In the latest generation of graphics solutions, NVIDIA has implemented a mechanism for GPU Boost, which increases the CPU frequency dynamically . Later there was a similar technology from AMD: Radeon HD 7970 adapter GHz Edition, in addition to the increased GPU base frequency , it is able to automatically overclock by PowerTune.
The second AMD graphics card with the ability of dynamic overclocking is Radeon HD 7950. The functionality will be available after firmware BIOS upgrade , which appears in the middle of this month and will increase the GPU core to 850 MHz (up to 925 MHz in automatic overclock).
This step can be interpreted as a counter-attack in response to NVIDIA's next scheduled release Thursday of GeForce GTX 660 Ti.
The owners of the reference samples Radeon HD 7950 can now try to update their BIOS chips. Related Products :
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