MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr 3 OC 3GB GDDR5 PCIe R7950-Twin-Frozr-3GD5/OC

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Pros:

Outstanding overclocking potential, Excellent thermal characteristics, Keeps relatively quiet under load.
Good performance increase vs. HD 6950, Overclocked out of the box, Excellent energy efficiency, Good overclocking potential, especially with voltage, Low noise output, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Dual BIOS, 3 GB of memory, Adds support for

Cons:

GTX 670 looms large, Conservative outofthebox overclocking
High price, CCC Overdrive limits too low

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Last revision on September 26, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Outstanding overclocking potential, Excellent thermal characteristics, Keeps relatively quiet under load
Good performance increase vs. HD 6950, Overclocked out of the box, Excellent energy efficiency, Good overclocking potential, especially with voltage, Low noise output, Native fullsize HDMI & DisplayPort output, Dual BIOS, 3 GB of memory, Adds support for

Reviewers Didn't Like

GTX 670 looms large, Conservative outofthebox overclocking
High price, CCC Overdrive limits too low

Expert reviews and ratings

Review: MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OCby Tarinder Sandhu on 16 May 2012, 07:42 Tags: MSI Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qabgpb Add to My Vault: AMD very much had the premium graphics limelight until NVIDIA wrenched it away by releasing the GeForce GTX 680 and...

By HEXUS.net on May 16, 2012

Cooling Dexterity As we've established in our earlier review of the HD 7950, the 'Tahiti Pro' GPU actually has a remarkably small power footprint/TDP and it shows here. In our OCCT GPU Torture tests, the Twin Frozr III cooler at 100% fan...

By VR-Zone on February 10, 2012

MSI's custom design Radeon HD 7950 comes with the company's well-tested Twin Frozr III cooler that we have seen on many other cards before. The new dual-fan thermal solution provides greatly reduced temperatures and fan noise when compared to...

By techPowerUp! on February 10, 2012

In the graphics card market, a few days can be the difference between success and failure. Had we done this review a few weeks ago, our opinion of these cards would have been completely at odds with the current realities. Back then, the HD 7950 had...

By Hardware Canucks on April 19, 2012

Final Words & Conclusion MSI has a terrific card in their hands with the R7950 TwinFrozr III. And that is not surprising as the reference product already is really good. The sheer design of the MSI card is nice with it's dark and grey theme. The...

By Guru of 3D on February 13, 2012

Il settore dei videogiochi è in continua e costante evoluzione e rappresenta, negli ultimi anni, la molla che spinge i due maggiori produttori di schede video a fronteggiarsi a viso aperto per detenere il primato di prodotto più prestante, sia...

By hwlegend.com on March 12, 2012