Still, if you're rocking an AMD system then AMD graphics cards make the perfect match. When you factor in an Intel CPU based platform the AMD cards suddenly don't look quite so capable, and the more expensive Nvidia GPU wins the day. It represents a huge step-up in power, even with the weakest of the CPUs, and when compared with the much more expensive GTX 570 that though, is on the AMD side. Right click on the hardware device you wish to update and choose Update Driver Software.
Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel) 2. for support of AMD Radeon HD 6530D Series.
Word from leading AMD manufacturers suggests we could still see new HD 6950s with the flashing reinstated.Īs a graphics upgrade though, especially on the AMD side of the CPU war, the HD 6950 is definitely the one to aim for. Radeon HD 6530D Graphics AMD Bench 2, 296 samples: 20x: GeForce GT 730 Nvidia Bench 5, 147,323 samples: 5x: SSD 850 Evo 120GB Samsung 183 Bench 95, 65,207. This driver was provided by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Some recent respins though have come either with the dual BIOS switch disabled, or with lower frame buffers, both of which stop any flashing shenanigans you might wish to perform.įrom a cynical point of view though, you could say it wasn't a coincidence that this happened at the same time AMD launched its multi-GPU HD 6990.
