Anyone have opinions on these two cards vs each other. Price is competitive I will be overclocking, and have no experience with HIS cards. I like the looks of the HIS, just curious of the overclockability and the noise factors.
the HIS HD 7950 iceq x2 boost is one of the best HD 7950 cards. built on a reference HD 7970 PCB. 8 + 6 pin power. unlocked voltage. excellent cooler. more power phases than reference HD 7950.
I have both incidentally. I like both, but the cooling (especially the VRMs) on the HIS is better. However, I don't know much about the after sales service of HIS. MSI is generally good I think. The core and mem voltages are unlocked on the HIS card too and I am able to control it with MSI AB.
Went with the HIS ICEQ² , Got the card last night, does 1250 core/ 1700 memory pretty easily with a small voltage bump, it is quiet, and runs around 60c load. I can't really find a single thing to complain about with this card. I would say it is right up there with the 680 lightning in build quality and silicon quality. Kudos to HIS, you have made a believer out of me.
I have fourof the HIS 7950 IceQ's. They're decent cards, although I believe my sapphire dual X seems to cool better. The one nice thing about the four HIS cards I've received is they have fairly high ASIC ratings and don't seem to need much voltage. I keep them clocked around 975-1050mhz depending on how warm it is outside. I don't like seeing temps higher than mid 70's and with two cards the top card always runs a little warmer (this is in a room that's between 72 and 78 F) One annoying thing about the HIS cards is they don't report their VRM temps.
Edit: I do not have the IceQ2's but they certainly look promising.
yay your smart fella! i'm always trying to get people on here to buy HIS they rarely listen...and it's there loss i mean HIS has been around since 1987 for a reason
yay your smart fella! i'm always trying to get people on here to buy HIS they rarely listen...and it's there loss i mean HIS has been around since 1987 for a reason
I will check the VRM temps later, I guess I'm surprised, because I had a HIS 6950 that was the center fan junk cooler, and hated how cheap the heatsink was on it. Easily broke 85c under normal gaming, I feel they have come a long way with the design of this card.
The IceQ (not ^2) 7950 has excellent blower but inferior VRM and power circuitry compared to reference.
The IceQ^2, if using reference or better power circuitry, is clearly superior to the TF3 in the cooling department.
TF3 is twin 80mm fans with about 60% possible card volume of heat-sink.
IceQ^2 is twin 89mm fans with about 90-110% possible card volume of heat-sink (Even the heat-sink is larger than the PCB and goes all the way down to the PCB and up to the top of the shroud)
I think the IceQ^2 is the best air cooler on the market at the moment.
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