Which 7950s are not voltage locked? Really had my heart set on the GIGABYTE WF3 but I heard that is now voltage locked. Looking for the best in terms of overclocking, temperatures and noise. Prefer to stick with a brand that has a UK/EU RMA center.
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Unlocked 7950?
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I sent the TFIII back and got another 7950 Ice-Q, now sitting on 7950 Ice-Q CrossFire@1200/1550!
I have had 6 79's, 2-70's and 4-50's:
7970 WF, ok silent@idle, aggressive when it hits 60c, medium clocker@1150MHz but developed a fault within days-returned.
His Ice-Q 7950, annoying grating noise@idle, not bad on the noise under load, rear venting too-tremendous clocker@1200MHz-returned as I'm anal about noise.
MSI 7970 OC another tremendous clocker@1200MHz+/1850MHz on the memory but died out of the blue-gutted but full refund as they are hard to get now-seriously bad noise levels but it was sat on top of the fantastic AC Extreme.
XFX 7950 seriously cheap@£200 inc Never Settle bundle-Flawed cooler, poor clocker@1100MHz max voltage through Trixx(meant to be voltage locked), it's now getting passed on to a friend.
Another Ice-Q, monster clocker@1250MHz+/1650MHz His iTurbo full core/vram voltage support-this one doesn't have the grating problem-guessing His sorted it out.
MSI TFIII bought the other day, no diode issue, fan works as it should, 1170MHz/1600MHz+(stopped pushing the vram as it doesn't need to go that far could go further on the vram), but AB doesn't apply voltage even though AB reports it as applied, so Trixx to the rescue again, but no vram voltage option-yet(upcoming newer Trixx is supposed to have vram voltage adjustment support).
For gaming@1080p, although the 7970 was fantastic and I was very happy with it, the price difference you pay is only noticeable from your wallets pov.
If it runs on a 70, it runs just as good on a 50 when they are both oc'ed, the only way I would say go 70 is for high res gaming or bench marking-where the little extra oomph(the vram clocks considerably higher due to higher grade chips, so at least there's some justification) will see you good.
So what ones my overall best recommendation?
It can only be this one:
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
I sent the TFIII back and got another 7950 Ice-Q, now sitting on 7950 Ice-Q CrossFire@1200/1550!
Well that's true, they are good cards, but if the card is past 28 days from delivery, and it goes wrong then it will be shipped back to HIS - Hong Kong for repair/replacement.Mackem said:
Usually taking over 30 days, in which case OcUK have to do something about, as it breaches the timescale of 28 days as noted by trading standards, same goes for Asus, Sapphire etc etc.
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That's precisely why I don't want to get one. If only the GIGABYTE card wasn't voltage locked..
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The Ice-Q boost is pricey as is the X2-but it's on offer atm.
As to which one is better, the Ice-Q boost vents all the waste heat out the back of the PC=lower gpu/case temps and uses a stock 7950 pcb.
The X2 dumps all the waste heat into the PC=higher gpu/case temps and uses a stock 7970 pcb.
As the X2 is on offer until 8.59 am on Wednesday morning, as it's cheaper that would be my choice if buying today.
As to which one is better, the Ice-Q boost vents all the waste heat out the back of the PC=lower gpu/case temps and uses a stock 7950 pcb.
The X2 dumps all the waste heat into the PC=higher gpu/case temps and uses a stock 7970 pcb.
As the X2 is on offer until 8.59 am on Wednesday morning, as it's cheaper that would be my choice if buying today.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21366080&postcount=255
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21569464&postcount=270
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22879388&postcount=492
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22964238&postcount=497
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=23845089&postcount=554
I didn't buy a HIS card because of all the bad feedback the returns were getting.
Lots of people sat around waiting for over 30 days for replacement.
I can understand views on His rma's.
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I have posted in the CS section about clarification on the matter and shall post an update when it's cleared up.
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well not today it isn't as the IceQ BOOST is currently on offer for £244 where the x2 is £259. just bought the IceQ BOOST to replace my gigabyte 560ti oc 1gb card as it really having problems with the new games at 1080p on 42" screen. so it well hopefully at some my life to my aging computer until I can afford an system upgrade.
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Any comparisons of the cooling between Windforce 3 and Twin Frozr III? Is the TFIII really as bad compared to it as people say? The Twin Frozr is not voltage locked AFAIK and the RMA center isn't in Hong Kong which is a bonus. Should I get the Windforce 3 anyway regardless of voltage lock? What sorts of levels can it be OC'd to (if at all) without changing the voltage? One of the massive appeals for me of the 7950 is the level it could overclock to.
well I got the IceQ BOOST over the IceQx2 BOOST as the X2 blows the exhaust air into your case where the IceQ BOOST blows it out the graphic card exhaust port meaning no blowing warm air into you case. as for unlock voltage HIS ones are suppose to be unlock from what I read on here where gigabyte ones are locked, TFIII has had report senor faults on the fan. as for send hong kong you send it to ocuk instead as their the uk partner of his and they handle the rest from what I read on here.
edit: I try give bit more info on how runs when I get it tomorrow. but from what I read on here it can oc to 1155 to 1200 on the core. which isn't too bad at all.
edit: I try give bit more info on how runs when I get it tomorrow. but from what I read on here it can oc to 1155 to 1200 on the core. which isn't too bad at all.
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