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Opinions on Sapphire HD6950 Flex Edition

nvidiaintelftw

nvidiaintelftw

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What are your guys opinions on this card?? Is it full non reference does it feature more power phases. Im considering getting one when my 470 comes back from RMA, if the card i get back from Asus has the same or worse VID. because the card i RMA'ed had a 1.00v(1000mV) and took to much to overclock and ran way to hot.
 
From what I've read it seems like an excellent premium card. No first hand experience though, unfortunately. It would definitely be on my shortlist of cards if I were considering a 6950. Also, the cards below as well.

Are you planning on taking advantage of it's built in connectivity? If not, then it does open up other options for a high quality card. The Asus direct CU II, and msi Frozr 3 come to mind. Without going back and reading all of the reviews, I'm pretty sure they are all dual bios designs.
 
3DVagabond said:
From what I've read it seems like an excellent premium card. No first hand experience though, unfortunately. It would definitely be on my shortlist of cards if I were considering a 6950. Also, the cards below as well.

Are you planning on taking advantage of it's built in connectivity? If not, then it does open up other options for a high quality card. The Asus direct CU II, and msi Frozr 3 come to mind. Without going back and reading all of the reviews, I'm pretty sure they are all dual bios designs.
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the DirectCUII though is only a 1GB card
 
3DVagabond said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-431-_-Product

there's a 3 slot 2gig one as well. OoS ATM, but not EOL'd AFAIK.

Wow, that's the most acronyms I've ever used in a sentence. LOL
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damn that is a fat card lol! its a bit much though haha.


wait Sapphires Vapor-X cooling is Vapor Chamber cooling?? WOW thats awesome. i feel stupid now that i finally realized that. what phase power do reference 6950s have. the Flex i guess has 6+2.

I would like to hit 1000mhz on it hehe 😀
 
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nvidiaintelftw said:
damn that is a fat card lol! its a bit much though haha.


wait Sapphires Vapor-X cooling is Vapor Chamber cooling?? WOW thats awesome. i feel stupid now that i finally realized that. what phase power do reference 6950s have. the Flex i guess has 6+2.

I would like to hit 1000mhz on it hehe 😀
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It seems to me that cooling is the main limitation with these cards. If you can keep the card cool, then Im sure you can reach 1ghz.
 
Skurge said:
It seems to me that cooling is the main limitation with these cards. If you can keep the card cool, then Im sure you can reach 1ghz.
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whats the max highest temperature i should be lookin at?? I ussually like to keep my cards around 65 to 70c gaming
 
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nvidiaintelftw said:
All the 570s i want on new egg are $350
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Good answer :thumbsup:

The cheapest is rarely the best value, overall. Unless you just plan on buying it, having it for a short time, and replacing it. Then cheap might be all you need.

The card that Skurge recommended is an excellent one. So is the Sapphire Flex (I haven't seen a Toxic edition. I assume this is what we'll get for sapphire's top card?).
 
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