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There are many modified discrete graphics solutions on the market today and working out which one to buy can prove to be a long and involved process. Without a doubt the R6950 Twin Frozr III continues the long line of success stories for MSI and we can certainly recommend it as a shortlist product.
Noise emissions are reduced significantly thanks to the intelligent dual fan cooling solution, helped in part by the efficient propeller blade technology. The thermal properties of the R6950 are improved noticeably, with maximum temperatures registering 60c when gaming. A standard HD6950 with a reference cooling solution will often operate at a 20c+ higher threshold.
The HD6950 doesn't lack when it comes to high resolution gaming, and the overclocked R6950 helps improve performance slightly. When it came to manually overclocking the card, we hit the wall a little sooner than expected, but this will vary from board to board. Any settings over 920mhz and the display would corrupt, which was slightly disappointing.
The card is slightly difficult to find in the UK, however Amazon stock it via a partner for £284.75, which seems rather expensive in today's market. Luckily just before going to press we managed to get another link on OCUK, priced at a much more reasonable £235 inc vat. OCUK are also throwing in Deus Ex and Dirt 3 for free, which seems like a smart buy to us.
Pros:
- Great performance.
- Fantastic cooling system.
- dual fan settings.
- full voltage control options via latest version of MSI Afterburner.
Cons:
- our card didn't overclock to the levels we had hoped.
Kitguru says: Another excellent card from MSI.
Their coolers are really very good, we get a very low return rate on these cards.
Good deal on OCUk for that card. especially with two free, and very tasty games.
The big question is, with AMD about to release a new range of cards (well in a few months at least), is anyone opting for one of these now?
Really good looking card as usual from MSI. I never see them listed in many sites. Do scan even stock them?
I have one of these and its very good. I have problems with overclocking it however and I had hoped you might do better. mine is limited to 910mhz and it crashes 🙁
Quite a sexy card. Can’t wait until MSI will realease TwinFrozr III as retail cooler.
A very good and complete review. Just one question. Due to a discusion on the dutch site hardware.info it became clear that using the latest version of the drivers has a significant effect on the results. I would like to know if the results of the other cards as used in your graphs are also obtained using the same driver versions. If these are older results with older drivers then it might be a good idea to mention the driver version / date with the different test scores for the different cards.
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