MSI Radeon 6950 Options - Which to Get?

[Dzzope]

Originally Posted by Eluder

I'd be surprised as heck if you can't OC to 6970 speeds easily because my reference XFX 6950 has no problem surpassing stock 6970 speeds without any voltage increase.
Mind you I have aftermarket cooling, but so do you.

I meant to oc it like you would a proper 6970.
There were some limitations on them from what I recall of the different guides etc. higher quality chps or something.. can't remember the specifics..
I am sure if you look around for articles on unlocking and ocing the 6950 you'll find what you need

[Eluder]

Well that's a given since the 6970 already starts off with a high GPU voltage, so it will likely OC higher than an unlocked 6950.
Even though that is the case, doesn't mean you won't get a solid OC out of a 6950. Mine did 975MHz with an increase in voltage, but I didn't feel it was worthwhile to keep the card at that speed since any game I ran played just fine at 900MHz with no voltage increase.

[Birk]

The Diamond Radeon HD 6950 2gb I just bought in december unlocked without an issue :) It's got a super crappy tunnel type cooler on it that sounds like a jet engine but since i've got a full waterblock in the mail that doesn't matter anyways

If you plan to watercool and unlock check out the diamond