[Nezmen]

I ordered


Amazon.com: Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR: Electronics

I can't seem to find a waterblock that supports this model. Can anyone help me out? This is the last item I need.

I want it to be a full cover also.

Thank you.

 

[JedixJarf]

Not gonna happen. Non ref board and its gonna need a universal non-FC block.

 

[Nezmen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JedixJarf;15326126
Not gonna happen. Non ref board and its gonna need a universal non-FC block.

My apologies, what does non-ref mean?

 

[JedixJarf]

means non AMD Reference design. It means the layout of the components on the board are different from the reference AMD card. So you will need a gpu only waterblock with some aluminum heatsinks for the mem chips.

 

[Nezmen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JedixJarf;15326190
means non AMD Reference design. It means the layout of the components on the board are different from the reference AMD card. So you will need a gpu only waterblock with some aluminum heatsinks for the mem chips.

It hasn't shipped yet, so what would be a board that does the same stuff with 2GB mem that has a full cover wb?

How do you find out if its a ref board?

 

[JedixJarf]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nezmen;15326200
It hasn't shipped yet, so what would be a board that does the same stuff with 2GB mem that has a full cover wb?

How do you find out if its a ref board?

This one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102951

The ref design has one fan right in the back like the card i linked.

 

[Nezmen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JedixJarf;15326236
This one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102951

The ref design has one fan right in the back like the card i linked.

Thank you very much jedixjarf.

So the ones with fans in the very middle are also non-ref?

 

[JedixJarf]

Anytime

 

[rectal corkscrew]

Also check out the 6950's from powercolour, the dont have blower fans but do share the ref. pcb. Newer ones are probably v2 too, but they were the card i was going to use in crossfire because of water blocks. Can always check EK's config thing too.

 

[DirectOverkill]

Return the card and get yourself a reference one.

Cards of same type mostly perform in same range.

 

[lightsout]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirectOverkill;15328173
Return the card and get yourself a reference one.

Cards of same type mostly perform in same range.

You pretty much have to go used to get a ref 6950.

Be aware that toxic card is a v2 pcb.

Use this to see if your card has a block. (from ek but its a good idea if it does or not)
http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/