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Best 7950 GPU
- Thread starter absy84
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IC3, do you have that card and if so what vrm temps does it get under Max OC on Heaven benchmark.
IC3, do you have that card and if so what vrm temps does it get under Max OC on Heaven benchmark.
I'm currently waiting intill it will be in stock. But I did lots of research and on most of reviews the card is chilly and quiet. 7970 pcb, cooled vram, the cards from all cools the fastest.
I'd suggest a browse on the graphics section of the forums
+1,
One of the most asked questions over and over, a simple browse through the forum will see multiple threads all asking the same question.
His IceQ is the one to get.
I have tested both of them in my main rig roly, just giving my honest opinion on my experience using both of them-I'm not providing a baos view, as I don't currently use any, just giving my tuppence on two good 79's.
The WF developed a fault after 5 days or so, but I put it through it's paces the same as the IceQ that I pushed as well.
Two totally different coolers I may add(pretty obvious really) but as I stated the IceQ would have been the better gpu for my needs and I wouldn't have sent it back if it didn't have an ever so slight 'grating' noise@idle(which was also picked up on a review so it's probably a characteristic of the cooler).
I'm anal about noise and if I can hear a gpu fan over my almost silent case, then It's not for me, whereas the WF was inaudible in my rig@idle and if it never broke I would have probably kept it too, but it does get very noisy as soon as temps hit 60c where as the IceQ has a less intrusive noise under load while dumping ~90% of it's waste air outside your rig.
