Soldato
XFX is one brand that i wont buy.
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Coil whine at stock, and a smoking graphics card.
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Soldato
Indeed, and MSI 7950's i would also avoid like the plague.
Soldato
LOL i have 3 of the cheapest MSI 7950's and no issues, yet.
Caporegime
Yeah... OCuK don't even sell them, for good reason I think.
Have MSI still not fixed them?
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Just got my new XFX 7950 in, pleased to say its the best of all 3 for coil whine *punches air* with almost none at all. The only bit coming on when the menu of the valley benchmark comes up, the crysis 1 menu (worst culprit on other two cards) doesn't produce any at all.
Just so happy to have a good one, going to try a run of 3DMark now, lets hope there is no smoke like the MSI
Just so happy to have a good one, going to try a run of 3DMark now, lets hope there is no smoke like the MSI
Soldato
Good luck, its obviously random, my Gigabyte is silent. 
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My excitement has been very short lived. I cant believe what I have just seen after 5 minutes of 3DMark...
Artifacts
Booted up Crysis 1, artifacts!
Booted up Crysis 3, artifacts!
Dropped clocks from stock 900/1375 to 800/800, artifacts!
Even though max temps were only 62c, thought bump the fans up to 100% and guess what I saw, yep that's right artifacts!
Artifacts
Booted up Crysis 1, artifacts!
Booted up Crysis 3, artifacts!
Dropped clocks from stock 900/1375 to 800/800, artifacts!
Even though max temps were only 62c, thought bump the fans up to 100% and guess what I saw, yep that's right artifacts!
Caporegime
That's now 3 in a row, something is wrong with your system, its not the GPU.
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VRMS for what, the power supply?
You don't know my luck mate, I ordered a psu extension cable for this rig and had 3 in a row come damaged until I got a ok one.
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hmm gotta be something else up there tbh.
try without the psu extension cable? also ensure its connected correctly.
try without the psu extension cable? also ensure its connected correctly.
Soldato
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Lol, where in gods name are you getting your stuff from? Del Boy?
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No, his brother Rodney!
I cant mention any names as 1st and 3rd 7950 are from big name competitors, but the smoking msi and the extension cables were from Overclockers.
I cant mention any names as 1st and 3rd 7950 are from big name competitors, but the smoking msi and the extension cables were from Overclockers.
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Thought to myself whats the golden rule of pc repair when all else fails.
A reboot.
Just played 10 minutes of Crysis 1 & 3 and done a full 3DMark run
Maybe some leftover crap from the drivers and the fact I have had 3 different 7950's in there in a week may have messed something up?
A reboot.
Just played 10 minutes of Crysis 1 & 3 and done a full 3DMark run
Maybe some leftover crap from the drivers and the fact I have had 3 different 7950's in there in a week may have messed something up?
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The odds of 3 GPUs failing in a row are astronomical.
It's far more likely user error such as a faulty watercooling system leaking fluid onto the PCB, metal object shorting out PSU/mobo/GPU, rough handling during installation or possibly the motherboard was damaged causing the GPU to burn out.
It's far more likely user error such as a faulty watercooling system leaking fluid onto the PCB, metal object shorting out PSU/mobo/GPU, rough handling during installation or possibly the motherboard was damaged causing the GPU to burn out.
Soldato
AMD cards love to burn. 
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Looks like its problem solved, must have been some files left over from the past two 7950 installs. I uninstalled drivers and then used a driver sweeper to get rid of all ati files. There were quite a few tucked away in windows/system. Reinstalled drivers and all seems well, had a few more 3DMark runs and some Crysis and not one artefact, yay! 
One thing that I did notice which could be coincidence or it could mean something, but when I installed the first and second 7950 the screen didn't flash during the driver install and it prompted for reboot when compete. This time on the third 7950 the screen did flash during install with no prompt to reboot, I did reboot anyway but there was no prompt and I wondered why.
After the driver sweep and the most recent driver install, it was back to no screen flash and prompt for reboot.
So glad its working though
One thing that I did notice which could be coincidence or it could mean something, but when I installed the first and second 7950 the screen didn't flash during the driver install and it prompted for reboot when compete. This time on the third 7950 the screen did flash during install with no prompt to reboot, I did reboot anyway but there was no prompt and I wondered why.
After the driver sweep and the most recent driver install, it was back to no screen flash and prompt for reboot.
So glad its working though