dual 6950 to what

kiel367 · 29 Jan 2015 at 11:52

running 2 6950 2gb and 3 21.5 hanns g monitors, got the upgrade itch, got about 150-200 to spend, suggestions??

go!...

snips86x · 29 Jan 2015 at 11:53

almighty15 · 29 Jan 2015 at 11:54

Minimum would be a single 7950/280 to match what you have.

I would beg borrow and steal to get to £230 and get this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Other cards are good but this is well worth the extra over them.

~>Dg<~ · 29 Jan 2015 at 11:58

yeah two 6950s are about a 7950 /280 so i would go 290 or 970 gtx on a budget.

kiel367 · 29 Jan 2015 at 14:41

just found a 4gb 290 sapphire for 130 quid, think i might go get that tonight xD

meandu229 · 29 Jan 2015 at 14:43

kiel367 said:
just found a 4gb 290 sapphire for 130 quid, think i might go get that tonight xD

Is that new? Id snap it up either way amazing price.

kiel367 · 29 Jan 2015 at 14:49

second hand tbh, but still cheap i think, stickytree site, local to me, guy said he is fine with me taking my rig there to test the card, as his psu isnt enough to show me it working, best thing to do when i get there, plug it in and bench it?

kiel367 · 29 Jan 2015 at 21:10

ok so, picked it up, ran a benchmark on it, ran fine, no issues, got a little warm, but wasnt anything concerning i assumed, anyone got any idea of base temps from one of these versions?

was bought from overclockers, and still has a year warranty on it, which the lad said he would be happy to help out with should i have any issues, said he bought 4 of them for a uni project calculating weather

nails666 · 29 Jan 2015 at 21:23

Damn good deal you got there, wish there was somebody near here selling one like that

theMilitant · 29 Jan 2015 at 21:45

great little deal you've got yourself there at £140. Didn't realise second hand cards could go for so low.

kiel367 · 29 Jan 2015 at 22:14

130

temps were at 70c thought it was a little high, cleaned the bog standard thermal crap off and put some silver stuff on it, idling at about 45-50c now, well pleased

BluD · 29 Jan 2015 at 22:50

bargain, v jelous

good job finding that though.

kiel367 · 29 Jan 2015 at 22:55

if i wouldve got there last week i couldve had all 4 of them, gutted, but not gutted at the same time

pandem0nium · 30 Jan 2015 at 12:10

kiel367 said:
said he bought 4 of them for a uni project calculating weather

Me being sceptical would translate this to bitmining. But yeah, should be fine.

kiel367 · 30 Jan 2015 at 18:36

well from what im reading, the temps seem to be fine hitting max of about 94c, first i was like wtf?? but reading a review, seems normal (guru 3d quote)

R9 290 - The temperature under heavy game stress for the card max out at roughly 94 Degrees C. Overall the gaming temperature hovers in-between 80 and 90 Degrees C.

With today's graphics cards, please make sure your PC is well ventilated at all times, this will seriously help you on the overall GPU temperatures. Now AMD states that the temperature is perfectly normal and within specifications. But we have to admit, that is very high.

currently considering buying an accelero xtreme 3 for it

ALXAndy · 30 Jan 2015 at 18:40

theMilitant said:
great little deal you've got yourself there at £140. Didn't realise second hand cards could go for so low.

I bought one about three months back for £130.

Removed my Titan Blacks and gave it a whirl and I must say, I was really impressed.

Yeah they run warm and they're not quiet and make loads of racket.. So do two Titan Blacks with a 770 wedged between them lol.

Sadly it did not work with an.other operating system so I swapped it for a 770. I must say though, it ran BF4 absolutely maxed out like butter. Really did provide a great experience and not one I'm used to with AMD cards !

Now the 7990? that's a whole different story

ALXAndy · 30 Jan 2015 at 18:41

kiel367 said:
well from what im reading, the temps seem to be fine hitting max of about 94c, first i was like wtf?? but reading a review, seems normal (guru 3d quote)

R9 290 - The temperature under heavy game stress for the card max out at roughly 94 Degrees C. Overall the gaming temperature hovers in-between 80 and 90 Degrees C.

With today's graphics cards, please make sure your PC is well ventilated at all times, this will seriously help you on the overall GPU temperatures. Now AMD states that the temperature is perfectly normal and within specifications. But we have to admit, that is very high.

currently considering buying an accelero xtreme 3 for it

Don't be silly man, slap the bugger under water...

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2014/11/18/corsair-hydro-series-hg10-review/1

kiel367 · 30 Jan 2015 at 18:44

then i need to buy another aio cooler, im already running one for my cpu, do they take any aio cooler or a specific one? defo would consider it

kiel367 · 30 Jan 2015 at 19:42

ignore last comment, its valentines coming up and the missus is orderin me them sunday night/monday morning, nice suggestion andy

ALXAndy · 31 Jan 2015 at 00:09

kiel367 said:
ignore last comment, its valentines coming up and the missus is orderin me them sunday night/monday morning, nice suggestion andy

It's absolutely the best thing you can do with a 290 mate

They take pretty much any AIO yeah. I recently bought a Corsair H55 which is not the best one available but I got it refurb for £29.

Added to the bracket? it's not really that much more than the Accelero and it'll kick its bum.