Unlock your ATI 6950 to a 6970 Thread

easyrider · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:36

gareth170 said:
maybe -10 is enough power for full performance?

Have a go see what the spot is

GJ02 · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:39

so am i right in thinking that your now limited to 6970 clocks with no room for an oc ?

easyrider · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:40

GJ02 said:
so am i right in thinking that your now limited to 6970 clocks with no room for an oc ?

No

easyrider · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:40

@ Gareth

What are you load and idle temps?

Mean Mr Mustard · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:43

easyrider said:
whats their idle temp?

Have you got the fans on auto?

Currently they're both idling at 32C. I'm using MSI Afterburner profiler to regulate the fan speeds at the moment, but I've never really used it before so it's good old trial and error to try and get the right balance at the moment .

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flopper · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:44

6970/6950
Mixed crossfire

gareth170 · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:48

easyrider said:
Have a go see what the spot is

-10

so it's about -10 / -9.

gareth170 · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:50

easyrider said:
@ Gareth

What are you load and idle temps?

idle 27c

load 58c~

mmj_uk · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:54

gareth170 said:
maybe -10 is enough power for full performance?

It depends entirely upon the application, Heaven is quite demanding but there might be something in the future which requires a tweak to the threshold which may be why AMD have put this rather unnecessary dual-BIOS thing on in case BIOS updates are required.

easyrider · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:02

gareth170 said:
idle 27c

load 58c~

Fan speed?

gareth170 · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:16

easyrider said:
Fan speed?

auto

easyrider · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:24

what are you going to run 24/7?

gareth170 · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:31

easyrider said:
what are you going to run 24/7?

not sure yet tbh

danswan · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:51

Just flashed this HIS 6950 to a HIS 6970. Not changed any clocks or power settings so just running as a vanilla 6970. All seems fine, no artifacts.

GJ02 · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:57

What I would like to know before o decide to buy is
1 what are the long term effects of this flash with the psu connectors
2 does the warranty still count with a 6970 bios

Triggaaar · 27 Dec 2010 at 17:20

GJ02 said:
What I would like to know before o decide to buy is
1 what are the long term effects of this flash with the psu connectors

No one knows the long term effects for sure, but most think it's fine.

2 does the warranty still count with a 6970 bios

I can't see why it wouldn't. It's designed to allow you to mess with the bios. OCUK also allow you to overclock withing warranty, so why not.

Triggaaar · 27 Dec 2010 at 17:29

GJ02 said:
so you have to ask yourself......the dual bios on the 6970, whats that going to be capable of doing ?

You can flash the spare and turn your 6970 into a 6950

555BUK · 27 Dec 2010 at 17:36

Who thinks the 6950's will now see a price rise soon (excluding the January VAT bump)? ATI are not going to like this.

kingy666 · 27 Dec 2010 at 17:37

Easy, i noticed you are running the older drivers( 8.79 or something, 10.11 catalyst) while i am on a newer set (8.801, 10.12a catalyst) which i think are the prefered drivers. Any chance you can install the newer drivers and see if you get even more of a boost?

Mr Krugga · 27 Dec 2010 at 17:37

555BUK said:
Who thinks the 6950's will now see a price rise soon (excluding the January VAT bump)? ATI are not going to like this.

Are you serious? Did you think they haven't thought of the option of unlocking the card before?