anyone using or used XFX DD cards?

[beasty6]

hey guys,

my friend has offered me two XFX HD 7970 DD GHZ edition GPUs for a deal i am really thinking about taking.

im just abit iffy about the coolers running them in Xfire, have any of you guys got a GPU with this cooler? if so theres two things i want to know:

1. is it quiet?
2. are they good coolers?

cheers guys

 

[Rusty0611]

Tommy has. He didn't get on with it at all I don't think.

From what I have read they aren't the coolest and they aren't the quietest either. They're a budget solution.

 

[shankly1985]

At stock there very quite and keep card nice and cool. BF3 never passes 58c

But OC to 1100/1500 and noise level does get quite high anything above 65% is quite loud. But I use gaming headset so noise no issue for me.

Temps once OC BF3 stays around 65c and other games like Tomb Raider/sleeping dogs etc pushes temps higher around 73c

One thing to also think about is make sure the card is the voltage unlocked version, because I had my card since release and they was unlocked, but now when buying they are locked.

If I could go back to release of the 7000 series I would have went with the gigabyte card, But I have zero regrets so far.

 

[Tonester0011]

I thought these were flawed? The VRMs just get hot, no airflow over them.

 

[shankly1985]

I thought these were flawed? The VRMs just get hot, no airflow over them.

My VRM's never pass 70c and thats one way on knowing if its unlocked I think. GPU-z reads the VRM's but on the locked version it dont.

 

[shankly1985]

Thats after couple rounds bf3. No issue with temps on my card, but noise at 64% is quite loud but using a headset not a issue

 

[beasty6]

noise is very important to me and i like to push my GPU's

so i should let these cards pass then, as i would run them together

 

[bartdude72]

I have one its great at a low overclock however if the fan goes above 60 it gets quite noisy

 

[beasty6]

im running a 6990 atm and its really noisy, when i upgrade the card i want the quitest i can get without watercooling

 

[tommybhoy]

im running a 6990 atm and its really noisy, when i upgrade the card i want the quitest i can get without watercooling

1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99



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Quieter under load/oc'ed than the TF III, DD, and WFcoolers having used them all and it will go back to the normal price tomorrow I imagine.

Don't have the 7950 DD any more, noisy cooler under load when oc'ed and voltage locked.

 

[beasty6]

what about this 7970
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-297-SP