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There are currently no news at all about what the gpu/ socket that the gpu would look like in the 9000 series. So can't say at this point if the Accelero can fit for or not. Would you mind posting a 3dmark 11 performance score with your highest possible overclock? I feel like my 7950 is...

I'm wondering about this too. It seems like NOBODY has used this product on a 7900 series and reported on VRM temps. I am curious too. EDIT: Never mind, found a user review on Newegg concerning the VRMs, although he did mix up the VRM numbers (VRM #1 is the long strip near the power connectors...

What make of card? That VRM and core temperature are pretty good.

Meh, I guess I'll figure it out. Thanks for the advice though. If your pads arrive, can you do 20 min run of Heaven at max of course, at your 1200mhz speeds? I'm curious of what your VRM temperatures will be.

Yes, the benchmark is the only window active, nothing else is open. The thing is it doesn't always fluctuate from 96% the whole benchmark, but only in some sequences. It mostly stays at 99%

so my VRM 1 runs 3 degrees cooler than yours with the fujipoly pads. Unfortunately, not too much of a difference and my ambient idle temperature is 30 degrees (AC in fullblast, I too have a heatwave here in Canada :)). However, I'm also running at a higher voltage than you AND I ran it for...

LOL ok I was wrong. Maybe the thermal tape really does help a lot. At 1200mhz core, 1650mhz memory, at 1.131v, VRM 1 only goes up to 75 degrees, VRM 2 goes up to 66 degrees, and my core only goes up to 52 degrees. Thats really impressive now that I think about it. And no, to your previous...

I run my memory at 1700mhz but usually 1650mhz. Sure thing, i'll try 1200mhz and yes, I maxed out everything in the benchmark. I don't think I can run 1200mhz at 1.112v though, I have a slightly lower ASIC value (87.4%) than yours. I can run it at 1.131v no problem though.

Have fun with your gtx 780, that card screams! Thanks for all you help though striker.

I run the card at 1235 core at 1.162v. For most games, VRM 1 doesn't break 88 degrees at those speeds, but games like bioshock infinite, an easy to handle game, reaches 90 fps and above, VRM 1 gets really hot, above 90. However,for far cry 3, where I put everything on ultra and aa on 2x, I don't...

Wait, don't you mean VRMs===>thermal pads===>heatsink? I was skeptical of that too when I was done installing it but I checked again and there doesn't seem to be any gaps. Although on the extreme sides of the heatsink(the side that faces you when the card is installed in a case), the tape could...

I have also tried the fujipoly extreme pads with my stock sapphire VRM heatsinks with the accelero cooler. I found there is little to no difference in VRM temperatures

Thats exactly the dilemma I had with the Dual X cooler. The only thing that was stopping me from having a higher overclock was the VRM temps and I have to tell you, the accelero xtreme does not improve the VRM temps a lot for the Sapphire 7950 OC.

Ok tried it, didn't notice any difference. But here's what I noticed across all games: When the fps goes below 60 fps in any game (aka, a very graphically intensive spot in the game) the usage is pinned at 99 percent and no less. When it goes above 60 fps, even in intense games like far cry 3...

so sorry I haven't replied in a while, busy with a few things. No my clockrates are pinned at 1235 mhz and so are my memory clocks. I'll try your 50 percent power limit mod and see if it will change anything. UPDATE: I don't have the number 14 at the 4th line, I have it at the 11th line in the...

mostly yah, except heaven benchmark kinda does it too, but that only ever drops down to 91 percent at worst at the same areas. Decreasing the memory overclock lessens the fluctuating in FC3 a bit. Would it be because my overclock is too high or something? I am really doubtful of that being the...

Wow this is what I found out so far. When I increased the core voltage it didn't really make a difference, it just made VRM1 hotter. Anyway, the real odd thing is that when I decrease the MSAA to off, my gpu usage would go down to 80 and fluctuate from there having smooth fast gameplay. But when...

i meant the VDDC voltage, the core voltage of the card since my psu is a 850watt seasonic unit. i'm wondering if increasing the core voltage would get rid of the gpu usage fluctuates i have in far cry 3

Yes I'm running msi afterburner at 20% power limit. I'm also running a core i7 2700k at 4.2 ghz so I'm not sure whats wrong. Does voltage affect gpu usage? Do i have to maybe increase the voltage to feed more power into the core so the gpu can be utilized?

