Calling on 7850, 7870, 7950 and 7970 owners

[Uncle Petey]

Maybe I had an awesome one lol. 3 years old, bought 2nd hand and still kicking A

 

[BrianB]

I went from 4890 to 7970 and the difference is about 3 years worth.

 

[wazza300]

Maybe I had an awesome one lol. 3 years old, bought 2nd hand and still kicking A

is the 7950 at stock? ifso you need to overclock it

 

[Uncle Petey]

1150/1400 @1.15v

Ran well at stock anyway (Sapphire OC 950mhz Edition on a 7970 PCB apparently)

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18443484

I had the 5870 at a modest 900/1250 I think.

 

[PowerPie5000]

HIS 7950 IceQ Boost

Core = 850Mhz (925Mhz with boost)
Mem = 1250Mhz (5000Mhz effective)

Idle Voltage = 0.805V
Load Voltage (with boost) = 1.250V... A little high i think for just 925Mhz

Memory Voltage = 1602V

 

[chris-82]

Maybe I had an awesome one lol. 3 years old, bought 2nd hand and still kicking A

Well waved goodbye to my 7950 and my hdd today both been sent off for rma,hope I get them back soon have to say so far the rma process has been good bar me having to spend £28+ to get it back to them hopefully I will get that back as it reads max£12 on each item so....

Still debating if to just get a refund though on the 7950 and stick with my 6850 untill the 8000 series hmmmmm but I have sold my 6850 provisonally for £60

 

[Uncle Petey]

If the 8000 series is as bargaintastic as claimed, it might be well worth it. Hard call.

Please fully star out swear words! - w3bbo

'Cluster' isn't a swear word.

No, but if you connecting it with the other to make one single word then it is - w3bbo

 

[Feyy]

ASUS HD 7850 Direct CU II

ASIC - 75.2%

VCC: 0.825V (Idle), 1.138V (Load)

Overclocked to 1000Mhz / 1300Mhz [Stable 24/7]

 

[Feyy]

i have tried it on sleeping dogs,gw2,dead island,stalker: clear sky,blacklight retribution and then i removed the card and tried it with my 6850 with no issues put the 7950 in again tried the games again with the same issue.

it doesnt do it on skyrim or bastion

i have posted in the customer services section so hopefully should get some feedback from there.

im gutted got a card with a great vidic and low volts which ran cool now im gonna be without a card back to my 6850 then......

yeah its not like join lines its just suttle lines going across the screen generally in the middle portion of the screen that move about the same colour if not a little faded than the colour at the time sometimes there very visible others more sutle and its always there. i didnt realise how much it was spoiling the games untill i plugged in my 6850.
what is it when u get these suttle scrolling lines anyway?

i have ccc installed and msi afterburner and ive kept afterburner closed,all tests have been done on stock clocks it does it when oc'd too but i havent played with it much ocd as i didnt need to was just finding the clocks for future use.

I think I might have been experiencing a similar issue with my 7850 in Guild Wars 2.

I was getting these horrible tearing lines across the center of my screen. So I kept bopping the camera up and down to see how often they appeared.

I fixed it with forced triple buffering and vsync using D3DOverrider.

 

[PowerPie5000]

Really

I moved from 5870 to 7950 and the performance increase is huge, noteworthy in the actual gameplay.

I only really play BF3 and sometimes BC2 but the difference is incomparable?

I went from a 6870 to a 7950 (HIS IceQ Boost) and the performance gain is more than noticeable... Not sure what some people here are complaining about? Everything runs far better maxed out than before and i'm very happy with the results

 

[bemaniac]

If the 8000 series is as bargaintastic as claimed, it might be well worth it. Hard call.



'Cluster' isn't a swear word.

Rofl Cluster?

 

[Uncle Petey]

Well, the swear word that immediately follows cluster was starred out

I went from a 6870 to a 7950 (HIS IceQ Boost) and the performance gain is more than noticeable... Not sure what some people here are complaining about? Everything runs far better maxed out than before and i'm very happy with the results

I wasn't complaining The performance difference is certainly noticeable, it's just that what I had before did a fine job for my needs.
Games like sleeping dogs and BF3 ran great. They do run even better now, yes, but it's just icing on the cake (with a bit of jam & marzipan) for the non-hardcore gamer that I am.
The 5870 is a bit quicker than the 6870 remember, so your relative gains may well be greater.

Like I said though, I'm content with the purchase. It's a relief to have given that upgrade itch an expensive, but damn good scratch

*Apologies for getting a bit off topic here*

 

[MyBrainz]

My 7950 is the best upgrade i ever did for a gpu. It's pretty much double perf from my old 6870 (as u can see in the benchmark threads my overclocked 7950 is about same perf as 6870 crossfire) and it only cost me £260 back in July. Sold my 6870 for £85 so deffo a good upgrade. Very happy

Btw once one gets artifacts when oveclocking is that the limit being met? As i have said before i get artifacts clocking the core too high and i think my limit has been met on the memory at 1650 @ 1.625v.

 

[wazza300]

its worth upgrading just for the lower power draw and quieter fan,those 5870 fans are noisy when gaming

 

[PowerPie5000]

What ASIC readings are people getting for their 7950's at stock settings? My HIS 7950 IceQ (boost version) is showing just 65.5% which seems quite poor . My girlfriends KFA2 GTX 660 Ti EX OC is showing a nice 92.5% (Grrr!).

 

[Spenty]

Your girlfriends 660ti will never match your 7950 though

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

My 7950 TF3 shows 92.6% for the ASIC reading. As I understand, this is a measure of how efficient and good at overclocking the chip is?

 

[PowerPie5000]

Your girlfriends 660ti will never match your 7950 though

Pretty much everything runs better on my 7950, although Battlefield 3 seems to fly on her 660 Ti (I wouldn't be surprised if it matches or outperforms my 7950 with this game ).

My 7950 TF3 shows 92.6% for the ASIC reading. As I understand, this is a measure of how efficient and good at overclocking the chip is?

Mine's the boost version which goes up to a ridiculous 1.25V when it boosts to just 925Mhz!! Maybe that's why i get a lousy ASIC rating . I wonder if it's worth flashing the card with a non-boost bios and have it run at a constant 925Mhz with a lower voltage? It appears all 7950 'boost' cards hit 1.25V regardless of the brand.

... I can safely say my card is pretty quiet and has not gone over 61C under load yet (which is nice despite the high boost voltage ).

 

[Uncle Petey]

87.3%

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

Mine's the boost version which goes up to a ridiculous 1.25V when it boosts to just 925Mhz!! Maybe that's why i get a lousy ASIC rating

Yeah, 1.25v for 925 MHz is far too much, I use stock voltage (0.993v) at 1000 MHz for 24/7 use, and I can bench 3DM11 at 1200/1650 on 1.137v (haven't tried anything else, I just ran it to get the highest scoring 7950 ) It seems to be that the lower ASIC 7950's have a stock voltage of 1.093v, whereas the higher ASIC 7950's use 0.993v at stock.