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I live in Denmark, 7950 are around 400$ and 7970 are 550$+ It aint cheap here :)
Either way I ordered a MSI 7950 TFIII, crossing fingers for no coil whine!
Good thing im feeling lucky then :)
Looking at these same cards:
MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC (3 GB) @ 500$
Has 6+6pin
MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5 V2/OC (3 GB) @ 400$
Has 6+8pin
Can anyone tell me why there is 100$ difference between these cards, thats quite alot? is it just additional...
My old 8800 gt has a very faint coil whine in my new system, but with fan noise its not noticeable and blends together. Some coil whine is just REALLY loud.
My corsair tx 650 psu together with sapphire 7950 gpu sounded pretty close to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4d23F2jehQ
Drove me...
Havent tried that, will keep that in mind if the coil noise persists with the new gpu card.
Think im just going to try order a MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5 V2/OC. Does anyone know whats different with "version2"?
@Sodapopjones
Im very jealous :)
Then I want no problems either :) If some coil noise is normal, fine I can live with it.. but if it isnt, then I might aswell use my right to return items while I still can (dont know what its called in english hehe)
Anyway, bedtime in Denmark. Have a very good day and god bless your GPU :)...
I have a cooler master 430 elite case.
I guess the things that bother me is finally buying a new computer for 1400$ and having to listen to annoyning coil whine, especially if it can be avoided. It just doesnt feel right :(
It seems I just have to pick a random brand and hope for the best. I...
Built a new computer with:
cpu: i5 3570k
mb: asus p8z77
gpu: sapphire hd 7950 950 mhz edition
psu: corsair tx 650 v2
First the corsair psu had a clear coil noise, so I replaced it with a enermax NAXN82+. Now the sapphire has a faint coil noise, but much lower than the psu had. My old...