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    Buying a new Vid card opinions wanted

    Based on my personal experience with a 6950 2GB, the performance is good (not excellent), although the reference cooler that comes with these cards are noisy and annoying. Just some food for thought. I think that it's worth it to purchase a 1GB version of the card, as the aftermarket (read...
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    610 Watt PSU / 6850 CF? Pushing it?

    I believe that this PSU was the last batch of PSU's still built by PC Power and Cooling (or Seasonic?) before OCZ got their grubby hands on them. The sticker on the PSU does mention "Part of the OCZ Technology Group" but I remember a friend telling me it was a rebadged Seasonic PSU (a good...
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    Looking to get a 6950 Reference Card

    http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1591342
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    Looking to get a 6950 Reference Card

    The only non-reference design I've seen is XFX 1GB version of the card -- the fan is in the middle and is surrounded by a copper heatsink. I'm sure I saw a review on it somewhere....I remember it having slightly better thermals than the stock cooler but being much quieter. Based on my personal...
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    610 Watt PSU / 6850 CF? Pushing it?

    Hi folks, You may have read my earlier post re: the dead 6950 card that I modded. I'm using my old 6850 card for now, but I like to game at 1920 x 1200 with all the details turned up, which really isn't smooth enough for games like Metro 2033, Crysis and other heavyweights in my opinion...
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    Possible Dead 6950...please help!

    @Dookey: Yeah, I'll give this a try eventually when I decide to put the stock cooler back on. I figure that returning the card to its original condition would be the proper thing to do prior to its funeral service. Who knows? Maybe it'll work..... @Outamyhead: I cut the sinks far away from...
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    Possible Dead 6950...please help!

    Hi everybody, Thanks for the replies, I'll answer a few questions / issues while I'm here: @ DumpALump: I checked the core, it seems ok, no signs of damage anywhere. I also double-checked my epoxy job and it's clean -- minimal seepage, of which none of it seeped onto adjacent components /...
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    Possible Dead 6950...please help!

    Hi Everybody, Although I've never posted on this forum, I've been reading it for quite a while and I know there's some smart cookies in the community. Anyways, I decided to install an Arctic Cooling S1 Rev2 GPU heatsink and Enzotech BGA ramsinks for the RAM / VRM's and other IC's. The...
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