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Have you swapped your MSI 7950?

Devrij said:
I just find it hard to believe that a 17C difference between my card and someone else's, when they have a higher overclock and lower fan speeds, is normal.
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It's not. Especially when on the box yours is supposed to be cooler than mine! :D

I'll bump my thread and chase a response.

Rusty0611 said:
Further to your comment above, the people on the forum are awaiting to hear what is being done regarding these cards outside the 14 day period which are running hot comparatively to other confirmed working 7950s.

Ignoring the fact there was a bad batch of 7950s for a second, essentially, there's a claim on the box that they're 17c cooler than reference and x dB quieter and they're not. Does this alone warrant a valid reason for return?
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Devrij said:
This is what I'm expecting also. I've tested it with the side panel off and 2 120mm fans blowing at my card, and overclocked it still gets very toasty. Problem is, at stock it runs about 63C in heaven at 58% fans, so at stock it's fine. I'm perfectly happy to accept my lot if 5UB says "sorry mate, it's within reasonable temps so we can't do anything". After all, we've all bought something at some point only to realise we should have got a different one.

I just find it hard to believe that a 17C difference between my card and someone else's, when they have a higher overclock and lower fan speeds, is normal.
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Whether it's considered "normal", I think is irrelevant, it's not as advertised really. The MSI boxes are plasted in stuff talking about how cool and quiet they are above other brands, which yours isn't so by that reasoning isn't within "spec".

The airflow to my graphics cards isn't the best currently (TJ07) but these HIS cards are still significantly cooler than the MSI ones. They're also sold with overclocking in mind, as well as over-volting too (again as per the box).
 
spoffle said:
Whether it's considered "normal", I think is irrelevant, it's not as advertised really. The MSI boxes are plasted in stuff talking about how cool and quiet they are above other brands, which yours isn't so by that reasoning isn't within "spec".

The airflow to my graphics cards isn't the best currently (TJ07) but these HIS cards are still significantly cooler than the MSI ones. They're also sold with overclocking in mind, as well as over-volting too (again as per the box).
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These are the reasons I'm still pursuing this really. I don't want to have to buy an aftermarket cooler to keep my aftermarket cooler gfx card cool!

So far, since I don't really qualify the three inadequate responses to my queries as valid responses, I haven't had any feedback on the issue. For now, I'm going to trust in OcUK to provide a fair solution to the problem.
 
That's the sad thing I've been seeing lately. As great as the customer service I've received from Bailey and 5UB, they seem to have to step in regularly to fix inadequate service from other staff.

That seems to be why everyone loves 5UB, because he's always fixing others' mistakes, something he shouldn't really have to do.
 
[WU-TANG]GZA;23265965 said:
Getting my HIS IceQ Boost this afternoon.

Will install and test with Heaven & Bf3 etc and report on temps, noise and overclocks.
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Yep, make sure to do that!
I have to buy a card as well but not sure what to pick...
 
spoffle said:
That's the sad thing I've been seeing lately. As great as the customer service I've received from Bailey and 5UB, they seem to have to step in regularly to fix inadequate service from other staff.

That seems to be why everyone loves 5UB, because he's always fixing others' mistakes, something he shouldn't really have to do.
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Agreed. Any issue I've had, 5UB (I haven't dealt with Bailey yet) has made it effortless and pleasant to resolve. Anyone else and I seem to be met with PC World standard fob-offs and non-answers.
 
Not sure which MSI 7950 this threads aimed at,

but i just got my vapour X 7950 3 days ago, and it's the best card iv ever had.

It idles at 25-30c load at 50-55c, (cooler than me processor! first graphics card iv ever had thats cooler than a cpu)

and its clocked +20 power, and full 1100/1575 stable,

and the fans 100% silent, can't hear a thing even when gaming. im absolutely ded chuffed with this card.
 
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IceShock said:
Not sure which MSI 7950 this threads aimed at,

but i just got my vapour X 7950 3 days ago, and it's the best card iv ever had.

It idles at 25-30c load at 50-55c, (cooler than me processor! first graphics card iv ever had thats cooler than a cpu)

and its clocked +20 power, and full 1100/1575 stable,

and the fans 100% silent, can't hear a thing even when gaming. im absolutely ded chuffed with this card.
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Any screenshots to prove? :rolleyes:
 
IceShock said:
Not sure which MSI 7950 this threads aimed at,

but i just got my vapour X 7950 3 days ago, and it's the best card iv ever had.

It idles at 25-30c load at 50-55c, (cooler than me processor! first graphics card iv ever had thats cooler than a cpu)

and its clocked +20 power, and full 1100/1575 stable,

and the fans 100% silent, can't hear a thing even when gaming. im absolutely ded chuffed with this card.
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The Twin Frozr III is the card in question. 1100/1350 gives me 78C and noisy noisy noise.So you chose well.
 
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