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MSI twin frozer any good?

Skeletor

Skeletor

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hey all I am looking at upgrading my GPU and the MSI 7950 twin frozr has caught my eye.
the problem is my friend mentioned having a few issues with his back when they were released.
Does anyone know of any common faults or issues?
If so have they been sorted with new driver updates?

any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks :D
 
Ok great
I was checking out the IceQ but bang for buck is the IceQ worth it considering you get 3 games with the Frozr? for £10 difference give or take?
 
You get 3 games with all of the 7950s.

The MSI comes factory overclocked, while the IceQ doesn't - but people say the IceQ is quieter, and clocks very well.
 
ok great.
Im not too fussed about factory OC's and noise doesnt either as i have terrible hearing haha
I think the IceQ is voltage unlocked do you know whether the MSI is?
 
teppic said:
You get 3 games with all of the 7950s.

The MSI comes factory overclocked, while the IceQ doesn't - but people say the IceQ is quieter, and clocks very well.
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the ice q does come overclocked it has a boost function which raises it from 850 to 925 on the core.

i personally would side with the ice q myself they are proven to be reliable and have good coolers (and exiting the heat out of the case which will be better for case temps and if u ever decide to crossfire also)where as the msi has had many faults only now being aparently fixed at the end of the 7950 retail period which in my opinion is pretty poor (i had 2 when they had the heat issues and i found the coolers to get noisy when above 45 fan speed).

also the ice q has unlocked voltage control not so sure about the msi twin frozr though they used to be unlocked anyone know?

edit:too late already answered
 
hmmm decisions!
sounds like the IceQ has the edge though.
will probably wait for the new AMD's to arrive and get one as the price should drop
not that its overpriced by any means. :)
 
teppic said:
You get 3 games with all of the 7950s.

The MSI comes factory overclocked, while the IceQ doesn't - but people say the IceQ is quieter, and clocks very well.
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is this a definte as it doesnt state this in the gpu description of the ice q but does on the msi or am i being blind to the deals:p
 
I think 850/925 is the stock base/boost clock.

All 7950s come with the 'gold' voucher. It's the standard AMD deal.
 
teppic said:
I think 850/925 is the stock base/boost clock.

All 7950s come with the 'gold' voucher. It's the standard AMD deal.
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yep 850 is the standard 7950 clock speed but if it boosts it upto 925 thats it overclocking it upto the higher clock speed,where as the msi is 960 which isnt a huge difference really espically if your going to overclock anyway.
ive never had one of these cards (ice q) does the boost system make it harder or different to overclock? as ive seen some people flash them to the non boost bios
just buy the one u prefer tbh

ahh cool it just says on selected amd cards that's where it got me :D
 
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Imho I would avoid the MSI tf 7950 all together. I don't care if they fixed the issues. Get any other card but that one. I would get the HiS 7950.
 
Both have pros and cons.

His is more quiet, but it uses 3 slots.
Msi uses hynix memories which is better than the Elpida that the His uses.

both will overclock to around 1100mhz or more on the core, but MSI will overclock more on the memories probably 1500mhz+ and the His wont go much more than 1350mhz.
 
1250 is brilliant on a 7950, that's easily outperforming a stock 7970 GHz Edition. The memory is far less important, the 7950s already have a high bandwidth.
 
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