Nemo Posted August 12, 2011 Posted August 12, 2011 OCC reviewer airman took a shining to our latest review subject from Sapphire, especially when it cam to cooling and overclocking, plus it comes bundled with a copy of DiRT3. Check out his review of the Sapphire HD6950 2GB DiRT3 Toxic Edition - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd6950_toxic_2gb/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted August 12, 2011 Posted August 12, 2011 Gotta love when you get a card that can flash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 12, 2011 Posted August 12, 2011 Gotta love when you get a card that can flash Absolutely, this was one helluva card! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted August 12, 2011 Posted August 12, 2011 Absolutely, this was one helluva card! Did you bench any as a "6970"?? Also how was noise at full fan speed?? The 570 is such win at power consumption! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 Did you bench any as a "6970"?? Also how was noise at full fan speed?? Yes, but those results were beyond the scope of the test. I included a screenshot of the before/after of 3dMark11 on the overclocking page in the review, but that's it. After playing with it myself and re-running the benchmarks I am seeing anywhere between a 5-10% increase in FPS over the entire board. Fan is pretty loud at 100% but I doubt it'd ever get there an auto. But then again, what video cards nowadays don't sound like turbines when you rev them to almost 6000RPM? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 Yes, but those results were beyond the scope of the test. I included a screenshot of the before/after of 3dMark11 on the overclocking page in the review, but that's it. After playing with it myself and re-running the benchmarks I am seeing anywhere between a 5-10% increase in FPS over the entire board. Fan is pretty loud at 100% but I doubt it'd ever get there an auto. But then again, what video cards nowadays don't sound like turbines when you rev them to almost 6000RPM? IGP's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 IGP's? Say hmm? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 Say hmm? "But then again, what video cards nowadays don't sound like turbines when you rev them to almost 6000RPM?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 But an IGP...hence the name, is "integrated" - of course it makes no noise. If one did, however, have a fan that you could rev to 6,000 RPM, I doubt it'd be quiet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieljury3 Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 How high do 120mm fans go? 120mm fans would probably explode at 6000rpm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskout Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 How high do 120mm fans go? 120mm fans would probably explode at 6000rpm Most 120mm fans go between 1800-2100 RPM. Some go as high as 4000 RPM, and Delta Electronics has one that goes at 5200 RPM. You could build a hover...computer.. with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcho Posted August 20, 2011 Posted August 20, 2011 Absolutely, this was one helluva card! hey airman, GREAT review and it actually led to me purchasing this GPU...got it in the mail yesterday my questions: for the 6970 unlock, all you did was shut down the computer, change the physical switch on the card itself, and reboot? did you have to do anything else to unlock the extra shaders? also, when you said you overclocked it to a "core clock of 1010 MHz and a memory clock of 1500 MHz," are those numbers STABLE? or will it hurt the life of the card in the long-run? sorry if these are n00b questions but the last time i built a desktop was 7+ years ago...haha. i'd greatly appreciate any feedback! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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