Twin Turbo on a HD6950

[CarPileUp]

About 2 weeks ago I changed my HD6950 reference cooler:

to an Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo Pro.

It is not officially supported. But how you can see, it fits 100%.

The cooler is absolutely silent. Even under load you can't hear it.

I'm getting about ~67°C (with unlocked shaders + oced to 900mhz/1300mhz @ 1,16V) under load (Furmark extreme burning mode + maxed out).

Idle temp is ~38°C.

Comparison between XFX reference cooler and twin turbo.

With only about 28€ this cooler is an absolute cost performance ratio winner for all silent and overclocking freaks!

The Twin Turbo is also compatible with a HD6970 because both PCBs (HD6950 and 6970) are exactly the same. You also don't have to buy the extra VR montage kit. Eveything you need is included.

So no need to buy the Arctic cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus. It's quite expensive and makes your GPU longer.

Questions? Ask

Pictures are made by me.

Edited September 16, 2011 by CarPileUp

[Ywa]

MSI HD6950/OC Twin Frozr II here. I'm never going to buy a reference GFX-card again.

[TechnoNegro]

looks like kinda noicy,im looking for new computer parts, but the bad thing is that most of the coolers and harddrives together make computer sound like a vuvuzela.

[CarPileUp]

looks like kinda noicy,im looking for new computer parts, but the bad thing is that most of the coolers and harddrives together make computer sound like a vuvuzela.

Nope. The cooler is unhearable. Even @ 100% it's silent. More fans on a GPU Cooler = more quiet (mostly).

Edited September 16, 2011 by CarPileUp

[MiF]

Well that sounds... powerfull.

I have never taken good care of computer cooling systems, but in next computer i am going to get water cooler for CPU.

Fans these days dont make that much noise what i have heard (There is some expections).

[oDi_W]

Next time don't put it on wood.

Put it on the special ESD plastic that came with your card.

Other than that, Nice looking card you got there!