My first hour with my VTX 7970

[ThundyCat]

Going to start posting lol on every post because of the 250 post limit..

Not the smartest of things to say.

 

[Rusty0611]

Not the smartest of things to say.

And back to 0 he goes

 

[RichIbizaSport]

Just to prove I wasn't going insane with my returns, I recorded some videos before I RMA'd them. Now on youtube for your listening pleasure. Let me know if you think it's acceptable!

 

[LtMatt]

Yep i guess that's pretty loud.

 

[Gregster]

^^ Man that is shockingly loud

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

That Is loud.

My 670 has coil whine while gaming. It's annoying! I didn't notice it until I went for a watercooled setup.

 

[Chrisoldinho]

Both of my VTX3D's 7970 sounded exactly the same, one slightly louder I would say, the RMA record on these cards must be high.

 

[HankScorpio]

My VTX 7970 is fine, but I have heard more complaints about this brand and coil whine than any other.

 

[Laher]

Does the Asus 7950 TOP suffer from coil whine ? Would have made a topic on it but Going to purchase in about a months time (decorating, so new PC is all wrapped up )

I have become a bit of a silence freak, and hate how loud (fan) the asus 6850 gets when playing something like BF3 Single Player (I play single player games with speakers )

I know the DCUII Tops are by far the quietest, but coil wine would **** me off more than the fan noise!

 

[humbug]

My Gigabyte sounds exactly the same but only if i stress test it over 1250Mhz core, and no where near that loud.

For me that just means 1250Mhz is to high, at 1225Mhz its perfectly silent, so i run it at 1200Mhz.

 

[brucey034]

Got my new VTX 7970 installed, all running fine, just thought I would check the default clock settings in MSI afterburner, which should be Core Clock: 1050MHz.
MSI afterburner and GPUZ are both report Core Clock: 925MHz ?????

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

Got my new VTX 7970 installed, all running fine, just thought I would check the default clock settings in MSI afterburner, which should be Core Clock: 1050MHz.
MSI afterburner and GPUZ are both report Core Clock: 925MHz ?????

Run it under load and see what it boosts too.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Got my new VTX 7970 installed, all running fine, just thought I would check the default clock settings in MSI afterburner, which should be Core Clock: 1050MHz.
MSI afterburner and GPUZ are both report Core Clock: 925MHz ?????

It should be 1050 core and 1425 mem at stock. If not try powering off and flicking the bios switch to the other position as it could have a stock 7970 bios in one position and the VTX X-edition in the other like mine...

 

[brucey034]

Run it under load and see what it boosts too.

Thanks, tried running futuremark 03 and it boosts to 925mhz, is there a setting in ccc that needs turning on ?

 

[brucey034]

It should be 1050 core and 1425 mem at stock. If not try powering off and flicking the bios switch to the other position as it could have a stock 7970 bios in one position and the VTX X-edition in the other like mine...

Nice one, will have a look thanks, where is the switch located on the card ?
Thanks for the help guys.

 

[brucey034]

Ok found it, will report back.

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

Thanks, tried running futuremark 03 and it boosts to 925mhz, is there a setting in ccc that needs turning on ?

Sorry mate, just realised you have an AMD card. I know jack sh!t about those!! Lol

 

[brucey034]

Sorry mate, just realised you have an AMD card. I know jack sh!t about those!! Lol

No worries.

 

[brucey034]

It should be 1050 core and 1425 mem at stock. If not try powering off and flicking the bios switch to the other position as it could have a stock 7970 bios in one position and the VTX X-edition in the other like mine...

Thank you, all sorted, it was in position 2, moved it to position 1 and the clocks are now 1050 core, 1425 mem.

Thanks again.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Thank you, all sorted, it was in position 2, moved it to position 1 and the clocks are now 1050 core, 1425 mem.

Thanks again.

No problem, Enjoy....