Have you swapped your MSI 7950?

[IC3]

Hi, as many user`s know on the forum, OCUK had a bad batch of MSI twin frozr III 7950`s.
The question is what kind of temp did you have, and what kind of temps to expect from this cooler in 100% proper working order?
How much will a postage to OCUK cost?

 

[IC3]

If its faulty, don't worry too much about postage to OcUK, they should refund postage costs on faulty items.

RMSD Sub 2KG = £9 something
RMSD 2KG+ = £24.50

Both do come with £500 insurance however.

I think you'd be looking in the region of 60c load temps with stock clocks. Obviously other factors come into this though.

While playing borderlands 2 i get temps 67 at 50% fan speed

Heres a screenshot of my OC at stock voltage after running heavy heaven benchmark. http://scr.hu/0u78/nsov4

 

[IC3]

WOW, I didnt think there will be so many members interacting in my thread!
I will tell you what the temps are with front fans on.
My cards fans reached max of 57% fan speed. usually its like 45-51% depends on game and gameplay.

 

[IC3]

At the moment 65C 48% fan in sanctuary...Borderlands 2 OFC
I still have the satisfactory guarrante intill thursday-friday
I really want gigabyte.
Will they take the card? On my last card I had a max temp of 59C in Furmark!!!

 

[IC3]

http://scr.hu/0u78/r24lg idle

I dont have the money to pay extra for 680.
If i was to swap than gigabyte would be my choice.
So how does it work with sending back my card? i have 6 days of satisfaction guarrate.

 

[IC3]

So should I send it back than?
The gigabyte looks like a great cooler and gets decent reviews.

 

[IC3]

If your sending it back because of the temps, then I would say no, those temps are perfect. idle with 30c temps is very good. Now if your sending it back because of gfx glitches then by all means send it back. I hear Gigabyte wf3 is a great card.

So the temps are fine?
My old GPU had a max temp of 59c in furmark. This same case and setup.

 

[IC3]

IC3, why are you worried about your temperatures, which are actually fine. You keep quoting your old cards temperatures, but higher temperatures may be a resultof the new card doing more than the old one.

I think you just fancy the Gigabyte, but to be honest, you made the choice when you bought the MSI. You can't expect OC to exchange it for no reason other than you have changed your mind. The MSI should be equally as good as the Gigabyte on performance. Temperatures and fan noise will be the only difference, but thats probably why the Giga cost more than the MSI (Usually).

MSI suppose to have the best cooling thou...
I will stay with the card but the temps and OC aint the best.
Lets hope that the 2 bequiets intakes will make a difference...

 

[IC3]

well I have a 3d profile in AB that takes me to 1100/1575 (i think from the top of my head the max clock anyway) with a voltage of 1.050v. I believe that runs in the 70s/80s at 100% fan (auto) I'll have to check when I have time but meanwhile I would like some detals of what to expect from a good and bad card, is there a press release or anything?

I cant even reach those clocks...

1100/1500 1.25v crashes... dont want to go any higher than this...

 

[IC3]

It doesn't need to overclock 'well'. At 1150 which is very easy to hit for all 7950's I'm only 8% slower in BF3 at 1080. If my HIS was on the 7970 PCB I could get to within 5%.

Let us be clear that any 7950 can hit 1150 with a properly functioning cooler. I have so much headroom still and my chip is far from being 'good'. It's your average run of the mill 7950.

what voltage should i try with 1100/1400 ?
Iv tried 1.25v after not even 1 min of heavy heaven benchmark my pc restarted.

what is your asic quality? I know this is a load of ball **** but i would like to know anyway

?

 

[IC3]

My Asic is 90.1%, take that as you will. My card will do 1250 and maybe 1300 but I didn't really have time to play and refine, there was some issues with the unlocked version of AB messing up the gfx also and I have not looked into applying the work around for that either yet, it's all on the list.

My card has always seemed hot to me and others have commented but I'll look into it a little more, had a quick read around and it seems these problems are related to the TIM? Only? and MSI supports replacement of TIM without voiding warranty?

Will IC diamond 7c be good to replace the one MSI applied?
Will I lose my 3 year warranty?

 

[IC3]

1.1v 1100/1400 temp 79c 75% fan speed. How much could the temp drop if iv change the TIM, but will I lose warranty? Typing from phone
I know that from the country I'm from there's a 14 day satisfaction warranty and you don't have to give any purpose of sending the item back.

 

[IC3]

I think that's what he really wants to hear tbh.

It does seem that those latest temps posted are high for the fanspeed though (just based on my own cards temps).

I don`t care what brand as long as the card stays cool and I can overclock it in the future.
I love the design of MSI but if it doesn`t satisfy my expectations.
Than I`ll go for something that will be cool, quiet and have some headroom of OC in the future.

 

[IC3]

One thing about the MSI is that it is the shortest card I can see amongst non-reference 7950s, and since it was a tight fit in my case (around 5mm to spare) I am not sure any of the other cards will fit, given they are typically 1-2cm longer. And my case can't be cut at that point.

Does anyone have any experience moving from the MSI to another card in a tight case ?

cj

My case is Full tower about 32-35cm for the card.
I can easily change to gigabyte. If they will take the card and give a refund or another card...

 

[IC3]

Yes, both the Windforce and HIS cards are on paper up to 2 cm longer. So I have minimal wiggle room, and not enough to take them. Roll on the TF fix . . .

cj

Did you send you card back?
Or are you thinking of buying one?

 

[IC3]

The newer batch seems to have the same failure rate. Gibbo said before the opening weekend that a new batch had come in (on the thread with the deal on it) but since then numerous people have posted in saying their temperatures are not right. I've no idea if all of them are running hot or whether it is just a portion. It's completely possible that people don't realise their cards are running hot as well. Factor that in and it's plausible that they're all knackered.

I haven't seen one person post who's bought since it's came to light saying that there's is running around 60-65c while overvolted anything up to 1137mV.

The silence from MSI since he posted in here also suggests it's a large problem and they're deciding what to do about it with regards to possible stock recalls. They also took a faulty one away for testing recently but even without testing it themselves the returns/comments are too many to ignore.

So not to worry about getting another failure card is to just get Gigabyte or HIS. end of story

I wrote to OCUK customer service. When everything gets sorted out than I will inform you all in this thread.

In 3 years or earlier, when I upgrade because my 7950 will not coupe than. Ill still try MSI since, I love the design. And in other cards I heard their cooling is very cool and quiet as well.

 

[IC3]

Thanks for that. I have asked for a refund now.

Mine hit 80 degrees on stock after playing The Witcher 2 for about 10 minutes. The fan noise was like a Jumbo Jet taking off

Well when I have a normal room temp with the side panel of with a fan blowing on to the card than the stock temp are around 38-40 after palying bf3 the temps go up to 74-75 or more. Depends how long I play. I can hear the fans as well 60-68% underload...Borderlands doesnt get the card so hot because it only uses 50% of it.

 

[IC3]

I have a TF3 which I purchased a week ago and I believe is one of the new batch, but with an idle temp of 54'C and what I think is excessive noise under load I am sending it back (it is hotter and louder than the previous reference card it replaced). Problem is its the only 7950 I have found which will fit in my case so HIS and Windforce are not optiond. I'll see if/what MSI come back with as I would really like to use the card.

And am getting the usual high standard of service from OCUK, thanks to 5UB.

cj

What abouth 660ti than?

 

[IC3]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-172-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

They seem to get good reviews.

 

[IC3]

I don`t know if i should give MSI another chance now.
Since so many people say that bought this old/new batch has lots o failures.
I think I will just go for gigabyte 7950...