This GeForce 7950GX2 1GB has been heavily modified, overclocked and BIOS flashed and now runs faster than an 8800GTS 640MB. I bought 2 brand NEW Zalman Fatal1ty Fans, worth R630 about 1 month ago which make this card run almost 30 degrees cooler than with the stock fans, and extremely quite, the card itself is 1 year old but in excellent condition! The modifications have just made this card even better, bringing out it's true performance capabilities! Especially changing the fans and memory heatsinks allowed the 25% overclock to be 100% stable, because stock fans are ALWAYS rubish!
This is the fastest GeForce 7 series card money can buy when new, but this particular one is the fastest GeForce 7 series card in the country, as benchmarked on www.systemshock.co.za, reaching 11,300+ 3D marks in 3DMark06 (you can download it and benchmark your own card to see how much faster this card is). At stock speeds this card does 8,995 3D Marks in 3DMark06! To give you an idea, an 8800GTS 640MB which costs about R4142 (see link below), will do about 8500-9500 3D Marks, my card will get 1700 more points (over 15% faster) and it will cost you 35% less money at R2500 and this card will run faster, cooler and quiter than the 8800GTS 640MB.
Modifications:
1) 7950GX2 Spacer Kit specially imported from USA - R200
2) Zalman Fatal1ty FS-V7 - GPU Fan - R300
3) Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZV9 - GPU Fan - R333
4) BIOS Flashed from 500/600 to 635/750 (GPU/Memory) - 25% faster than stock speeds!
With all the modifications, this screen card runs 25 degrees cooler (@ 50 degrees idle in poorly ventilated case, to 65 degrees load), and 25% faster than the stock card! 10% faster than XFX 7950GX2 XXX edition, which is the fastest factory overclocked card on the market. The card was originally an MSI 7950GX2 1GB!
Toms Hardware Overall rating (7950GX2 is the 6th fastest screen card in the world @ stock speeds): http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=708&model2=778&chart=275
8800GTS 640MB from Sybaritic (R4142) - http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=74_224&products_id=11128
7950GX2 from Sybaritic (R5987) - http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=74_224&products_id=9834
