Yo guys, just got mail that I will recieve a full refund for my 6950 which I RMAed because of coil whine. I could just jump right in and buy a 7950, but I'm not 100% sure. And if I wait for 8000 series I'll be without a GPU a while.
OP the HD 7950 is a performance beast. clock for clock HD 7950 is 5% slower than HD 7970. HD 7950 can be easily overclocked to 1.1 Ghz with voltge tweaking. At those clocks HD 7950 matches HD 7970 Ghz and will be close to twice the performance of HD 6950 . especially in the latest demanding DX11 games like BF3, Farcry 3. also if you can get it with 3 free games its even more awesome.
OP the HD 7950 is a performance beast. clock for clock HD 7950 is 5% slower than HD 7970. HD 7950 can be easily overclocked to 1.1 Ghz with voltge tweaking. At those clocks HD 7950 matches HD 7970 Ghz and will be close to twice the performance of HD 6950 . especially in the latest demanding DX11 games like BF3, Farcry 3. also if you can get it with 3 free games its even more awesome.
I owned a 7950 and a 7970. Highest score I got with the 7950 on unigine was approx 1050 at 1250/1600. I got 1400 with the 7970 clocked to 1230/1500... and my 7970 is a very very poor clocker. This is far from being 5% difference. Hell, the 7970 is nearly 3 times faster than my 5870. Note: these scores are done with my older set-up i7-870/evga 200 @ 4.2GHz
Be sure you pick a unlocked voltage card. I would get the cheapest too. Gigabyte are among the cheapest and they have very good coolers.
Coil whine, every card has it. It is worst on some cards, my 7970 is silent although. I can hear it when the card is rendering crazy amount of FPS like 1000+
I owned a 7950 and a 7970. Highest score I got with the 7950 on unigine was approx 1050 at 1250/1600. I got 1400 with the 7970 clocked to 1230/1500... and my 7970 is a very very poor clocker. This is far from being 5% difference. Hell, the 7970 is nearly 3 times faster than my 5870. Note: these scores are done with my older set-up i7-870/evga 200 @ 4.2GHz
Be sure you pick a unlocked voltage card. I would get the cheapest too. Gigabyte are among the cheapest and they have very good coolers.
Coil whine, every card has it. It is worst on some cards, my 7970 is silent although. I can hear it when the card is rendering crazy amount of FPS like 1000+
I owned a 7950 and a 7970. Highest score I got with the 7950 on unigine was approx 1050 at 1250/1600. I got 1400 with the 7970 clocked to 1230/1500... and my 7970 is a very very poor clocker. This is far from being 5% difference. Hell, the 7970 is nearly 3 times faster than my 5870.
OP the Sapphire HD 7950 boost with 925 mhz boost is the best option. model no 11196-16-20G. uses a reference HD 7950 PCB. voltage unlocked. comes with a higher stock voltage and can hit 1.1 Ghz even at stock voltage for a nice balance of performance and power / temps .
In spite of the massive number of posts in favor of the Sapphire, I would actually vote for the Twin Frozr. MSI makes, in my opinion, the best non-reference cooler out there. Every since my 560ti Twin Frozr II I've been a big believer in that thing's ability to keep a card cool.
My vote goes for the Twin Frozr. Cheaper and likely only a degree or two of temp difference.
Though, honestly, I've been scared away from 7950's with the recent reports of frame stutter and latency they've been having....
What kind of store gives a full refund for a card that gives some coil whine??
If I was that store owner, i'd tell you to buzz off because coil whine is normal.
In spite of the massive number of posts in favor of the Sapphire, I would actually vote for the Twin Frozr. MSI makes, in my opinion, the best non-reference cooler out there. Every since my 560ti Twin Frozr II I've been a big believer in that thing's ability to keep a card cool.
My vote goes for the Twin Frozr. Cheaper and likely only a degree or two of temp difference.
Though, honestly, I've been scared away from 7950's with the recent reports of frame stutter and latency they've been having....
Always wanted a Twin Frozr, best looking cards imo. But ye, from the research I've done so far, the Twin Frozr seems like a solid card too, but maybe not entirely up there with the Sapphire.
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What kind of store gives a full refund for a card that gives some coil whine??
If I was that store owner, i'd tell you to buzz off because coil whine is normal.
To a certain degree, maybe, but when I started up some games and the FPS would go sky high, the coil whine was REALLY loud. I think it was a 100% valid reason to turn in the card.
but when I started up some games and the FPS would go sky high, the coil whine was REALLY loud. I think it was a 100% valid reason to turn in the card.
Well, I did and got my money back. Also my old GTX 260 never made that kind of noise. And yeah, I'm pretty sure most cards don't go that high. My buddie's card never goes even close to that noise level either. That's not what this thread is about anyway.
i would recommend the Sapphire HD 7950 boost card over the MSI HD 7950 Twin frozr. the sapphire card has better vrm cooling. the sapphire dual x cooler is also better than msi twin frozr.
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