7950 lovin and OC's thread

Troezar · 12 Apr 2012 at 18:42

drunkenmaster said:
6970 at £299 was NEVER an amazing bargain, even slightly, more specifically because it launched at £270 iirc, and even more specifically, because a 10% slower 6970 costs 25% less and was a much much better bargain, even less of a bargain because while slower a 5850 was also available for £190 on launch, and was available well over 2 years before a 7950. Two years to double the performance and increase price over £160 for launch and months later get that down to £100 more..... no bargain there.

Great cards, sure, great bargain, not a chance, a 7950 at closer to £250 would be spot on, considering the versions we've gotten at £314, a reference version should really be going for £270ish.

DM be aware there is a fairly large price drop coming from AMD(few days away), see the thread about it in this forum. My 7950 is going back despite the price I have my eye on a TFIII or even a 7970 now.

blackadderV · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:11

MilanoChris said:
Overclocking for me has been a pain, specifically voltage control.

But with 12.4 beta and MSI Afterburner beta 15, with my BIOS in position 2, it's now quite easy.

Just wish I could go above 1200/1600.

Does the bios position make a difference? I left mine on whatever it was when boxed.

ChrisD. · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:13

I think it allows greater clock speeds.

LastMan · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:20

blackadderV said:
Does the bios position make a difference? I left mine on whatever it was when boxed.

read post #18,21

blackadderV · 12 Apr 2012 at 20:22

LastMan said:
read post #18,21

Thanks lastman

ChrisD. · 12 Apr 2012 at 22:15

Hmm, I'm half tempted to upgrade mine to a Sapphire 7970...

Random one: I have an ASUS Xonar D2X. Can I put it in a full length PCI slot?

eyetrip · 13 Apr 2012 at 09:30

MilanoChris said:
Random one: I have an ASUS Xonar D2X. Can I put it in a full length PCI slot?

Should be fine.

Tried a bit more testing/benching, but seems where I was stable at 1160 @ 1.218V the other day, doesn't seem to like it any more

Don't think I have changed anything that would effect it.

And not sure all the new fans are doing much of anything for temps, but didn't get a lot of time to try things last night.

Got plenty of time to try things this weekend I guess...

Or maybe should just return these and get 7970's.

ManikMiner · 13 Apr 2012 at 10:39

I've just had a look at the beginners OCing thread but there are about 10 links to choose from. What are 2 simple tools i can use to bench my i7 and my 7950. I know it seems lazy but I've looked at a few sites and i can never tell what is trust worthy.

If anyone can just give me 2 simple names/links i would be in your debt.

Thanks

eyetrip · 13 Apr 2012 at 10:42

http://unigine.com/products/heaven/

And games... the Crysis games and Battlefield 3 I generally find good for pushing graphics and checking stability

ManikMiner · 13 Apr 2012 at 13:58

Yeah i was playing BF3 last night with everything on ultra and getting between 40-60 fps set at 1000/1335.

I'll have to give Heaven a go when i get home, thanks!

Hagar · 13 Apr 2012 at 14:14

MilanoChris said:
Random one: I have an ASUS Xonar D2X. Can I put it in a full length PCI slot?

I put a 1x PCIe TV card into a full length slot on my mobo and it dropped the PCIe to 8x on the gfx card. Depends if you have 2 no. 16x slots I suppose.

ChrisD. · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:51

So anything that'll let me get MSI to let me get over 1200/1600?

I don't really want to use any other software, I've used MSI for ages.

Just tried the Asus one and it just crashed.

eyetrip · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:55

Yes, right click on the afterburner shortcut, and click on properties.

Add "-xcl" to the end of the line (with a space and not using the quotes), and click ok.

double click the shortcut, and afterburner will give you some message about re-starting.

Before restarting, go back to the properties for the shortcut and remove the -xcl parameter.

Restart and you should be good to go.

ChrisD. · 13 Apr 2012 at 16:06

Doesn't seem to want to open Afterburner with the xcl parameter at the end.

eyetrip · 13 Apr 2012 at 16:10

maybe is -cxl

be sure to leave a space, and to do it outside of the quotes the file location is contained in

ChrisD. · 13 Apr 2012 at 18:10

Sorted it.

It's /xcl.

But since I did a clean install of the drivers, I had to do the following:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=359671

Allows up to 1625/2250, obviously I won't go that high! Off to do some Heaven benching.

If I end up breaking my card and posting using my old 5850 or Macbook Pro I will cry.

ManikMiner · 16 Apr 2012 at 11:36

Any results MilanoChris?

eyetrip · 16 Apr 2012 at 12:09

Thought had convinced myself that I didn't want to go 7970 reference when price drops cam ein, but am tempted.

Still within my 30 return window at place I got my DCU II's from...

ManikMiner · 16 Apr 2012 at 12:16

I'm trying to understand what the hell's going on. There is a massive thread going on about 7850's being clocked to 1200/1500, yet i havent seen anyone on here cloak over that with a better card. What have i just shelled out 100 quid extra for?

eyetrip · 16 Apr 2012 at 12:19

the 7950 core is more powerful than a 7850 core, that sucks more juice.

A 7950 at, say, 1100 will still beat a 7850 at 1200.

I imagine at 1200 core, a 7850 will be about equivalent of 7950 at stock. not sure though