AMD Radeon HD6950/6970(Cayman) Reviews

[Mungri]

Jee, maybe because the stock coolers were designed with the TDP of a typical board in mind? Don't you think it's a bit unreasonable to expect them to accommodate OC'ing? Do you expect intel's stock cooler to do the same for the nehalem series?

No because aftermarket cooled graphics cards can be bought for almost the same price as reference cooled ones these days, including a warranty covering overclocking and overvolting. The same cant be said about Intel CPUs.

[cegras]

No because aftermarket cooled graphics cards can be bought for almost the same price as reference cooled ones these days, including a warranty covering overclocking and overvolting. The same cant be said about Intel CPUs.

I don't get what you're trying to say. I said it's unreasonable to expect card coolers to hold up under OC'ing, but you are saying ... ?