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MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II OC review
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/20/2011 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
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Today we have a new review on the Radeon HD 6950. A series (6900) that has been received with somewhat mixed feelings. Everybody expected the overall performance to be a notch higher. Then again armed and tagged with the right price these boards can kick ass for sure and certainly you can play all your games in high monitor resolutions with exemplary quality settings.
MSI is addressing the product as well with several models. One of the ... well, quirks is bit a big word, but the slight negative of the R6950 was its huge size and the huge cooler. As such MSI went back to the drawing board and redesigned the PCB, armed it with quality components and decided that they would need to slap a nice cooler on there. As such we see the model as tested today, running slightly above reference specification yet with the latest twin Frozr II cooler mounted on top of it.
The end result is a nice performing product that remains quite silent yet keeps cooling performance well under control as the load temperature of the R6950 now drops back to roughly 60 Degrees C, and that is interesting especially when you are tweaking and overclocking. As this article will show you, we'll bring the card quite close to a full GHz clock frequency, and that my friends means added value on what seems to be a very interesting product.
Let's startup this review and have a look what the R6950 Twin Frozr II is all about, shall we ?
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC review
MSI does what it does best, customizing hardware. They took the R6950 GPU, and threw the rest away. They designed a new PCB loaded with features and overclock potential, slapped some really cool memory on the card and topped off that GPU with the all new Twin Frozr III cooler. We take this card over a full GHz today on the graphics core, and that says a lot about the sturdy design alright.
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II OC review
A new review on the Radeon HD 6950. MSI went back to the drawing board and redesigned the PCB, armed it with quality components and decided that they would need to slap a nice cooler on there. As such we see the model as tested today, running slightly above reference specification yet with the latest twin Frozr II cooler mounted on top of it.
MSI does what it does best, customizing hardware. They took the R6950 GPU, and threw the rest away. They designed a new PCB loaded with features and overclock potential, slapped some really cool memory on the card and topped off that GPU with the all new Twin Frozr III cooler. We take this card over a full GHz today on the graphics core, and that says a lot about the sturdy design alright.
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II OC review
A new review on the Radeon HD 6950. MSI went back to the drawing board and redesigned the PCB, armed it with quality components and decided that they would need to slap a nice cooler on there. As such we see the model as tested today, running slightly above reference specification yet with the latest twin Frozr II cooler mounted on top of it.