first review of 7950?

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Small fan and heatsink, with the fan speed at 60% under load. I'll likely be waiting for aftermarket cooling solutions if I go with a 7950, depending on how the full reviews go.
 
It makes me wonder if that's the reference design for the 7950 because that card's cooler looks a lot like the ones that Sapphire already uses on their 6000 series card.
 
It does a bit, but it's a very common HSF design. There's a possibility they just got the PCB and attached their own temporary HSF.
 
61% @ 75C full load, fan profile looks a bit aggressive for whats needed.
 
P6444. I get P6105 w/ my 6970. Really disappointed with at least this synthetic bench.
 
Might not be a lot of overclocking headroom with that cooler. Hopefully other manufacturers have more robust solutions. Doesn't appear to be any kind of heatsink on the VRMs either.
 
Well, that heatsink is way smaller than even the 6800s cooling solution. Hmm i will wait for actual benchmarking sites with comparisons prior to saying anything.
 
May as well wait for this model:
http://en.expreview.com/2012/01/21/sapphire-radeon-hd-7950-3gb-surfaced/20562.html

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Looks like the 7950 reviewed in the OP post is a lower end model from Sapphire perhaps, and the one linked above is a higher end one with 3 GB VRAM.
 
omg. i dissappointed with the cooler/heatsink fan design..
i'll pick up 7970 rather than 7950 for sure..
 
GoldenTiger said:
Looks to be an anemic heatsink.....
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Agreed, looks a bit underwhelming and not very impressive either. I don't really understand why they didn't use a cooler like on the HD 7970.


At least the cooling solutions from the manufacturers should be nice/desirable.
 
Judging by the pcb/socket connections, it is 2 x 6 for the power connectors. My 7970 and 6970 use 1x8 and 1x6 for additional power
 
SIGSEGV said:
omg. i dissappointed with the cooler/heatsink fan design..
i'll pick up 7970 rather than 7950 for sure..
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Hopefully the single fan model is dirt cheap and will OC well with a water block.
 
Cooler looks to be cripled on purpose to not canibalize 7970 sales (450$ 7950 overclocked to 1200 core would be a kick ass card).
 
This 7950 is probably 10% faster than a stock 6970.

Overclocked though might be 25% faster.....
 
Wonder what's the P and the X score for a 6970, gtx 580 and 570 and 7970... would be great for comparaison's sake
 
Elmy said:
This 7950 is probably 10% faster than a stock 6970.

Overclocked though might be 25% faster.....
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Well if that's the case I'll be getting a pair of 7970s....might as well spend the extra $...I'm coming from a pair of 6970s.
 
Its a decent card...but I wouldn't pay the $450-$475 for it, maybe $400 tops for the 3GB model. Otherwise I'd just spend the extra cash and get a HD 7970.
 
KickAssCop said:
P6444. I get P6105 w/ my 6970. Really disappointed with at least this synthetic bench.
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Yeah I am not very impressed with the stock performance for $450. My 2GB 6950 OC'd is almost as fast and was 1/2 the cost. 6202 in the 11' test and with a 2500k, not a 2600k. Now if the 7950's with better coolers are beast overclockers hitting 1100-1200mhz then I would for sure bite at $350, $399....maybe.......$450, not very likely.
 
Thanks for the link OP, I'm waiting for midnight for Brents review. He's all hopped up on coffee and polishing it up right now. :)
 
Looking forward to it too. However, all that coffee could cause him to spend undo time upon the potty and miss the deadline!!

oh Noes!
 
It's nice the cards can be bought right now, and who's seen a single legit review?
 
The review is all buttoned up and ready to go. VERY GOOD WORK on this one. There is a LOT to talk about and analyze. Not sure we have had the situations we are having with this launch and product placement/stack.
 
^^Good to know. I'm watching and waiting for it, mostly out of pure curiosity, I've already got a 7970.
 
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