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Anyone out there got the Gigabyte WF 7970 GHz Edition ?
- Thread starter Nelly
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The extra 100MHz doesn't really seem worth the extra £50 compared to this then >> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-097-GI
What sort of overclock would I need on a 7950 to make it equivelent to the above locked at 1000Mhz stock speed? 1100Mhz?
Tempted to get the Gigabyte 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB @ £240 >> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI
I've asked a few people via email over the last few weeks, still haven't decided... lol
What sort of overclock would I need on a 7950 to make it equivelent to the above locked at 1000Mhz stock speed? 1100Mhz?
Tempted to get the Gigabyte 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB @ £240 >> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI
I've asked a few people via email over the last few weeks, still haven't decided... lol
The 7950 is better bang for £ at £50 less.
About 10% higher OC than the 7970 will match it.
If i was going to recommend a 7950 the Gigabyte would be it, i have the 7870 version of it, mine is not a good clocker at all, THE worst i have seem from Gigabyte (sods law) but i'm still able to run it 1200 / 1500 24/7 @ 1.26v, i have seen a lot of others do that at stock (1.22v) and 1300Mhz at my volts. the 79## series GPU's will not do that anywhere near as easily, but still very good.
+ Gigabyte have a good UK based RMA.
About 10% higher OC than the 7970 will match it.
If i was going to recommend a 7950 the Gigabyte would be it, i have the 7870 version of it, mine is not a good clocker at all, THE worst i have seem from Gigabyte (sods law) but i'm still able to run it 1200 / 1500 24/7 @ 1.26v, i have seen a lot of others do that at stock (1.22v) and 1300Mhz at my volts. the 79## series GPU's will not do that anywhere near as easily, but still very good.
+ Gigabyte have a good UK based RMA.
It depends on if the WF7950 is voltage locked too. I don't know if it is. FWIW, I had one of those 1000 core WF 7970s and I clocked it to 1050/1600 stable, but it wouldn't go any higher and I had no option to adjust voltage. I went with a reference MSI 7970 for 300GBP and I'm happy with it. I don't know why, but they seem to clock really well. Everyone I know with one got good clocks out of theirs. I have mine 100% stable at 1175/1725 and can do 1200/1800 in benches.
Only downside is a lot of noise with big overclocks due to the reference fan, but it's not that big of a deal if you game with a headset on.
Only downside is a lot of noise with big overclocks due to the reference fan, but it's not that big of a deal if you game with a headset on.
I've been scouting around, I haven't seen any voltage locked Gigabyte 7950 posts as yet, I think Gigabyte only did it with the 7970's, so that the Ghz Edition would look a more appealing purchase.humbug said:
I'll just get the Gigabyte 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB, can't go really wrong for £240, I like the WF cooler having used them before - nice cheap option till next generation custom cooler releases.
The WF cooler is rather good, Metro 2033 is the most strenuous game i play (on the 7870) my temps stick around 57 / 58c @ 50% fan speed, which is audible but not loud.
There is one thing i can mention about it, at very high overclocks, IE benching points overclocks the fan speed reaches 65% (60 / 61c) anything over 60% its getting just a little noisy, and one of the fans starts to rattle, again nothing intrusive or concerning. but it does rattle.
This does not bother me. it is a very good cooling system, rattling at high speed or not. It never gets close to that speed while gaming at good clocks.
There is one thing i can mention about it, at very high overclocks, IE benching points overclocks the fan speed reaches 65% (60 / 61c) anything over 60% its getting just a little noisy, and one of the fans starts to rattle, again nothing intrusive or concerning. but it does rattle.
This does not bother me. it is a very good cooling system, rattling at high speed or not. It never gets close to that speed while gaming at good clocks.
I can't remember for the life of me, how power saving features work with AMD/ATI cards, I did have a 6950 with unlocked shaders a year+ ago.
Say I overclock a 7950/7970, will the clocks drop right down when on desktop, or will it keep the full clocks and volts?
Say I overclock a 7950/7970, will the clocks drop right down when on desktop, or will it keep the full clocks and volts?
The Windforce 3X GE is not a good card for the price.
Save the money and get a non GE 7970 or 7950.
- 50% fan speed in idle 2D clocks. So it is loud unless you use MSI Afterburner. I raised a support ticket with Gigabyte re a new BIOS to fix this, 8 days later they still haven't responded.
- Locked voltage. You are stuck with 1.256v, no way to adjust.
Save the money and get a non GE 7970 or 7950.
Cheers...TaKeN said:They clock down Nelly
Ahh that was you? I read your post on the Gigabyte forum, seems they fixed the normal 7970, but not the GHz version. Maybe they fix it soon. Yeah I think I'll get the 7950.ICDP said:
Cheers...
Yep, that was me. I logged a ticked with Gigabyte support on the 25th Nov and the status has been set as "being read" since the 28th. Support must be at remedial reading level over at Gigabyte
It is a very nice card, fast, quiet (under load) but not a good overclocker. Best I could get was another 50MHz. In my expericene the non GE 7970s have the best OC potential. They generally OC as well as the GE 7970 and are cheaper to purchase. This OC potential is even better on the 7950 stock editions. 800MHz was seriously low stock clocks for the 7950 IMHO.