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*** Official 7950 Ice-Q Owners Club***

Hey

Not sure if the flash was successful - having just reinstalled amd drivers and msi afterburner - the default clock is still 925...

Having said this with the new Afterburner beta it seems I can set up to 50% power limit.

Any way to confirm for definite that the flash was successful?
 
tommybhoy said:
I think that's more the problem than the actual card, I tried to fire Skyrim up and all I get is a constant ctd on CrossFire and single card mode.

Try some other games and see if they are ok before you do much else.
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What I'm getting in Skyrim is after literally 5 mins of playing a black screen and I have to restart - seems more hardware related. I replaced my old 7970 Lightning with this new 7950 with a view to crossfire once the money permits (now sold the lightning). Lightning ran the game flawlessly.
 
hughythomas said:
Hey

Not sure if the flash was successful - having just reinstalled amd drivers and msi afterburner - the default clock is still 925...

Having said this with the new Afterburner beta it seems I can set up to 50% power limit.

Any way to confirm for definite that the flash was successful?
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Thats correct the bios is 925/1250 so it will work with everyones card, even if they have a stinker.
 
tommybhoy said:
I think that's more the problem than the actual card, I tried to fire Skyrim up and all I get is a constant ctd on CrossFire and single card mode.

Try some other games and see if they are ok before you do much else.
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hughythomas said:
OK well I'm still getting issues with Skyrim :(

What sorta voltage to aim for with a 1000Mhz core? Also what Power limit setting?
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As per Tommys post try a different game.

The stock voltage on this bios is 1.175v down from 1.25v on the original stock bios. 1.175v is still major overkill so should be good for up to 1025-1100 on the core.
 
LtMatt said:
As per Tommys post try a different game.

The stock voltage on this bios is 1.175v down from 1.25v on the original stock bios. 1.175v is still major overkill so should be good for up to 1025-1100 on the core.
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Skyrims the only game I play!!!! See above post as well dude I was running a 7970 Lightning prior to this with no problems...doesn't seem to crash when card aint overclocked.
 
Anything other than stock crashes it...just like before the flash.

I'm still unconvinced the flash worked as upon having to restart my computer wouldnt boot for a while...does it need a clean restart without startup issues to complete flash successfully?
 
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Were you running 8.1 on your Lightning?

Skyrim ran on W8, using W8.1(the only change being 8-8.1), I get a ctd trying to load a game.

A single Ice-Q was never going to compete with a Lightning, two of them would rip your old Lightning a new one(but you know that).


Also best to at least put the card through a BM too just to rule anything else out.

Flick the switch and your card should hit 1050 on the core or 1000MHz minimum on the stock boost bios, leave vram where it is and try again.

If Skyrim runs, maybe there was an issue with the flash.
 
Yer was running 8.1 on Lightning...

All things point to this new card - anything other than stock and games hard crash with black screen forcing me to restart.

Is there a way of confirming for definite if the flash worked?
 
PCI brackets are slotted. I have the FD R4 case 140mm silverstone AP and and 120mm Apache front intake. Thermaright 140 at the bottom blowing up.

I just purchased a windowed side panel, so no side intake on that. But there is on the original.
 
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