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System Name | Good enough |
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Processor | I5 3570k |
Motherboard | ASrock Z68 Extreme 7 |
Cooling | Megahalem |
Memory | 16G crucial sport BLS2KIT8G3D1339DS1S00 |
Video Card(s) | 1080 ti strix |
Storage | OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III |
Display(s) | 3440 x 1440 microboard |
Case | Lian Li Knockoff ABS black pearl |
Audio Device(s) | HyperX 7.1 |
Power Supply | Evga SuperNOVA 1600. |
Mouse | Corsair's newest pos mmo mouse |
Keyboard | Das with the blue switches. |
Software | win 10 |
Benchmark Scores | Not really. |
I bought a pair of these cards, noticed some artifacts at stock settings just playing SWTor for an extended period. I thought I was seeing things but no... There it was.
Did a search for this model and found it's rumored on a few sites Asus may not have enough tension on their mondo heatsinks to keep the cards attached correctly. I can post up some links but just search faulty asus 7950 and you'll see plenty of talk on the matter.
I just dumped 1k on this for my multiple monitor setup, I'm a little disappointed. I bought these for the quiet factor even though they're hogging all my pcie slots up, wanted something good enough for high res eyefinity for a couple years.
So while it hasn't happened again, wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem. My cards are actually upside down so the heatsink is resting gravity down cooler on pcb and many peoples hunches are the problems are coming from the more common configuration.
I know first obviously solution is tighten the screws. The cards idle at 52 C which seems a wee bit high for a custom cooler application.
Buy a back plate? Shims? They're non returnable, I just want a couple few years out of em and really don't want to lose a bunch of money ebaying them and buying something else.
If you've had good or bad experiences either way with this card love to hear about it. I'd post up links to other sites but I don't think this site'd care for it
Did a search for this model and found it's rumored on a few sites Asus may not have enough tension on their mondo heatsinks to keep the cards attached correctly. I can post up some links but just search faulty asus 7950 and you'll see plenty of talk on the matter.
I just dumped 1k on this for my multiple monitor setup, I'm a little disappointed. I bought these for the quiet factor even though they're hogging all my pcie slots up, wanted something good enough for high res eyefinity for a couple years.
So while it hasn't happened again, wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem. My cards are actually upside down so the heatsink is resting gravity down cooler on pcb and many peoples hunches are the problems are coming from the more common configuration.
I know first obviously solution is tighten the screws. The cards idle at 52 C which seems a wee bit high for a custom cooler application.
Buy a back plate? Shims? They're non returnable, I just want a couple few years out of em and really don't want to lose a bunch of money ebaying them and buying something else.
If you've had good or bad experiences either way with this card love to hear about it. I'd post up links to other sites but I don't think this site'd care for it