapest 2gb 6950s, its unlockable, and it comes with a free game. If you want a 6950 this is the one you want.

Pros: Great card with lots of power. It runs very cool but it's pretty big but i have a HAF 923 so it fit's perfectly with lots of space to spare.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: My Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power supply keeps this baby up w/o any hicups if any of you were wondering about what PS you needed.

Pros: Solid frame rates and very easy overclocking with the catalyst control center. The card is quiet even at max fan speeds (at least compared to the combo of crossfire 4850s it just replaced)

Cons: The card is LONG, I knew that going in but didn't realize quite how long. I ended up having to move Hard Drives down in my 3.5" bays to make room for the end of the card; if it was a 1/4 inch shorter that would have been necessary. I'll probably need to move some case fans to maximize the airflow around the card because of its profile.

Other Thoughts: Some comments and reviews seemed to say that the card came with the extra shaders unlocked already, not true. It was very easy to flash the bios up to the 6970 and then using Overdrive in Catalyst bring the up voltage closer to the 6970. I haven't seen any render issues and the heat seems to be staying down. The Sapphire cards have had this tested on them the most and about 1/6, from my sources, will have some rendering issues with the 6970 bios. If that happens it's easy to restore the 6950 bios.

The Card takes 2 of the 2x3 power cables, it comes with a couple molex adapters, just be aware you'll probably have to reorganize your cabling if your like me and have everything zip tied down for airflow, also because I had to move a Hard drive down I needed a SATA power extension to go around the card in order to not stress any connections.

The ASUS 6950's score 1% higher on Tom's Hardware but they we're sold out when I bought mine...