@ jaskanwar
Buddy have a look at msi gtx 560 hawk. Its factory overclocked to a whooping 950mhz core clock and is definitely equally as fast as 69502gb out of the box. The cooler is great and temps stay much cooler than the reference model even with such a high pre overclock.
Just check the prices and see if it suits your budget. You will almost get gtx 570 performance from it and it can be overclocked beyond 1ghz as well.
Check its review HERE.
A small quote:
Now you would say we can overclock 6950 as well. But the fact is, out of the box, 6950's temps are 79c at full load. Now overclocking this further beyond will take the gpu core temps to alarming levels which might damage the gpu core during long term usage.
At 950mhz, msi hawk was 50c at full load. So it can be overclocked further beyond. Since you won't be crossfiring or going the multimonitor way, the hawk suits you better if the prices are okay.
Else stick with a 6950.
thanks for suggestion batman
but -
if 6950 has temp problems gtx 560 ti has power consumption probs.
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and such high power consumption for just equaling a 6950 - doesnt actually suit me atleast.
and about ocing 6950 you can always adjust fan profiles.
example - rchi's stock cooled msi with everything unlocked and oced to 6970 levels doesnt reach more than 65C and he is happy with all settings he made like fan profile etc etc.
well guys, just to give a quick update, I've been tweaking away with Afterburner.
On stock volts (1.1V) I am able to match the stock 6970 clocks of 880/1375.
the only issue is that it isn't furmark stable BUT (get this), every other benchie like Vantage, 11, Unigine and all my games run well enough as long as powertune is set at +20%.
with a fan profile set at 70% on load, i get around 65 Degrees and the card idles around 40. Room temps are around 34 degrees so I am quite happy.
Back to gaming at 6950 clocks though its nice to know there's more under the hood.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/graphic-cards/138854-amd-radeon-hd-6950-unlocked-2.html#post1370723
and sapphire 6950 1gb is custom cooled.
and i also dont mind a little noise in my system. (atleast i have experiance with my old p4
)
another thing if normal twin frozr 560 is 14.8k at smc
MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozer II/OC
hawk is twin frozr III cooler and i think it will be atleast 15.5-16k..and at 16k MSI TWIN FROZR II 6950 2GB is available. so another plus for 6950.
and my budget is not 16k but currently 12k.
but i do plan to do what piyush baba told about HD7000 -
@jas...if those speculations are true(i mean june-july thing)...then wait for them
meanwhile you will be saving money too.....and by that time , the prices will drop a bit
so its a win-win situation if you wait for july
You dont need to prove - If u r not using Linux / Have extra money sure get Msi HD 6950 2GB Twin frozr (i personally like this card very much)
thanks for suggestion
Noob question, whats the deal with linux??
to put it simple - nvidia - better linux drivers
did i use the word hate ?
AFAIK not liking = hating
ANyway HD 6950 1Gb is also nice card , Only cooler is little hot !
