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#3507813 - 01/31/12 04:15 AM AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	7950 Reviews are rolling in. In short, the OC versions come close to the 7970 (the standard card, with default clocks) The WSGF review with Eyefinity numbers 7950 @ AnandTech Guru3D reviews: HIS PowerColor CrossFire TriFire 7950 @ HardOCP Hardware Heaven's reviews: Sapphire OC-Edition vs. 7970 OC vs. 580 OC vs. 6790 OC XFX Black Edition HIS CrossFire 7950 @ HotHardware TechPowerUp reviews: AMD 7950 Reference AMD 7950 CrossFire PowerColor Powercolor @ OverClockers KitGuru reviews: Sapphire OC Ed. XFX Black Ed. HIS Hardware Canucks reviews 7950 Sapphire OC Ed. (dual fan) XFX Black ed. PowerColor, XFX and Sapphire roundup @ NeoSeeker AMD Ref. @ NeoSeeker AMD Ref. @ HardwareSecrets AMD Ref. @ BenchMark Review That'll do for now. [EDIT 1] Feb 5th Link with quite a few 7950 review-links @ TechReport Cross- and TriFire review @ NeoSeeker Sapphire OC in crossfire, @ TweakTown Edited by JAMF (02/05/12 12:30 PM) Edit Reason: Links added
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#3508110 - 01/31/12 10:37 AM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	definitely gonna aim for the XFX 900Mhz Edition ($499.99), hopefully they aren't sold out by time my tax return is here. i wonder if they are flashable to 7970 :P as the XFX has a Dual BIOS. New Egg Lineup: New Egg 7950s Edited by SkateZilla (01/31/12 10:44 AM) _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3508197 - 01/31/12 12:33 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 5472 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	Unfortunately out of the budget range at the moment. Sigh... _________________________ - Ice
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#3508509 - 01/31/12 10:35 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
robmypro Member Registered: 11/20/08 Posts: 151	My 5850 is still kicking butt, so this might be a decent upgrade 2 years from now.
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#3508713 - 02/01/12 07:11 AM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	any reviews for the ASUS Yet?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121489 _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3508901 - 02/01/12 11:31 AM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: SkateZilla]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: SkateZilla any reviews for the ASUS Yet?: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121489 Just one ASUS review: http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=668&sel_lang=english The TechReport has their "daily shortbread", which lists the news articles of the day. I found the link that way: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/22402
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#3509009 - 02/01/12 02:11 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	the only thing im skeptical about is the 3 slot design... otherwise I'll prolly be dropping my Tax return on a 7950 XFX, whether its the 800Mhz or 900Mhz version I'll have to see as the Overclocked is already sold out... Im sure I can OC the 800Mhz one to about 1Ghz though. _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3512020 - 02/05/12 11:42 AM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 2779 Loc: The Netherlands	Guru3D OC-ing guide for the 7950
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#3512039 - 02/05/12 12:00 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	the XFX 7950s were out of stock, then in stock, then out of stock again.. errrr _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3512216 - 02/05/12 04:04 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: SkateZilla]
aRareKindOfMonster Member Registered: 12/01/08 Posts: 904	Have you tried Tigerdirect? Last time I checked, they had both XFXs in stock. Shipping was free. But I am not sure whether you'd have to pay sales tax or not.
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#3512297 - 02/05/12 06:59 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	yeah, once my tax return is deposited, i'll do my rounds (newEgg, Amazon, Tiger). I prefer NewEgg for a few reasons, one being that some of the other components i'll be ordering, TD and AMZN dont have at all, so if i order everything from NewEgg it all ships from the same place (Usually). I did order a few things from TD because they were Cheaper+Free SHipping. _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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#3513871 - 02/07/12 04:01 PM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: SkateZilla]
Hammer* Member Registered: 02/05/00 Posts: 544 Loc: Norwich, CT	Oh man, I hope my tastes never get that high! Enjoy! Originally Posted By: SkateZilla definitely gonna aim for the XFX 900Mhz Edition ($499.99), hopefully they aren't sold out by time my tax return is here. i wonder if they are flashable to 7970 :P as the XFX has a Dual BIOS. New Egg Lineup: New Egg 7950s _________________________ Yep, I don't post allot. But I still love you.
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#3524103 - 02/22/12 07:19 AM Re: AMD RADEON HD7950 is the monster's little brother [Re: JAMF]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Hotshot Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 8120 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	the 7800 looks good too, in the range of the 6900 series. due out in about 2 weeks. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Radeon-HD7870-HD7850-Pitcairn,14747.html Also I went with the Sapphire 7950 900MHz Edition, as it has more accessories and a Dual BIOS, the XFX surprisingly didnt have dual BIOS. Edited by SkateZilla (02/22/12 07:23 AM) _________________________ Skate Zilla Chevron 11 (Born Feb. 2012) Cooler Master HAF 922(Mesh Side), 700W OCZ, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 Beta ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Pro, Corsair H100 Water Cooled AMD FX-8120@4.0 GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper @ DDR1600, WD 1.5TB Black Sapphire RadeonHD 7950@1.0 GHz Core/6GHz Mem., ASUS VS248H-P 24" LED x 3, 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champion, Intensity Pro 10-Bit HDMI Video Recording, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe Skate Zilla HD Studios On Facebook
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