Sparkle is the next contributor on our list, and for this review they provided us with an interesting looking HDCP card, the Sparkle Calibre 7950 GT. Sparkle has impressed us in the past with some of their high GPU overclocks, and this card continues that tradition, albeit with lesser overclocks than other models we've seen. Ours came with a factory overclock of 575MHz on the core and 720MHz on the memory, as compared to the reference 550/700 clock speeds for the 7950 GT.
The Calibre 7950 GT has an interesting design, with a somewhat artistic curve to the edges of the HSF, and a matte black coloring with a nice-looking silver horse and the word "Calibre" on it. This card design is allegedly not just for good looks, but part of Sparkle's "Cooling System Technology" which will supposedly allow for greater overclocking. The card has a standard PCIe power connector, as well as two DVI outputs and a component/analog connection port. Like all 7950 GTs, this card comes with 512MB of memory.
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