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Have you swapped your MSI 7950?
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Which card? Load temps? Fan speeds? Clocks? Volts! Give us details!
Not impressive but better than mine.
Recently got a tf3 7950. Stock temps seem a little high for a 93% ASIC with stock load volts of .0993, at 880core it hits 64C at 50% fan speed.
Idle temps are 52C but I am running 3 screens so the core is running at 500mhz. Single screen drops the clocks to 300/150 and idle temps to 35C. Avg room temp ~22C.
It will hit 1100core at 1.062 volts but temps hits 69C. Tried higher but it reaaaally doesn't like going above 70 deg. Throws a wobbly regardless of lower clocks/volts and I let it climb that high. That is the slightly worrying bit.
Plan on getting it under water once I get the last few bits I need (copper shim for the mcw60), but hoping the speeds/voltage so far are a good indicator of more oc headroom.
edit: Wanna add, came with a shockingly terrible TIM job. And the cooler sounds horrific when the fans hit above 80%. It's a definite OH SH!!! volume.
Idle temps are 52C but I am running 3 screens so the core is running at 500mhz. Single screen drops the clocks to 300/150 and idle temps to 35C. Avg room temp ~22C.
It will hit 1100core at 1.062 volts but temps hits 69C. Tried higher but it reaaaally doesn't like going above 70 deg. Throws a wobbly regardless of lower clocks/volts and I let it climb that high. That is the slightly worrying bit.
Plan on getting it under water once I get the last few bits I need (copper shim for the mcw60), but hoping the speeds/voltage so far are a good indicator of more oc headroom.
edit: Wanna add, came with a shockingly terrible TIM job. And the cooler sounds horrific when the fans hit above 80%. It's a definite OH SH!!! volume.
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Can't believe that new tf3s are popping up as the days go by and nothing is changing ...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&tool=3
Even reading the last 4 reviews left by customers on the stores site mentions high temps. These faulty batch have really put people off from buying msi ever again from what I'm reading.
I'm just scratching my head why mine is so fine and many others aren't
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&tool=3
Even reading the last 4 reviews left by customers on the stores site mentions high temps. These faulty batch have really put people off from buying msi ever again from what I'm reading.
I'm just scratching my head why mine is so fine and many others aren't
Can't believe that new tf3s are popping up as the days go by and nothing is changing ...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&tool=3
Even reading the last 4 reviews left by customers on the stores site mentions high temps. These faulty batch have really put people off from buying msi ever again from what I'm reading.
I'm just scratching my head why mine is so fine and many others aren't
Its like a lottery, you are very lucky.
So many people got faulty card...
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its a strange one alright
other retailers can't get a hold of the cards, might be that MSI pulled a batch
but some got out to suppliers
other retailers can't get a hold of the cards, might be that MSI pulled a batch
but some got out to suppliers
Soldato
Nope.
Quite poor tbh.
Quite poor tbh.
Soldato
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.
Why dont you think they have proper vrm cooling. I posted this info in another thread a couple of days ago, I think its relevent in here.
'Yeh, I'm the same, whenever I get a new card I spend a day or two benchmarking with Heaven for comparisons only. Here is what I did today:
Gigabyte WF3 7950 bought last week (from competitor).
At stock (900\1250) 0.967v 35%fan, max temp 51c, vrms 55\56c
OC (1250\1250) 1.25vAB,1.219vGpu-z, 47%fan, max temp 64c, vrms 65\66c
Heaven Score : FPS= 63.4/80.7 OC
Scores= 1596/2034 OC
Min FPS=40.5/47.9 OC
Max FPS=137.6/171.2 OC @ 1920X1080 4XAA 8XAnistropy Normal Tesselation.
I did get 22secs at 1301\1250 @1.29vAB, 1.248vGpu-z in Heaven before it bugged out, shame thought I was gonna get the magic 1300. You will notice that Afterburner(which I was using to OC and up the voltage( version 2.2.0 with the unlocker cheat added) reported different voltages from Gpu-z, I dont know which one was accurate.
So I am guessing my GByte WF3 7950 does not have the voltage locked.
