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Have you swapped your MSI 7950?

Rusty0611 said:
I would :). Unless you're gonna run massive overclocks because I don't believe they have proper VRM cooling. I'd imagine upto 1150/1200 is fine. ;)
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I`m really tempted by HIS but its only 1 fan and probably loud...
I game on 1920x1080 so that card is a bit of overkill but as I said its a futureproof.
 
IC3 said:
I`m really tempted by HIS but its only 1 fan and probably loud...
I game on 1920x1080 so that card is a bit of overkill but as I said its a futureproof.
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The HIS IceQ is actually one of the quieter 7950s. I'm sure after reading your posts where you've posted you must have picked up on the multiple threads/posts regarding this.
 
Rusty0611 said:
The HIS IceQ is actually one of the quieter 7950s. I'm sure after reading your posts where you've posted you must have picked up on the multiple threads/posts regarding this.
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The thing is that my aim in my build was quietness and Iv reached that.
If I dont choose a quiet card its not going to make a bigger sense.
The HIS looks good on reviews but is it really as quiet as gigabyte or MSI?
 
IC3 said:
The thing is that my aim in my build was quietness and Iv reached that.
If I dont choose a quiet card its not going to make a bigger sense.
The HIS looks good on reviews but is it really as quiet as gigabyte or MSI?
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Quieter than the MSI. Probably around the same a the GB.

Honestly the number of fans doesn't really mean anything. It's the overal design which counts.
 
Right then.

Got my HIS IceQ installed, ran a couple of Heaven runs and some BF3.

Has overclocked straight to 1100c 1450m with no problems whatsoever, not pushing it further yet as I don't have much time left.

I always set a 60% fixed fan (did with my 6970 REF and my MSI TFIII 7950)

at 60% fan I ran GPUz sensor log at 1100c 1450m after a good 30 minutes of BF3 in a warm room tbh on a 64 man server, the highest temp was 52c !!

This is with 1250 VDDC according to HIS iTurbo!

Very impressed so far - many thanks to Rusty for initially recommending and also Bailey for +1ing it and arranging the swap!

I'm a very happy bunny!

DAMN it's a big card though !!
 
[WU-TANG]GZA;23275263 said:
Right then.

Got my HIS IceQ installed, ran a couple of Heaven runs and some BF3.

Has overclocked straight to 1100c 1450m with no problems whatsoever, not pushing it further yet as I don't have much time left.

I always set a 60% fixed fan (did with my 6970 REF and my MSI TFIII 7950)

at 60% fan I ran GPUz sensor log at 1100c 1450m after a good 30 minutes of BF3 in a warm room tbh on a 64 man server, the highest temp was 52c !!

This is with 1250 VDDC according to HIS iTurbo!

Very impressed so far - many thanks to Rusty for initially recommending and also Bailey for +1ing it and arranging the swap!

I'm a very happy bunny!

DAMN it's a big card though !!
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Is that this card?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Because that sounds like what I'm after.
 
If OCUK would knock down the price of the Gigabyte WF to match competitors I'd swap the MSI I have for that. Reviews in this thread re the HIS seem excellent but I cant get passed how hideous its cooler is :eek:
 
MoRT489 said:
If OCUK would knock down the price of the Gigabyte WF to match competitors I'd swap the MSI I have for that. Reviews in this thread re the HIS seem excellent but I cant get passed how hideous its cooler is :eek:
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What looking? It's not the nicest looking thing but I don't really spend much time looking through my case window :D.

IC3 said:
I`m gone try HIS, you seem to be very happy with your xfire setup ;]
What % fan do they get noticable?
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Only a single card now as I've dropped back to single screens. It's just noticeable over case fans at 1150 MHz with a generous over voltage. Haven't checked it's % exactly.

IC3 said:
What kind of temps do you get?
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57-61 now I've changed my front intake fan. :) That's the max temperature after a Heaven loop.
 
[WU-TANG]GZA;23275720 said:
Just got 1949 on Heaven 3.0 at 1125c 1475m which I'm happy with :D

Gonna try another loop at a higher clock but record temps this time too (at 60% fan constant btw)
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Nice one.

I got ~2150 ish at 1200/1700 on my old MSI card so that looks about right :).

Glad you're happy with it.

My HIS IceQ gets a bit cranky above 1550 MHz on the memory. See if yours is the same.

[WU-TANG]GZA;23275263 said:
Very impressed so far - many thanks to Rusty for initially recommending and also Bailey for +1ing it and arranging the swap!

I'm a very happy bunny!

DAMN it's a big card though !!
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Indeed it is. It looks to the naked eye even much bigger than the MSI TFIII. Feels like good quality to me as well.

No worries at all :)
 
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