Upgrading Dying XFX Radeon HD 6950

Justingary5 · Apr 12, 2016

Hey there! I have an old 6 year PC that is running strong still I would say but a fan on my XFX Radeon HD 6950 is starting to fail and the overall temperature of my lovely card is idling at 60+ or 70-80 when playing a game so i think it's high time to upgrade although I am not sure what exactly to go for.

Hopefully within the Budget of 100 - 200$ give or take a few here and there.

May i ask for the expertise and opinion of the community here?

My specs are:

Motherboard :Gigabyte GA 990XA - UD3
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
8GB RAM
GPU: AMD XFX HD Radeon 6950
PSU: Corsair TX750M

Any and all help is greatly appreciated thank you!

XFX_Support · Apr 14, 2016

Hello,

Did you ask XFX for support yet? xfxsupport.com.

If we have the fan, we ship it out free of charge, Also, most AMD reference fans can be purchased online for under $20. if the 6950 is still in warranty, the replacement would be a modern card valued around $120-$150.

Justingary5 · Apr 14, 2016

XFX_Support :

Thank you for replying~!

Sadly no the card is far out of warranty it's 6 years old now and while replacing the fan is a great idea, I think it's just time to pick a new card for my rig and see if i can maybe hit better fps and better temperatures on the new games and what not.

junkeymonkey · Apr 14, 2016

not bad at least they offe rto help [xfx] my cards fan died and its vendor pretty much told me too bad soo sad . goodby... heck I did not even expect or ask for a free one just tell me the cost and send it out . nope sorry try ebay ..

Epicness937 · Apr 14, 2016

i would get a new r9 380 and sadly say good bye to your 6950 but what i did with my dead gpus was display them on my desk because most of them look cool

junkeymonkey · Apr 14, 2016

if his card had a lifetime warrantee and the xfx guy said this '' , the replacement would be a modern card valued around $120-$150. '' seems a bit short changed

I understand you ''may'' get a new card [then it maybe referb] ??? but did that 6950 cost more then 150 bucks something around 300 I recall ?? I'd say a xfx 380x at is the equal value replacement ??

then I guess beggars cant be too choosey .. and don't look a gift horse in the mouth ...

Justingary5 · Apr 14, 2016

I thank you all for your answers!~ I don't suppose there is anything else on the market of equal or better power then what i have now but more within my current budget?I apologize for pressing the question but thank you all for your time.

Epicness937 · Apr 14, 2016

Justingary5 :

you can get a gtx 960 2gb for 180$ which performs close to the 6950
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487093

junkeymonkey · Apr 15, 2016

at 190$ that xfx r9 380 ? 169 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150730

use there price range thing and see whats listed ??

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#X=12867,21401

Epicness937 · Apr 15, 2016

junkeymonkey :

wow did not find that definitely get the 380

Justingary5 · Apr 15, 2016

Thank you all i am going with the r9 380~ your help is super appreciated. great price and awesome card. Only issue is i should have mentioned I was Canadian so the cost is far up there but that's ok this is perfect.

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