Introduction

We have the potential for a perfect storm here. Back when the HD79x0 cards were released we discovered that although the HD7970 was the powerhouse we expected it to be, the HD7950 was actually the sensible choice. At stock it was average but it took to the overclock so well it was easily a match for the HD7970 without the hefty price-tag. So the chip beating at the heart of the Club3D Royal King is one we already like a lot. 

Club3D themselves came from out of the blue to amaze us with the HD7850 Royal Queen. Of course we were aware of them but it had been so long since we'd reviewed one of their cards that the Royal Queen stunned us with how well it performed, especially being able to be overclocked within an inch of its life.

So that takes us to today's review. We have a company who've recently left us wide-eyed with the quality of their Poker range of cards, bringing us one based upon one of the best overclocking GPUs around.

Is the Club3D HD7950 Royal King a cool as you like BB King or a Stephen King horror show?

Technical Specifications

The Royal King HD7950 comes with a decent overclock when compared to the reference HD7950, but nothing particularly amazing out of the box. Otherwise it's a spitting image of the Royal Queen we reviewed recently, with the Coolstream cooler on an otherwise standard board.

Model

Product Name: Radeon HD 7950 RoyalKing
Product Series: Radeon HD 7000

Interface

Bus Interface: PCI Express 3.0

Chipset

GPU Chipset: Tahiti Pro2
GPU Clock: 880 MHz
GPU Boost clock: 930 MHz
Stream Processors: 1792

Multi-GPU

Multi-GPU: Quad CrossFire Ready

Memory

Memory Size: 3072MB
Memory Interface: 384BIT
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Clock: 5000 MHz

Cooling

Cooling Type: Active, CoolStream High Performance Cooling Technology

TDP

Idle: 15W
Idle ZCP mode enabled: 3W
Maximum load: 200W

3D API

DirectX version: 11.1
OpenGL version: 4.2
OpenCL version: 1.2

Dimensions

Slot Width: 2 Slots
Profile: Standard profile
Card Size: 268 x 122 x 36 mm

Weight

Card Weight: 672 grams

Output Configuration

DVI: 1x Dual-Link DVI-I, 1x Single-Link DVI-D
VGA: via Dongle
HDMI: 1x version 1.4a
Mini DisplayPort: 2x version 1.2
HDCP ready: YES
RAMDAC: 400MHz
Maximum Resolution analog: 2048x1536 (via Dual-Link DVI to VGA adapter)
Maximum Resolution Single-Link DVI: 1920x1200
Maximum Resolution Dual-Link DVI: 2560x1600
Maximum Resolution HDMI 1.4a: 4096x3112
Maximum Resolution Mini DP 1.2: 4096x2160
Maximum Outputs Simultaneously: 4

In the package

Club 3D Radeon HD 7950 RoyalKing graphics card
Club 3D CrossFireX bridge interconnect cable
Club 3D knob hanger
Driver & E-Manual CD
Quick install guide