heatsink on the 7950 BE is shockingly bad. The twin frozr is well worth the extra.
That is horrifying, and the twin frozr III is amazing. defo worth the £10.
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That is horrifying, and the twin frozr III is amazing. defo worth the £10.
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Nice prices !!
heatsink on the 7950 BE is shockingly bad. The twin frozr is well worth the extra.
Don't judge it by its size, i ran 3 of them in Trifire with no issue, the Twin FrozR BE is worth the extra though.
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Wonder if the 7950 TF will fit in a Hadron Air? Guess I'll find out tomorrow when my one is delivered! 
My current 7850 is overkill for the games we play at my family LAN weekends, but I'm a sucker for newer, faster, shinier, and especially the Twin Frozr cooler, so I couldn't resist at this price. 
My current 7850 is overkill for the games we play at my family LAN weekends, but I'm a sucker for newer, faster, shinier, and especially the Twin Frozr cooler, so I couldn't resist at this price. 
A quick Google suggests that you can.
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Great prices on what is basically an R9 280 (7950) and an R9 265 (7850). My card (7870) falls inbetween and is fine for 1200p gaming on "high" and the 7850 is basically what's inside a PS4.
Basically I'm impressed!
Basically I'm impressed!
damn.... seriously impressed by the 7950 prices :O
Was tempted to buy another 7950 to crossfire with mine and get a 1440p monitor. But then I need a new PSU and suddenly its all rather expencive lol.
GG OCUK. I'm still playing the waiting game though.
Was tempted to buy another 7950 to crossfire with mine and get a 1440p monitor. But then I need a new PSU and suddenly its all rather expencive lol.
GG OCUK. I'm still playing the waiting game though.
Good stuff. I should have known to consult with the oracle..
Ah... I learnt something. .. you learnt something. .. it was productive!
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which suprises me. no VRM cooling, rubbish heatsink, loud as...well its LOUD. run in to thermal throttling as well. That was my card in the pic btw, it's got an accellero on it now.
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Just received my new (refurb) 7950 Twin Frozr - thank you DPD Wendy.
It's in a simple white MSI box, no accessories of any kind but foam packaged so it's nice and secure. In answer to my question yesterday of will it fit in my Hadron Air, the answer is - only just, and only at the right angle - IO ports in first and the PSU cables moved as far out of the way as possible. Another couple of mm and it wouldn't have fitted without bending parts of the case, it really was THAT close.
Fired it up to find the GPU produces a high pitched whine, immediately thought "oh no", but within 20 seconds that whine has disappeared and not come back - fine with me. Very quiet in use and Heaven Benchmark (1920x1080, 8xAA) topped out at 71C with the stock fan profile, excellent considering the limitations of the case.
Very, very happy with the card and, most importantly, looks MUCH better in the case than the 7850 Dual-X it replaced. The view through the case window no longer shows a cheap-looking plastic block half covering some heatpipes, but now shows a nice, metal plate with "MSI Twin Frozr III" written on it.
Thanks OcUK for feeding my compulsive desire to have new, shiny toys, whether I need them or not.
It's in a simple white MSI box, no accessories of any kind but foam packaged so it's nice and secure. In answer to my question yesterday of will it fit in my Hadron Air, the answer is - only just, and only at the right angle - IO ports in first and the PSU cables moved as far out of the way as possible. Another couple of mm and it wouldn't have fitted without bending parts of the case, it really was THAT close.
Fired it up to find the GPU produces a high pitched whine, immediately thought "oh no", but within 20 seconds that whine has disappeared and not come back - fine with me. Very quiet in use and Heaven Benchmark (1920x1080, 8xAA) topped out at 71C with the stock fan profile, excellent considering the limitations of the case.
Very, very happy with the card and, most importantly, looks MUCH better in the case than the 7850 Dual-X it replaced. The view through the case window no longer shows a cheap-looking plastic block half covering some heatpipes, but now shows a nice, metal plate with "MSI Twin Frozr III" written on it.
Thanks OcUK for feeding my compulsive desire to have new, shiny toys, whether I need them or not.
Think I may have got a dud :/
Reference card, quite obviously used (I know these are refurbs, but quite a lot of marks and scratches on the cooler). Won't get through Uniengine Valley or more than a minute of Furmark without a complete system hang. Tried Insurgency and that hung in the loadout screen. :sadface:
Going to try toggling the other BIOS now...
Reference card, quite obviously used (I know these are refurbs, but quite a lot of marks and scratches on the cooler). Won't get through Uniengine Valley or more than a minute of Furmark without a complete system hang. Tried Insurgency and that hung in the loadout screen. :sadface:
Going to try toggling the other BIOS now...