cheers, im happy with it managed to get a decent clocker i reckon 1250 is generally not stable in games though will do benchmarks can get 1200/1240 stable in games though
was about to write that regarding the memory
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MSI twin frozer any good?
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was about to write that regarding the memory
yeah come on skeletor u have us all on tenderhook's!
get spending your monies!!
commit damn u!
It was more than that, there were serious manufacturing issues. I had 3 Msi Twin Frozr 7950. 2 were DOA and the other worked for around 24 hours before it died (artifacts and eventually black screen). Other people were also reporting similar on this forum. Maybe it's fixed now but I wouldn't take the chance
Edit: I see you went for the IceQ. Good choice!
It was more than that, there were serious manufacturing issues. I had 3 Msi Twin Frozr 7950. 2 were DOA and the other worked for around 24 hours before it died (artifacts and eventually black screen). Other people were also reporting similar on this forum. Maybe it's fixed now but I wouldn't take the chance
Edit: I see you went for the IceQ. Good choice!
yes there was like two or three issues with these cards, i had two with the overheating issue and one of them also had the black screen,artificing, vrm problems.
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It was more than that, there were serious manufacturing issues. I had 3 Msi Twin Frozr 7950. 2 were DOA and the other worked for around 24 hours before it died (artifacts and eventually black screen). Other people were also reporting similar on this forum. Maybe it's fixed now but I wouldn't take the chance
Edit: I see you went for the IceQ. Good choice!
Me too. I went through 3 MSI 7950 tf myself. All 3 Needed RMA. It was the main reason why I went to nvidia. I'm very happy I made that choice. Like above good choice on the HiS 7950
It was more than that, there were serious manufacturing issues. I had 3 Msi Twin Frozr 7950. 2 were DOA and the other worked for around 24 hours before it died (artifacts and eventually black screen). Other people were also reporting similar on this forum. Maybe it's fixed now but I wouldn't take the chance
Edit: I see you went for the IceQ. Good choice!
I know, I had the same problem before I could get 2 working well.
I got 2 DOA, 1 artifacting and 1 the bios switch was broken (maybe was during transit).
Now I have 2 in crossfire working without a problem for around 6 months at 1100/1500, I can bench them at 1180/1800.
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If I had a choice now of the two, I would buy the Twin Frozr III.
The IceQ cooler on my 7950 I had (being RMA tested at the moment) was no quieter than the Twin Frozr III 6870 I had before it. Both are fairly quiet until 40 - 45% fan speed, then they both become audible.
Also the HiS IceQ being a boost card means it runs at stupidly high boost voltage, and jumps about like a yoyo as the clock speed goes from 850Mhz - 925Mhz - 850Mhz - 925Mhz etc every other second. That is unless you mess about flashing a new BIOS without the boost function, which may put some off.
So yeah, IMO having owned cards with both coolers and seen the negatives of the 7950 IceQ Boost, I wouldn't specifically tell anyone to choose that card in particular.
The IceQ cooler on my 7950 I had (being RMA tested at the moment) was no quieter than the Twin Frozr III 6870 I had before it. Both are fairly quiet until 40 - 45% fan speed, then they both become audible.
Also the HiS IceQ being a boost card means it runs at stupidly high boost voltage, and jumps about like a yoyo as the clock speed goes from 850Mhz - 925Mhz - 850Mhz - 925Mhz etc every other second. That is unless you mess about flashing a new BIOS without the boost function, which may put some off.
So yeah, IMO having owned cards with both coolers and seen the negatives of the 7950 IceQ Boost, I wouldn't specifically tell anyone to choose that card in particular.
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Just because you had one issue doesn't mean the rest is bad. I know a lot of users that are very happy with there HiS iceq. The msi tf 7950 is known for being crap.
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I wouldn't recommend ANY boost card, it's not an issue specific to just the His IceQ. As far as I know the Twin Frozr III 7950 is non boost? Maybe I'm wrong, but I prefer the Twin Frozr III cooler and unless it varies hugely from model to model then it's certainly not noticeably louder IMO.
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I like the TF cooler myself. even though the TF3 is a bit loud. I have the lightning TFIV and it's amazing and super quiet all the time even when gaming, but that 7950 is just plane awful. I would at least say get any 7950, but the msi 7950tf
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Well since you RMA'd all three of your ones, I can't argue much against you! Would feel the same too if I had three dodgy cards all of the same type. 
That's easily solved by setting the power limit at +20% in CCC. However failure to do that would see the problem you mention. This is all well documented in the HIS 7950 Ice-Q thread though. Btw the Twin Frozr is also a boost card as far as i know.
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It's easy to flat line the clock speed by raising the power to 20%, but this results in the card being at a constant 1.25v which my card could not handle as you may know from my posts in said thread. I'm hoping my card is replaced, which would mean mine was a one off dud, but I'm still worried they will deem my card fine and send me it back in which case I would not recommend it to anyone.
Running 1.25v is far from ideal even if you don't exceed 80 Celsius, hence the reason you and many others have flashed to a regular BIOS with lower voltage with lower more maneable temps along with decent overclocks too. If somebody is fine to tweak their card that's fine, some people just want to plug and play though with minimal fuss, in which case I wouldn't recommend any boost card including the HiS one.
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Right thats it im not getting either! hahaha
no still sold on the IceQ
You may get a good one, some of the guys in the HiS IceQ thread have great temps with high over clocks.
I think you had a dodgy card and you left the fan on auto which would explain your high temps. Your temps were well above what I've seen on several different Ice-Q cards.
