Twin Frozr | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:14:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Twin Frozr | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r6950-twin-frozr-iii-power-edition-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r6950-twin-frozr-iii-power-edition-review/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:14:54 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=60853 MSI and ASUS have been producing some of the finest video cards this year, and today we are reviewing the R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edtion card which features the latest Twin Frozr cooler with dual fans. This design utilises Propeller Blade Technology for 20% more airflow when compared against a traditional implementation. MSI claim …

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MSI and ASUS have been producing some of the finest video cards this year, and today we are reviewing the R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edtion card which features the latest Twin Frozr cooler with dual fans. This design utilises Propeller Blade Technology for 20% more airflow when compared against a traditional implementation.

MSI claim that this design helps ensure that the card runs with 11% lower temperatures and with almost 14dBa reduced noise emissions.

Additionally the card supports triple over voltage support via the MSI Afterburner tool (Riva Tuner) and it also features a very capable 6+2 phase power delivery system for improved overclocking potential and stability.

Technical specifications

Model R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition – OC
GPU AMD Radeon HD 6950
Stream Processors 1404 Units
Core Clock 850 MHz
Memory Clock 5200 MHz
Memory Size 2GB GDDR5
Memory Bus 256 bits
Output Mini DisplayPort *2 / HDMI / SL DVI-D / DL DVI-I
TDP < 225 W
Card Dimension 270*116*39 mm
Form Factor ATX
DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.0
CrossFireX
Eyefinity
AVIVO HD
PowerPlay
HDCP
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MSI R6970 Lightning Twin Frozr III Review (18 Phase PWM) https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r6970-lightning-twin-frozr-iii-review-18-phase-pwm/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r6970-lightning-twin-frozr-iii-review-18-phase-pwm/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:00:08 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=38967 AMD's HD6970 has been a popular card since it was launched and some partners have been releasing modified versions based on the AMD reference design. Today we are looking at a rather spectacular design from MSI which features the latest update on their high performance Twin Frozr cooler. KitGuru has looked at many of the …

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AMD's HD6970 has been a popular card since it was launched and some partners have been releasing modified versions based on the AMD reference design. Today we are looking at a rather spectacular design from MSI which features the latest update on their high performance Twin Frozr cooler.

KitGuru has looked at many of the Twin Frozr designs in the past, and we have found that they always deliver class leading cooling performance while emitting very little noise.

The MSI R6970 Lightning Twin Frozr III graphics card has the newest version of the cooler with improved heatpipe design and the world's first 18 Phase PWM design. With a generous overclock to 940mhz, is this the best HD6970 available on the market today?

Product AMD HD6970 MSI R6970 Lightning TFIII
Core Clock speed 880mhz 940 mhz
Primitive Rate
2 prim/clk
2 prim/clk
Shader Architecture
VLIW4
VLIW4
Stream Processors
24 SIMD/1536 ALU
24 SIMD/1536 ALU
Texture Units 96 96
ROPs/Z-Stencil 32/128 32/128
Frame Buffer 2GB GDDR5 2GB GDDR5
Memory Width/Speed 256 bit, 5.5 Gbps 256 bit, 5.5 Gbps
Power Connectors 8 pin & 6 pin 8 pin & 8 pin
Display Outputs 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI
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MSI R6870 HAWK (Twin Frozr III Thermal Design) Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r6870-hawk-twin-frozr-iii-thermal-design-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r6870-hawk-twin-frozr-iii-thermal-design-review/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:31 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=31137 Today we are looking at a rather special card from MSI, the R6870 HAWK Edition with the new Twin Frozr III Cooler. With a 8+2 Phase PWM design and a dual fan speed profile switch connected to a new propeller blade design we have high hopes that this will be one of the finest 6870's …

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Today we are looking at a rather special card from MSI, the R6870 HAWK Edition with the new Twin Frozr III Cooler. With a 8+2 Phase PWM design and a dual fan speed profile switch connected to a new propeller blade design we have high hopes that this will be one of the finest 6870's we have tested at KitGuru.

The HD6870 has been on the market for quite some time now and it has been a strong seller for AMD, targeting the lucrative sub £200 price point. In recent months AMD partners have been working hard to push this specific model to new performance levels while dropping the emited noise as far as possible.


The R6870 HAWK Edition is supplied in a preoverclocked state with the core running at 930mhz and the memory at 1050mhz (4200mhz effective). The new Twin Frozr III Cooler is a dual fan system formed around a high density aluminum heatsink with Nickel Plated Copper Base.

MSI R6870 HAWK AMD HD6870 AMD HD5870
Die Size (mm2) 255 255 334
Transistor Count 1.7 billion 1.7 billion 2.15 billion
Memory Bandwidth 4.2Gbps 4.2GBps 4.8GBps
Stream Processors 1120 1120 1600
Texture Units 56 56 80
ROPs 32 32 32
Core Clock 930 mhz 900 mhz 850 mhz
Memory Clock 1,050mhz 1,050mhz 1,200mhz
Memory 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5 1GB GDDR5
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