With the explosion of overclocking years ago, we are finding more and more manufacturers are endorsing and embracing overclocking of their products. This included products from NVIDIA to Intel and AMD, to other component manufacturers such as XFX,  MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc. Along with this endorsement comes a wider range of product support and quality. Recently, many manufacturers are boasting higher quality military grade components that will allow users to overclock products further and with more stability and efficiency. Over the past several years, we almost never fail to see a new line of video cards coming out and within weeks, have an overclocked version of it — usually with a better cooling solution as well. In some cases, some video cards even release as twins where the brother or sister is an overclocked version!Having this huge support for overclocking by many manufacturers also opens the market for better aftermarket cooling solutions. After all, the factory coolers on these products are generally designed and produced with the limit being stock speeds. That's where manufacturers such as Noctua, Thermalright, Zalman and many other manufacturers stepped in to help us upgrade our stock coolers and replace them with something that will allow the taking of our hardware to the absolute limit. Mixed together, we end up with an overclocked version of the AMD HD 6950 which was released last year and assembled by XFX. The cooler that ships with it seems to be upgraded, as it has two propeller fans (rather than one single blower) and three large heatpipes peeking out the side of the fan housing. It will be interesting to see what type of temperature differences we see between this version and the XFX reference version, as found in this review. These cards are capable of displaying video on up to six monitors from one video card, that is very neat! This is accomplished by the use of DisplayPort, which can run two video channels per port.This review will feature a complete evaluation of the XFX Radeon HD 6950 1GB XXX Edition video card. It will start from exterior views, interior and "under the hood" views, providing a comprehensive list of specifications and features, followed by an intense overclocking and testing methology that batters the card with extreme temperatures and loads. Doing so, I will be able to gather results from each testing simulation and compare it to other high-end cards on the market. The conclusion will feature a wrap-up summation of my thoughts about the card, its performance and its price.