New PC, Questions & Spec Help

NickM · 30 Apr 2011 at 18:58

Are any reference 6950s flashable?

sk82jack · 30 Apr 2011 at 19:31

NickM said:
MSI it is then, might have to source one elsewhere if they don't come back into stock soon.

Someone said in another thread that OcUK aren't getting any more rev. 1 editions in, so you might be better off looking elsewhere if you want one.

NickM · 30 Apr 2011 at 20:07

Oh, really? Whats the difference going to be between rev1 and rev2, or are they just doing it to stop people flashing?

sk82jack · 30 Apr 2011 at 20:27

Yeah I think so. Have a look on the second page of Slade2's thread where stulid links to the twin frozrIII which is coming in this week which can apparently unlocked.

NickM · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:11

frozR 3 seems to be the one to get, even if it fails to flash its got a backup BIOS so you can recover.

When the graphics card is installed, how many free PCI/PCIe slots am I going to have? I assume it'll take up 2 slots + leave 1 empty for air flow so with the MSI GD65 I'd have 1x PCIe and 2x PCI free, does that sound right?