Gigabyte 6950

[tw33k]

It finally came today. I'm feeling a little unwell so I'll wait til I'm better before I start overclocking and benching.

 

[Airbot]

Nice.



Might go grab the 10.12, or rather the 10.12a one before benching instead of 10.11.

AMD Catalyst driver 10.12a Hotfix Feature:

• AMD Catalyst driver support for systems running Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® with an AMD Radeon™ HD 69xx series graphics card installed

AMD Catalyst

 

[tw33k]

Yeah.. I will. I haven't done anything yet except unlock it

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Very nice rig mate!

Nice and clean.

Congrats.

 

[tw33k]

Thanks mate

 

[sygnus21]

I'm planning on getting either getting a 6950 or 6970 next month. The 6950 price looks very good though, and I question whether I really need a 6970?

Let us know.

Thanks

 

[tw33k]

I'll run some benches tonight and post here. From what others have posted, I wouldn't get a 6970. Just unlock a 6950 and you're good to go.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

I'm planning on getting either getting a 6950 or 6970 next month. The 6950 price looks very good though, and I question whether I really need a 6970?

Let us know.

Thanks

I'll run some benches tonight and post here. From what others have posted, I wouldn't get a 6970. Just unlock a 6950 and you're good to go.

This.

 

[sygnus21]

The more and more I think about it the better the 6950 looks, especially from a price point. Right now I'm still using a 4890 and haven't been hindered with the games I've played on it so I really have to ask myself if I want to spend that much on a 6970.

I still have some time to think about it though. Anyway I'm looking forward to tw33k's posts

 

[tw33k]

OK...Got it stable for about the last hour. This card gets hot so I manually set the fan to 60% which kept it around 80c. The fan's quiet tho, I can't hear it at all. Once Afterburner supports voltage mods with these cards I'll be able to squeeze some more out of it. I've got the latest CCC 10.12a hotfix but GPU-Z still shows it as 10.11

 

[Wishmaster]

The more and more I think about it the better the 6950 looks, especially from a price point. Right now I'm still using a 4890 and haven't been hindered with the games I've played on it so I really have to ask myself if I want to spend that much on a 6970.

I still have some time to think about it though. Anyway I'm looking forward to tw33k's posts

Same here

I am considering the 6950 myself, but putting it off a bit longer as I want a Sapphire Toxic or Vapor-X. (just my prefered brand)

Cant complain about the 4890, its been a heck of a good card.




Tw33k,
What kind of numbers & Temps are you getting at its stock settings?

 

[tw33k]

I ran 3dMark11 on both "Performance" and "Extreme" settings at stock speed (880/1375)



I also ran both again with the card OCd to 900/1400 but Extreme crashed. I'll play some more but my CPU is holding it back at max settings.

 

[Wishmaster]

Nice, TY.

Thinking I may pick up on of these.
Also considering Nvidias offerings for a change, but not sure it would be worthwhile.

 

[thefabe]

Nice rig and thanks for sharing the benches.
Fabe

 

[tw33k]

Thanks guys. I'm running into major problems OCing it tho. I know it's my CPU that's causing the problem but I'm reluctant to upgrade just yet. I think I'll leave it as is and wait til "Bulldozer" is out. Then I can upgrade my board, CPU and RAM. My system is fine the way it is. I'm just trying to squeeze too much out of it I think.

 

[sygnus21]

Have you actually played any games with the card? If so, what were they? What were the results?

Thanks.

 

[tw33k]

I've only been playing BC2. 2048x1152, medium settings, 2x AA, avg ~90fps

 

[SlackerITGuy]

I've only been playing BC2. 2048x1152, medium settings, 2x AA, avg ~90fps

View attachment 130285

Crank that $%it up.

 

[thefabe]

That looks sweet! But I would agree with Slacker at 90fps you can afford to crank it up some and not suffer.
IMO Fabe

 

[tw33k]

Yeah...I'm still working out the best settings