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Title: 7950 differences
Post by: skomskom on May 22, 2013, 07:28:13 PM
There are (I think) 4 Sapphire 7950's. What are the differences between all of these model numbers?

21196-00-20G
11196-16-20G
11196-09-40G
11196-10-40G

Is it just the fans or are there other things to consider? Which do people usually use for mining?


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: ScriptProdigy on May 22, 2013, 08:22:37 PM
The differences would be very small for mining, getting any model will produce very very similar mining results in my opinion.


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: miningdude on May 22, 2013, 09:51:47 PM
There are (I think) 4 Sapphire 7950's. What are the differences between all of these model numbers?

21196-00-20G
11196-16-20G
11196-09-40G
11196-10-40G

Is it just the fans or are there other things to consider? Which do people usually use for mining?

I recommend both the 11196-16-20G and the 21196-00-20G in my build guides (http://www.coinminingrigs.com/), based on their price points and my personal experience. Both cards are very stable and can be undervolted/overclocked. The main difference between them is one uses a twin fan cooling system (slightly better IMHO) and the other uses a single fan reference design that sucks air in the side of the card and pushes it out the back. With either card, I recommend using supplemental cooling (like a box fan) to keep them from overheating while mining.


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: sunce86 on May 22, 2013, 10:16:04 PM
get 16-20 its with tahiti chip i think... good performance  ;)


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: skomskom on May 23, 2013, 02:23:08 AM
Thanks all for the help!


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: bobbix on May 23, 2013, 02:36:40 AM
anyone getting above 700 mh/s(kh/s) with these?


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: AbiTxGroup on May 23, 2013, 02:44:55 AM
get 16-20 its with tahiti chip i think... good performance  ;)
The 21196-00-20G has the tahiti chip in it, I have two of them with another pair in the mail.


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: coingun on May 23, 2013, 03:03:17 AM
It's really about memory bandwidth. So check the DDR5 clock speeds and make sure they all match up. Any 7950 is a great start!


Title: Re: 7950 differences
Post by: SkyNet on June 12, 2013, 04:43:29 AM
get 16-20 its with tahiti chip i think... good performance  ;)
The 21196-00-20G has the tahiti chip in it, I have two of them with another pair in the mail.

Sorry for being ignorant but what does this mean if they have the Tahiti chip?