MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 Twin FrozR II

[shea1980]

Hi guys i am thinking about buying a
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 Twin FrozR II,i was just wondering will my 580 psu(peak 630) be enough to be used with this card?also is it recomended to flash this card to a 6970?thanks
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-113-MS

 

[Garee]

Yes 580W should be fine and you should definitely flash the bios.

 

[Skellig]

I was under the impression that Twin Frozr II 6950s can't be flashed to 6970. I might be wrong though. Best to check up on that.

 

[tommybhoy]

I was under the impression that Twin Frozr II 6950s can't be flashed to 6970. I might be wrong though. Best to check up on that.

TPU couldn't do it.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_6950_Twin_Frozr_II/32.html

 

[shea1980]

Thanks for the help guys

 

[tommybhoy]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
6950 2gb + AC Xtreme 5870 (£42)+ 2 packs of 'Thermalright 8800 GT RAM /PWN DDR RAM heatsinks For HR-03Rev.A,V2' (£3)= About £250!!!
Unlockable and probably quieter than the frozr too.

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I don't know about the zalman, but the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 5870 VGA Cooler fits if you get some heatsinks for the vrm's(or I suppose you could dremmel the vrm heatsink that comes with the AC) and 1 other part of the card with the heat pad(yellow circle). The chips on the 6950 next to the vrm's (pink line) are taller than the chips on a 5870.

The AC Xtreme 5870 is superb at keeping the unlocked 6950 cool and very, very quiet. A good reason for using the AC over the zalman is the AC fans can be run through CCC or Afterburner. Where as the zalman irc are manually set.

Here is some temps for you, all running on automatic but GPUz lets you know what speed the fans are running at the time anyway.
Max 63 c @30% fan during BC2, max 58 c @28% fan during Heaven, Fallout New Vegas 53 c max @27% fan speed.

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