Rumour: AMD preparing "revision" for HD 6950/6970?

Gerard · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:03

Besides them locking down the 6950 i doubt very much the new revision will offer anything over what we already have.

Shayper · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:15

Oh, damn. Well I'd better make sure my Bay refund money comes in quick so I can get one of these bad boys

GJ02 · 1 Jan 2011 at 09:14

kylew said:
You'll only be happy if they stopped producing any new graphics cards for 2 years after what ever you've bought, you're so indecisive!

It's not I'm indecisive Kyle, I would just be annoyed if they raised clocks or vastly improved the performance, but it looks that isn't the case.
Cooling for me isn't an issue as both run cool anyway

straxusii · 1 Jan 2011 at 09:21

It will be the 6980 and have 1920sp

GJ02 · 1 Jan 2011 at 09:42

^^
no it won't

mmj_uk · 1 Jan 2011 at 11:50

chaotic_uk said:
http://www.techpowerup.com/137448/AMD-Revising-Radeon-HD-6900-Series-PCB.html

It looks like the current cards are a bit special then, the new revision is all about increasing profits.

gareth170 · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:01

all it is a reference-design PCB, lower cost VRM's , and maybe amd will stop the unlocking of the 6950.

but it's nothing to do with performance..

bru · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:25

ill be suprised if they stop the unlocking. anything that allow them to get out of warranty claims is a good thing as far as these companies are concerned

gareth170 · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:39

bru said:
ill be suprised if they stop the unlocking. anything that allow them to get out of warranty claims is a good thing as far as these companies are concerned

theres always a way round the warranty.

if the card fully dies nobody would know the card was flashed. if the card starts to get graphic problems just flash it back then rma it...

FrenchTart · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:45

bru said:
ill be suprised if they stop the unlocking. anything that allow them to get out of warranty claims is a good thing as far as these companies are concerned

Doesn't really make much sense with the whole dual-bios switch.

bru · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:47

so you really think that with a eprom that can save its state without power that it cant tell the manufacturer that it has been tampered with. im sure they know if a card has been flashed.

FrenchTart · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:48

bru said:
so you really think that with a eprom that can save its state without power that it cant tell the manufacturer that it has been tampered with. im sure they know if a card has been flashed.

I doubt they even bother checking.

gareth170 · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:54

bru said:
so you really think that with a eprom that can save its state without power that it cant tell the manufacturer that it has been tampered with. im sure they know if a card has been flashed.

i rma a card that died it had a different bios on it. got a replacement no problem

bru · 1 Jan 2011 at 12:58

when the cards are returned to AMD they will be tested, but of course this wont bother us the consumer allot of the time as we would get our replacement from the vendor

Triggaaar · 1 Jan 2011 at 13:09

Where does it say that you invalidate your warranty by flashing the cards?

bru · 1 Jan 2011 at 13:15

i don't own one of these cards but I'm sure that if you read the warranty carefully it will say that any alteration to the card will invalidate your warranty.

Martini1991 · 1 Jan 2011 at 13:24

Triggaaar said:
Where does it say that you invalidate your warranty by flashing the cards?

Common sense.

linaaslt · 1 Jan 2011 at 14:50

gareth170 did your card died cause you flashed it with 6970 bios?

gareth170 · 1 Jan 2011 at 14:53

linaaslt said:
gareth170 did your card died cause you flashed it with 6970 bios?

no.

was a old card

Triggaaar · 1 Jan 2011 at 17:36

bru said:
i don't own one of these cards but I'm sure that if you read the warranty carefully it will say that any alteration to the card will invalidate your warranty.

Any alteration? It gives you 2 Bioses, so that you can flash one. So it's definitely ok to flash your bios. What makes it ok to flash it with some Bioses and not others?

Martini1991 said:
Common sense.

Well maybe, but aren't you jumping to conclusions? For example, increasing the voltage may invalidate some warranties, but OCUK cover you when overclocking CPUs and GCs, so what's special about this particular overclock that means you're not covered.