Hope this helps some of you folks come to a decision on a card, I certainly dont seem to have any issues with temps, vrms, voltage etc.'
Because they don't have proper VRM cooling. For example, the MSIs and HIS cards have a heatsink over the VRMs, the Gigabytes (and Asus Direct CU I think) don't have them, so the VRMs run hotter, and in theory could inhibit over-volting related over-clocking.
Turns out it was Bailey I spoke to on the phone and they're swapping my card out for the HIS IceQ, so hopefully I'll be cool and quiet in the near future.
That seems like the temps I was getting penfold. 1000/1400 isn't exactly a big overclock either.
That seems like the temps I was getting penfold. 1000/1400 isn't exactly a big overclock either.
Search this thread he gave them some were page 5-7
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I've got an MSI R7950 TF3 V2/OC since saturday and I'm having the same problem with high temps. So I started looking with google for similar issues and found this thread. Wish I did that research before doing the actual purchase 
I installed MSI Afterburner and Kombustor, ran the standard test for 15 minutes and saw that the GPU core had reached 88°C with the fans going full speed at 4500RPM! No crashes or artefacts though.
Far Cry 3 pushes the GPU core to 80°C with the fans running at 80%. Even Assassin's Creed Revelations which barely pushes the GPU load to 60% results in 70°C and the fans running at 60%.
Oh yes and this is all at default core and memory speed, no overclocking whatsoever.
Took the card out of my pc and reinstalled the old HD5850 until I can get the MSI card swapped or RMA'ed, because the noise of the fans is just driving me insane. I have opened a case with MSI technical support, looking forward for their feedback. I'll also contact the store next week and try to get it swapped for another one, or get my money refunded.
I installed MSI Afterburner and Kombustor, ran the standard test for 15 minutes and saw that the GPU core had reached 88°C with the fans going full speed at 4500RPM! No crashes or artefacts though.
Far Cry 3 pushes the GPU core to 80°C with the fans running at 80%. Even Assassin's Creed Revelations which barely pushes the GPU load to 60% results in 70°C and the fans running at 60%.
Oh yes and this is all at default core and memory speed, no overclocking whatsoever.
Took the card out of my pc and reinstalled the old HD5850 until I can get the MSI card swapped or RMA'ed, because the noise of the fans is just driving me insane. I have opened a case with MSI technical support, looking forward for their feedback. I'll also contact the store next week and try to get it swapped for another one, or get my money refunded.
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Hi there
Glad to know this thread is providing a good link on Google.
I would return it to the shop an get another model as there's no guarantee you'll get a decent one next time round.
Glad to know this thread is providing a good link on Google
. I would return it to the shop an get another model as there's no guarantee you'll get a decent one next time round.
I've got an MSI R7950 TF3 V2/OC since saturday and I'm having the same problem with high temps. So I started looking with google for similar issues and found this thread. Wish I did that research before doing the actual purchase
I installed MSI Afterburner and Kombustor, ran the standard test for 15 minutes and saw that the GPU core had reached 88°C with the fans going full speed at 4500RPM! No crashes or artefacts though.
Far Cry 3 pushes the GPU core to 80°C with the fans running at 80%. Even Assassin's Creed Revelations which barely pushes the GPU load to 60% results in 70°C and the fans running at 60%.
Oh yes and this is all at default core and memory speed, no overclocking whatsoever.
Took the card out of my pc and reinstalled the old HD5850 until I can get the MSI card swapped or RMA'ed, because the noise of the fans is just driving me insane. I have opened a case with MSI technical support, looking forward for their feedback. I'll also contact the store next week and try to get it swapped for another one, or get my money refunded.
That's definitely too hot, especially at stock. RMA that bad boy.
It's a shame, because people that have 100% good versions of this card are having great temps etc, and it's a sexy looking card too.
Mort, my card runs at 78C at about 67% fans with 1100/1350 @ 1.112V. That's after about 2 loops of Heaven 3.0, although it usually gets there playing other games too. Furmark etc push it a lot higher, so I don't use that to test.