R6950 Twin Frozr III PE freezes pc

during world of warcraft after 30-120 minutes my computer completely freezes, tried everything updating drivers, replaced psu.
now i`ve tried underclockign the card at reference card stock values: 800 core clock and 1250 memory speed.
havent had any freeze after that! played for more then 6 hours
is this a faulty card and i have to rma it ? i dont want to be without computer for weeks :(
p.s. card doesnt get any hotter then 55C

CPU Q9550 quad 2,83ghz
Motherboard Asus P5E (Intel X38)
Memory 4x 1gb Kingston Hyperx DDR2 1066
Graphics Card MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III
Hard Drive Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB
Sound Card Soundblaster X-FI gamer edition
Power Supply Seasonic X-660 660W 12v 54A
Case Antec Solo Plus
CPU cooling ASUS Silent Square    OS
Win 7 X64    Monitor
LG Flattron 27" + 24"
i havent had any problems at all using my previous ATI 4870 card :(

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R6950 twin frozr III comp crashes

Hello, I recently got my R6950 twin frozr III OC edition yesterday. Plugged it in, ran the install drivers, worked like a charm. About an hour later had a comp freeze, was just browsing the web with firefox 4.
Had to manually power down and restart. Rebooted, everything was fine. Started playing Rift, no troubles. About an or 2 in, same thing, game freeze. Happened 4 times in the course of about 30 mins. I decided to call it for the night.
Today, so far, 3 hangs, 2 were from Rift, 1 was from World of warcraft. All scenarios was i was sitting in the main city talking with guildmates. No stress or mad activity going on. Noticed my temp was hovering 47-49C.
Not sure what the problem is. Looking for some help/answers.
Note, that nothing was tinkered with and everything would be stock settings.
my rig.
R6950 twin frozr III OC edition.
I7 850Lynfield OC 3.36ghz
gigabyte P55-UD5 mobo
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Antec 650 Powersupply
coolermaster HAF932 case.
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Hello, I recently got my R6950 twin frozr III OC edition yesterday. Plugged it in, ran the install drivers, worked like a charm. About an hour later had a comp freeze, was just browsing the web with firefox 4.
It can PSU fault or driver issue, or VGA failure
Remove current VGA drivers with >>Driver Sweeper<< in Safe Mode
then install drivers from msi web for your card, then see how its goes

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http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R6950-Twin-Frozr-III-Power-Edition-OC.html#?div=Overview
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Quote from: Svet on 19-January-12, 22:12:52
what monitors you are using and what resolutions you're trying to use?
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My R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC acts normally, when i use the PC. When it goes to idle, the card heats up and turns the speed to 100%. When i remove the drivers there's no problem. I've tried with the different drivers there and on the AMD page.

Quote from: Svet on 12-May-12, 02:39:19
install msi vga drivers, then see how it goes
I've already tried those :(

R6950 Twin Frozr III 2gb Problem

Hi guys, got a problem with one of my cards that is in Crossfire..
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Ok, brand new build P8P67 Pro (Rev 3) initially boots up fine and I install windows. The next day I get no output to monitor with my MSI 6950 Twin Frozr III, also motherboard is beeping to indicate no VGA detected. Put it in second PCI-E slot and bingo, it works but it's at 8x.
Presume mobo faulty, got an MSI Z68A GD65, I get the exact same problem, won't show anything in primary slot but will run fine in secondary at 8x.
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Does anyone know of a good 3rd party heat sink that will definitely fit this non reference card? We all know that manufactures such has Artic, Thermalright and Prolimatech make such heat sinks, but of course they are for reference cards. I'm sure you can understand that I don't want to make any expensive mistakes!
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Krutish.

Thanks for the reply flobelix.
My main concern was the amount of decibels this card produced when pushed, not its thermal properties. Under high stress the card would peak at 80-85c with a fan speed of anywhere around 80-100%. Normal gaming temps would be around 65c-75c depending on game, or gaming environment, with matching fan speeds. That is why I was looking for a replacement, the temps were within the manufactures tolerances, even if a little high, but the db's were well outside of mine!
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Made In China. (Sad Face)
Krutish
Oh almost forgot... i heard off Artic, they recommend the Twin Turbo II, Xtreme II or the Xtreme III for this card!

(SOLVED) R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC setting up dual Screens

Hey there,
my 1st post on the forums and unfortunately its a noob one :D
im trying to set up dual monitors running of the one card through its 2 DVI,
my main screen has been working great through the top DVI but when i attempt
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any advice?
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Solved realised i cant have 2 VGA-DVI converters into both ports :D

R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC Cross Fire Temps

Hello all,
I'm running 6950 in cross fire with the factory setting core-850 and memory-1300.
But i dont know if the temps are good
Idle it's 40 and the 2e cards 38 degree celsius.
But when i play BF3 on High settings it runs up to 75 degree celsius and the 2e card 68 degree celsius.
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My Pc ^
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Temperatures are rather normal if you are running several demanding graphic programs or games.
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About 35-40c IDLE is common and also very good. Near 70c at Full Load is acceptable. 75c-80c when playing several hours Full Load is typical.
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Every quarter (3 months) or 4 times a year. Be sure to use Dust Buster blow out the Fans [be sure your computer is electrically UnPlugged] or take your PC system to be cleaned/ nothing like your computer
choking on dust as a well maintained computer will last for many years.
I like your system photo.. looks nice!
Enjoy !!!!!

MOVED: R6950 Twin Frozr III PE OC 2GB ------ OVERCLOCKING

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Undervolting & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=157507.0

Quote from: Svet on 09-March-12, 07:14:07
You can try to findout
My card is not a 'cat' that has 9 lives.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this one.
Dzjengis

R6950 Twin Frozr III PE OC 2GB ------ OVERCLOCKING

Greetings,
The stock specs for this card are;
Core: 850 Mhz
Memory: 1300 Mhz
I did manage to unlock the card to 6970 and unlocked shaders.
Can I put the core to 880 Mhz and 1375 Mhz for memory (these are stock specs for standard 6970).
Regards,
Dzjengis

Quote from: Svet on 09-March-12, 07:14:07
You can try to findout
My card is not a 'cat' that has 9 lives.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this one.
Dzjengis

Has my R6950 Twin Frozr III just died? :(

Getting this when playing battlefield 3. I've tried reinstalling AMD Catalyst.

Sorry, don't have another compatible PC.
Also, it's getting lower 3DMark scores than it should. And reporting low clock speeds. 250Mhz core clock and 150MHz memory clock. Set to 850, and 1300 in afterburner
http://3dmark.com/healthcheck/3dm11/2582534

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