OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB with Dirt3 AND deus ex

[bigmike20vt]

for £195?

with £50 worth of gaming bundled that looks like a bargain to me.

can anyone comment how overclockable these ocuk cards are?

(i presume it is not going to be flashable to unlock the pipes?)

cheers

 

[cainer]

bundled games arent worth what you think, those codes can be had for £5 each as the markets flooded with them
cant comment on the card though as im still on my 5870 that will last me till 28nm is avi

 

[bigmike20vt]

seriously? wow.

anyone wants to sell me both of theirs for 10 quid drop me a line.....

(I already have a GTX560 so this card would be for a mate so i wont get the games)

I paid 22 quid for my dirt 3 but will be a selfish gift i can get for another mate so i have someone to game with, and i was toying with buying deus ex anyway.

 

[cainer]

actually i gotta hold me hands up here... i was looking at the older deus ex collection without realising so the new one would cost a bit more but dirt 3 is there for £5 'buy it now'

 

[bigmike20vt]

lol well I have to say, it was not the point of this thread, but thanks!

I have now purchased DiRT3 for a 5er.

now if anyone with any knowledge of this card can comment on if you can unlock the pipes/shaders to get it up to a 6970 please comment

cheers

 

[Surveyor]

lol well I have to say, it was not the point of this thread, but thanks!

I have now purchased DiRT3 for a 5er.

now if anyone with any knowledge of this card can comment on if you can unlock the pipes/shaders to get it up to a 6970 please comment

cheers

The odds of unlocking the shaders on the OcUK (VTX) are very low, virtually zero.

The only HD 6950 with a realistic chance of unlocking is the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2048MB.

 

[bigmike20vt]

thanks, that toxic one, is that the one which actually has a switch on the card itsself to swap over to a bios which automatically unlocks everything?

cheers

 

[Surveyor]

thanks, that toxic one, is that the one which actually has a switch on the card itsself to swap over to a bios which automatically unlocks everything?

cheers

Yes, it's the one with the switch.

But there are no guarantees.

The SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD6950 has a BIOS switch that allows you to choose between a standard HD 6950 BIOS with 1408 Shaders, or an HD 6970 BIOS with 1536 Shaders. Many HD 6950's can be flashed to an HD 6970 BIOS, but this one comes with it already done for you. SAPPHIRE has made it extremely easy to possibly get a lot more performance out of this video card. SAPPHIRE does not guarantee that all the extra shaders will work for the card, or that you will receive any performance gain by using it. We did see a noticeable performance increase when switching to the 1536 Shader BIOS however, but your millage may vary. It was with this BIOS switch, and overclocking, we were able to beat an HD 6970 and GTX 580 with this video card.

SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD6950 Video Card Review