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Which 7950?

GoogalyMoogaly

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Since the deal on the MSI 7950 Twin Frozr III on the previous This Week Only, I've been getting tempted by one (to replace the GTX570 currently in my 2nd PC).

Obviously that deal has finished but now we have:
Today Only:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-313-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

This Week Only:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Are either of these worth considering? Neither seem to have the best RMA service.
Are either/both reference design (in case I need a waterblock)?

Should I wait a bit longer and see if AMD do another Never Settle bundle?

Of course I don't really need to get either, it's only for my 2nd PC, the rig in my sig is fine for anything more demanding that the 570 struggles with. But still, what does 'need' have to do with anything...
 
Got two of the His, high clockers@1200MHz+, silent on the desktop, rear venting and relatively moderate noise levels under load which was a shock tbph-in comparison to the XFX DD/WF/TFIII, it's the quietest/coolest running of the lot by far having used all of them.

The Ice-Q is a reference 7950 layout too-water block review on the Ice-Q here:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/47...full_cover_gpu_water_block_review/index7.html

As for the Sapphire one, I don't have a clue about anything really.

There is a new Never Settle bundle coming-with BF4 at some point too, it's when though as there is nothing out there on when or what is in the next bundle.
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Since the deal on the MSI 7950 Twin Frozr III on the previous This Week Only, I've been getting tempted by one (to replace the GTX570 currently in my 2nd PC).
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same, but to replace my 5870, ended up ordering a gigabyte windforce 3 thismorning that comes with crysis 3 and bioshock infinite + 3 year warranty,
i read a lot of people complaining about locked voltage but im not fussed about overclocking it that much
 
cainer said:
same, but to replace my 5870, ended up ordering a gigabyte windforce 3 thismorning that comes with crysis 3 and bioshock infinite + 3 year warranty,
i read a lot of people complaining about locked voltage but im not fussed about overclocking it that much
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I thought they stopped the Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite package? or is it just OcUK that have stopped that?
 
hmm, think I've found that Gigabyte WF card for the same price as the ones in the OP, apparently they come with the 2 games too. Would that be a better option than the HIS?
 
It may be voltage locked but it should do 1050-1100MHz anyway, but the 2 games(actually it's 3 with the FC3 Blood Dragon thrown in as a bonus;)) and better rma would make up for it.

I mentioned noise in my post but you won't be any the wiser having not compared them.
 
tommybhoy said:
It may be voltage locked but it should do 1050-1100MHz anyway, but the 2 games(actually it's 3 with the FC3 Blood Dragon thrown in as a bonus;)) and better rma would make up for it.

I mentioned noise in my post but you won't be any the wiser having not compared them.
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Also, I've had WF3 cards before (GTX 670s) which seemed good on a single card, not quite so good on SLI and was the reason I sent back the 3rd card as caused issues in Tri-SLI!

It is very tempting and I'm not too worried about extreme overclocking. Looks like that might be the card for me, just a pity it's not from OcUK.
 
You'll know how loud the fan goes then, it's the ramp up@60c that was a bit much for me personally.

It's a cracking deal, but some don't like the difference in CP's though, so be aware if you think it may be an issue, although you might not care a jot.:)
 
Also, can I just double check that people are saying the HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST (not the X2) is quieter than a Windforce card?
If so that'd be great. It'd be nice to have a cool and quiet card that exhausts out the back of the case.
 
If it was me i would wait a few weeks and see if the 780GTX/770GTX that are coming out in May shake up prices a bit.
 
Ah well, may get them to replace my 670s. Wanted to try an AMD solution (not had AMD since they were ATI and I had a 5870).

Would a Phenom II 1055T @ 3.5GHz bottleneck a 7950?
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Well, I went with the HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB.

Now, what's the best software to use to overclock it and set a custom fan profile?
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MSI Afterburner - http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Very good for OC'ing your card, comes bundled with Kombustor which is a good stress test for making sure your overclock is stable. Also easy to setup auto fan profiles based on card temp etc and easy to configure on-screen display which loads automatically when you start a game to show FPS, temps etc. All powered by Rivatuner if you ever used that in recent years.

:cool:
 
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