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MSI Frozr II vs Gigabyte Radeon 7950

I'm not sure which one is actually better. The MSI though has a stellar rep as an O/C'er and is on the 7970 PCB, which likely contributes to it's O/C'ing ability.

IMO, the Vapor-X is about the best 7950, but it does use 2+ slots, if that's an issue.
 
rottencurry said:
I'm torn between these two versions of the Radeon HD 7950. I want to know hat is best in terms of performance, before and after overclocking, which has the best cooling, which runs the coolest, and which is overall better.

MSI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127667

GIGABTYE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
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the gigabyte without a doubt has the better cooler and is capable of going above 1.2+ Ghz. the highest overclock for Gigabyte HD 7950 on ocn is 1280 Mhz. the MSI twin frozr cooler is going to restrict your ability to hit 1.2 Ghz, should you get a good chip.
 
raghu78 said:
the gigabyte without a doubt has the better cooler and is capable of going above 1.2+ Ghz. the highest overclock for Gigabyte HD 7950 on ocn is 1280 Mhz. the MSI twin frozr cooler is going to restrict your ability to hit 1.2 Ghz, should you get a good chip.
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I've seen more MSI TF3s hit 1200mhz on the core than I've seen Gigabyte WF3s hit 1200mhz...
 
So if I only have the fans that the Cooler Master 912 has and I don't get anymore additional cooling devices, do you think the MSI or Gigabyte is better overall. I'm thinking the MSI because it has a pretty good cooler. I also wouldn't overclock for a while after I got it of that helps. W/o overclocking, which one is the best out of the box? I'm guessing the MSI from what newegg says.
 
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Gigabyte > MSI for cooling when OC'd, at stock the Gigabyte is quieter and cooler but the difference is drastically minimal compared to when you OC both cards.

MSI > Gigabyte for OC'ing clock speeds from my readings, but thats also never guaranteed.
 
Both are outstanding. If you are not going to be overclocking at all, you can save some $ and grab the Sapphire dual-x version for $270. It's also very quiet. Even that Sapphire card should be a decent OCer.

For overclocking, HD7950 MSI TF3 or Gigabyte Windforce 3x are both stellar. It's like choosing among Alessandra Ambroisio, Andriana Lima and Miranda Kerr.
 
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I've had great results with the MSI.

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I'm running my msi at the factory oc of 880Mhz for 1080 and it does fine in everything except when I run the Witcher II with ubersampling, which nothing seems to really fix. Just for fun I overclocked it to 1050 before and the temps still didn't get past the 70's with the fans on around 60 or 70% (somewhere in there I forgot). I put it back down because at this resolution I don't need it yet. If you aren't overclocking I recommend the cheap one RussianSensation posted, unless you really just want a different card. Honestly you'll love either of the ones you're thinking about, but I'm still gonna scream about how awesome MSI did with this card 😀
 
Greenlepricon said:
I'm running my msi at the factory oc of 880Mhz for 1080 and it does fine in everything except when I run the Witcher II with ubersampling, which nothing seems to really fix.
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You'd need HD7950 OCed in CF or GTX670 SLI to use Uber Sampling in Witcher 2. It's basically native Super-Sampling from the in-game control panel.

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My Gigabyte 7950 is a perfectly fine card but it has a lowish GPUz quality rating and doesn't run stable past 1150 at the 1.2V or under I've kept myself at even with temperatures being fine. MSI may bin more aggressively but I don't know if any lists have been compiled in that regard.

Gigabyte WF3 cooler is excellent.
 
3DVagabond said:
m3ta1head, do you have Witcher 2? Or is there a D/L'able benchmark? I'd be curious to see what that monster 7950 would do.
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I don't have the game, but I may pick it up as I want to play with ubersampling. Let me know if there are any other benchmarks you want to see run. This card basically tears through everything I throw at it, with the exception of X-Plane 10 which still drags it down to it's knees.
 
I'm probably not going to be overclocking so the Sapphire Dual x version is the best if I'm not going to overclock. What about the Sapphire vapor x version, or is that mostly for overclocking?
 
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RussianSensation said:
You'd need HD7950 OCed in CF or GTX670 SLI to use Uber Sampling in Witcher 2. It's basically native Super-Sampling from the in-game control panel.

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Sorry I meant to say nothing seems to fix it as in there isn't any way anyone should expect to run it on a single card at that resolution. My fault for bad wording
 
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