Hey everyone, I have a bit of a dilemma. I have a Sapphire 7950 950mhz OC card (the one with the 7970 pcb). In Far Cry 3, with a 1235mhz core and 1660mhz mem at 1.163v, the first few minutes of playing the game, the gpu usage is fine, fluctuatung around 96 to 99. But then after a few more...

I've been wondering, has anyone tried out this heatsink for the 950mhz sapphire 7950? http://www.swiftech.com/hd7900-hsf.aspx

Oh whoops sorry mate

so at 1200mhz 1.1v what are your vrm temperatures?

I have the same problem as you buddy. I overclocked my sapphire 7950 950mhz edition to 1200 mhz with a voltage of 1.137 volts and my VRM temps go too high, around 93 degrees celcius during heaven benchmark while others get around 80 degrees with the same overclock but higher voltages at around...

Thank you for a straightforward answer! At 1200mhz after 30 minutes in my case with really good airflow, i get around the same! Cant wait for your further results

At those clock speeds, what are your VRM temperatures during a 30 minute run of heaven benchmark? Can you give me your temps? I am really curious of what other people are getting for the 950mhz edition sapphire cards.

Since this cooler is MASSIVE and heavy, my card sags. Anyone have any ideas on how to lessen the sagging?

Thanks again for the info, at least now I know I'm not the only one suffering of VRM temps for the 950mhz cards. I've been thinking about changing the cooler. You think the Accelero Xtreme 7970 cooler on top of the stock VRM heatsinks will lower the VRM temps more?

Thanks Sonda5 you're the first person to really confirm my VRM temperatures on the Sapphire 7950. Its kinda weird though don't you think that the VRM's get hot? a 950mhz Sapphire 7950 has good vrm cooling does it not?

Any chance you can give me the BIOS version number from gpuz? Thanks! Anyway the reason why I'm asking is that I think my bios is causing my vrm's to bust through the roof with high temperatures. I don't think its the gpu's cooling because the 950mhz cards have beefy vrm cooling.

Hey Sonda5, what bios version do you have for your Sapphire 7950 950mhz edition cards?

Yeah I'm seriously considering that. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the accelero 7970 and how it stacks up to the Dual X cooler from Sapphire.

Reference MSI 7970 right? Yah for the thermal glue, I was thinking of using arctic alumina instead of the glue provided. So its actually no better than a xfx dd 7950? Even in the VRM temperatures?

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you has any experience with the Arctic Cooling Accelero extreme 7970 cooler. I have a sapphire 7950 950mhz edition card and am wondering if I can install the accelero on with the stock sapphire vrm and memory heatsinks that came with the card instead of using...

Ok, i found something about why my sapphire 7950 oc is throttling after a few minutes of heaven benchmark @ stock speeds. Oddly enough, when I moved my mouse at the time it was fluctuating from 10 fps to 40 fps in the benchmark, the frame rate shoots up and stays at a constant fps right after I...

Thanks for all the help raghu and m3ta1head, this forum is really helpful! Im still wondering what the VRM temps are for people that have the Sapphire OC cards. Anyone?

You are not alone buddy, the 7950s are an incredible value, that is, the ones without any heat problems, coil whine, etc.

UPDATE after running heaven for about 15 mins, the benchmark started to stutter and decrease in fps. I checked and I saw that the vrms are at 91c? Isnt that still fine? I really think. Sapphire's dual x cooler is shit at cooling vrms now. This is all at 1160core/1500mem @ 1.18 v

Hmm you are absolutely right with airflow. I changed my fan config by putting up a 140mm corsair fan originally from the bottom of my case(HAF922), to just to the right of the graphics card. It made the vrm temps stay around decent temperatures even if I overvolted it though: around mid 70s to...

I see, I will then. In your opinion though, if you had a choice, would u pick the sapphire over the TF3? ive heard people say aftermarket coolers have crappy vrm cooling but superb core cooling, but that doesnt seem that is the case with your TF3