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Yeah I just think they look awful, personal preference I guess. The side view is quite smart.
That teamed with XFX's CS makes them a no go for me.
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XFX 7950 DD Ghost or are they..?
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That teamed with XFX's CS makes them a no go for me.
I have not dealt with XFX before they do have a lifetime warranty hopefully I will not need to use it. For £188 each I think they are a bargain.
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That is very cheap!
They were £218 each and I sold the games they both came with for £30 a set.
How you finding these now you've had a chance to play with them?
Fantastic. Running them at 900/1375 and BF3 never drops below 60fps at max settings. They will clock quite a bit higher but ingame I cannot tell the difference so settled for 900/1375 on stock volts to keep the temps and noise down.
The way I read it is the cards with higher asic quality over clock better at a lower voltage and ideal for air cooling with lower voltage, but the cards with the lower asic quality respond better to higher voltage and are better for water cooling etc. As you have good cooling, your lower quality card will reach higher heights
Or it could be complete ******
Have you pushed these yet ?
Rustys thread got my interest with the difference at high res between
680's and 7950,due to the price and your opinion of them I fancy giving crossfire a whirl.
Thinking about it, might be worth doing my own thread on this.
Yes they run 1250/1700. Although other than benchmarks I see no real noticeable ingame difference between this and 900/1375.
It's been a fun week with these cards but they are either going to be sold or returned. I have just accepted a new job and need a few bits to start me off inc a laptop.
It's a shame and once things are sorted work wise I will likely buy another pair as they are superb...
It's a shame and once things are sorted work wise I will likely buy another pair as they are superb...
Get ones that are not voltage restricted.
Will be using my 5850 for a while have nearly a grands worth of stuff to buy. Tbh even voltage restricted these cards clocked like mad.
Going to miss them but needs must..
The way I read it is the cards with higher asic quality over clock better at a lower voltage and ideal for air cooling with lower voltage, but the cards with the lower asic quality respond better to higher voltage and are better for water cooling etc. As you have good cooling, your lower quality card will reach higher heights
Or it could be complete ******
Yeah I think it is a load of wombat crap myself, but from what I can work out the voltage seems to have most input with the formula to calculate the asic quality.
Sort of stating the obvious that a lower core voltage has more headroom so therefore higher overclock potential (so higher asic etc).
My 7950 TF3 has under 70% asic but clocks wonderfully well so I have to say asic means diddly for me.
@ Moogleys did you play with the memory voltage to hit 1700?
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The way I read it is the cards with higher asic quality over clock better at a lower voltage and ideal for air cooling with lower voltage, but the cards with the lower asic quality respond better to higher voltage and are better for water cooling etc. As you have good cooling, your lower quality card will reach higher heights
Or it could be complete ******
Spot on. Its not a load of crap.
However if you don't get lucky on the silicone then you're out of luck.
The ASIC quality is what AMD apply to each chip made to determine its power requirements. The card vendors then use this to determine which version of card the chip will go into.
This is what I read but it still seems random to what number you get and has no real effect on overclocking.
This is what I read but it still seems random to what number you get and has no real effect on overclocking.