HIS rolls out overclocked Radeon HD 7950 and 7970s

Posted on Friday, March 16 2012 @ 16:09 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
HIS introduced the HD 7970 IceQ X² and HD 7970 IceQ X² Turbo, two Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards with the company's new IceQ X² cooling solution. This cooler features three 6mm and two 8mm nickel-plated copper heatpipes, an aluminium fin array and two quiet high-airflow fans. The IceQ X² has the same clockspeeds as the reference model, 925MHz for the core and 5500MHz for the memory, while the Turbo version has a 1050MHz core and 5600MHz memory.



Besides new Radeon HD 7970s, HIS also introduced a pair of Radeon HD 7950 IceQ graphics card that feature the IceQ iTurbo cooler, which offers two 6mm and two 8mm nickel-plated heatpipes, a small but dense aluminium fin array and one lateral-flow fan. The HIS HD 7950 IceQ sticks to the reference clock speeds of 800MHz for the core and 5000MHz for the memory, while the HD 7950 IceQ Turbo offers a 900MHz core and the same memory clockspeed.



Pricing and availability is unknown.

Source: TPU and TPU


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