the sapphire 2L is now discontinued. i was hoping to crossfire two of the exact same 7950s...
the sapphire 2L is now discontinued. i was hoping to crossfire two of the exact same 7950s...
the sapphire 2L is now discontinued. i was hoping to crossfire two of the exact same 7950s...
Pfft I ordered the same 7950 and got a different PCB.
He installed heatinks on the stock heat spreader/plate of his card, right over the VRMs, to improve their cooling.
OCN = Overclock.net I have a thread on their forums showing the same modifications I am doing here.
BTW playing crysis 3 for awhile @ 1200/1650 puts me at
VRM #1 71c
VRM #2 66c
Much better This mod was well worth it and successful in my eyes.
new tape under, than that heatsink on top of the stock plate?
I just got a Sapphire 7950 (2L if you shop newegg). I want to overclock it but do I need to install Trixx or another overclocking software? I already have AMD CCC which can overclock and Radeon Pro which has an overclock setting. (I assume Radeon pro just uses the CCC overclock.) Is there a purpose in installing another? I don't plan to over-volt.
Thanks
So...my 7950 is on the way and I was thinking that 3GB is overkill for 1080p, which is the res I game at...will I ever use all that memory if I don't plan to upgrade my monitor anytime soon?
I crossfired my 7950s and something's not right. I usually use MSI Afterburner for an on screen display for gpu temp, usage, etc. The first GPU will load up to 99% just fine, but data on the 2nd GPU is missing, except for GPU load which jumps from 50%-100%. Meanwhile games are totally unplayable due to stuttering. Here's the strangest part, when I disable Crossfire in Catalyst, MSI Afterburner shows all data on both GPUs. Any ideas what's wrong?
Maybe your overclock was unstable after having airflow blocked by the second card and also your case being loaded with at least 10-30w extra heat from the idle 2nd card close to your 1st.
I know I can't get anywhere near my current clocks stably with anything other than my Sapphire Dual-X 7970 Boost plugged in.
I don't think so. I tried Bitcoin mining on them and they're fine.
edit: I opened up GPU-z and it's the same story. When I disable Crossfire, I see data on both cards, but when I enable it, the 2nd card has all 0s or - for the senor readings.
update: I installed the Crossfire profiles and it fixed performance issues with 3dmark and Unigine. 17K GPU score on 3dmark 11. I still have issues displaying data on the second card though.
another update: Every game I've tried, performance is absolutely abysmal, much slower than a single card, whereas in benchmarks it's amazing. I'm wondering if the card being in a 4x PCI-e slot is causing problems. If it is, then I have to wait until next month to really start using these for gaming in Crossfire. For now, one will Bitcoin mine 24/7.
got my new system up and running.
ended up choosing the MSI TF3 7950. Glad I chose it! It came with a 7970 pcb and it matches my motherboard exactly!
Will be posting pictures of my black/orange themed build soon. Replaced the PCI slot covers with orange ones and loaded it up with 3x 140mm Cougars (2x intake/1x exhaust) and 1x 120mm Cougar (cpu). Just gotta paint the HDD brackets orange now and she'll be all finished!
the sapphire 2L is now discontinued. i was hoping to crossfire two of the exact same 7950s...
Talk about serious CPU bottleneck.This goes without saying, but don't run two 7950s on a undervolted stock i3-540, you won't even be able to push 50/50 in 3dmark11 graphics tests...
And that's best case >.<
Back to mining!
Tremendous value for the 7950.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00C1ZHT24/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Yeah I know. I asked to verify it.
The spokesperson from amazon assured me that this was the MSI 7950 and the wrong info was due to a technical glitch. He would ask the product department to correct it.
I don't know why they haven't corrected it yet.