MSI 6950 2GB R6950-2PM2D2GD5 Flashable

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 12:09

Hey guys is the MSI 6950 2GB R6950-2PM2D2GD5 Flashable. I have orderd 2 of these bad boys . Buy i have read that there is some Rev 2 modles that wont alow it. is OCUK sending out REV2 or REV 1 ?

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 12:17

that is the same model number as mine and i have flashed it!...
When you do get make sure you have a bios switch on, it will be next to where you plug in the crossfire bridge it will say 1 or 2.
When you do flash it make sure it is set to 1.....

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 12:18

Sgt Tackleberry said:
that is the same model number as mine and i have flashed it!...
When you do get make sure you have a bios switch on, it will be next to where you plug in the crossfire bridge it will say 1 or 2.
When you do flash it make sure it is set to 1.....

ok cool

on another note do i need to connect 2 crosfire bridges or just 1 . or does it make a difference ?

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 12:20

scotishhaggis said:
ok cool

on another note do i need to connect 2 crosfire bridges or just 1 . or does it make a difference ?

just the one will do.

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 12:21

Sgt Tackleberry said:
just the one will do.

is there any diff between one or twro tho ? . i have always been a Nvidia man myself

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 12:23

nope no diff between two, just one but if you want you can connect 2up but it wont make a diff at all. Make sure you use Crossfire birdge tho not an SLI

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 12:24

Sgt Tackleberry said:
nope no diff between two, just one but if you want you can connect 2up but it wont make a diff at all. Make sure you use Crossfire birdge tho not an SLI

lol will do , i guess the crossfirebridge comes with the cards ?

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 12:25

yep i got one with mine but where you have ordered 2 cards you will get two.

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 12:26

Sgt Tackleberry said:
yep i got one with mine but where you have ordered 2 cards you will get two.

lol

Ok thanks for the help. this should kick ass of my 460 i thinks

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 12:35

yes it will. The 6950 in CF kick some butt!
here the link to show how much better it will be over the 460, i've used the 6970 as that is what you will be unlocking it to.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313?vs=298

What PSU have you got?

Joey1988 · 11 May 2011 at 12:48

Sgt how loud & hot are your two msi 6950's in crossfire ? (idle+load)

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 13:00

i dont have 2 6950 m8 i only have one and it's on my watercool so no noise at all.
When i did have it on air my temps was 30'c idle and 70'c load with fan speed at 35% not that noisey for me but i did replace the stock themal paste with MX-4

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 13:08

Sgt Tackleberry said:
yes it will. The 6950 in CF kick some butt!
here the link to show how much better it will be over the 460, i've used the 6970 as that is what you will be unlocking it to.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313?vs=298

What PSU have you got?

i bought a Xenta

Xenta 800W Modular 13.5cm Fan PSU - 80plus Certified 6x SATA 4x PCI-E

Joey1988 · 11 May 2011 at 13:11

Sgt Tackleberry said:
i dont have 2 6950 m8 i only have one and it's on my watercool so no noise at all.
When i did have it on air my temps was 30'c idle and 70'c load with fan speed at 35% not that noisey for me but i did replace the stock themal paste with MX-4

Oh right that's good to hear anyway, thanks.

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 13:17

scotishhaggis said:
i bought a Xenta

Xenta 800W Modular 13.5cm Fan PSU - 80plus Certified 6x SATA 4x PCI-E

good to here, that will be fine..

scotishhaggis · 11 May 2011 at 13:29

Sgt Tackleberry said:
good to here, that will be fine..

What came in the box with the Card ?

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 13:46

Dvi cable, CF bridge, 2x 4pin molax connectors and 3d Mark 11.

Crezzlin · 11 May 2011 at 14:38

Can anyone tell me what falsh you used as in volts/clocks?? I flashed my Asus 6950oc with the 6970 bios no probs, then i got a MSI R6950 Stock and flashed this aswell no problem but my computer has started to crash playing BF2 and running 3DMarks.. must be the MSI Card because all was well with the Asus on its own.. Cheers

Kouba · 11 May 2011 at 14:41

Crezzlin said:
Can anyone tell me what falsh you used as in volts/clocks?? I flashed my Asus 6950oc with the 6970 bios no probs, then i got a MSI R6950 Stock and flashed this aswell no problem but my computer has started to crash playing BF2 and running 3DMarks.. must be the MSI Card because all was well with the Asus on its own.. Cheers

Do you have Vsync switched on in CCC?

Sgt Tackleberry · 11 May 2011 at 14:57

Crezzlin said:
Can anyone tell me what falsh you used as in volts/clocks?? I flashed my Asus 6950oc with the 6970 bios no probs, then i got a MSI R6950 Stock and flashed this aswell no problem but my computer has started to crash playing BF2 and running 3DMarks.. must be the MSI Card because all was well with the Asus on its own.. Cheers

Switch back over to 6950 by switchin the switch back to one and try it then.