BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC

BFG follows the same tried and true formula used on their GeForce 7900 GS OC board for their GeForce 7950 GT OC, relying once again on NVIDIA’s reference board design. BFG makes no modifications to the stock NVIDIA board or its cooling.

This means you’ve got the same copper heatsink/fan unit as the previous boards we’ve discussed, in fact this is the exact same heatsink/fan unit that was used previously on the GeForce 7900 GT. The cooler is single-slot, so those of you with small or cramped cases shouldn’t have a problem fitting the card into your system. Here we should note that the cooler NVIDIA uses isn’t exactly silent, but we wouldn’t call it loud either. It definitely isn’t as quiet as the coolers NVIDIA uses on their GeForce 8800 GTS/GTX or the GeForce 7900 GTX though. Fortunately the GeForce 7950 GT and 7900 GS are equipped with a variable speed fan, this helps to keep the noise down somewhat.

Once again BFG overclocks their GeForce 7950 GT board from the factory. The graphics core runs 15MHz higher than the stock 7950 GT, clocked at 565MHz, while the memory is also 15MHz over stock running at 715MHz. Armed with these faster clocks, BFG’s board is a little faster than your typical GeForce 7950 GT board, but not terribly so. Considering all the reports of end users who ran into trouble with their factory overclocked GeForce 7900 GT boards, it’s possible that BFG decided to play it safe this round, but that’s just an educated guess on our part. BFG’s 7950 GT OC carries a lifetime warranty so it makes sense that they would want to play it a little conservative on the clocks though.


The card comes with two DVI adapters, a power adapter, S-Video cable, HDTV cable, and BFG’s driver CD, but no game bundle. Like all 7950 GT cards the board has 2 dual-link DVIs and of course they’re both HDCP-compliant.