Unlock your ATI 6950 to a 6970 Thread

[gareth170]

how would you go about flashing dual cards
would you have to take one out to flash the 1st ?

no
u do

"atiwinflash -unlockrom 0"
"atiwinflash -f -p 0 unlock.bin"

then

"atiwinflash -unlockrom 1"
"atiwinflash -f -p 1 unlock.bin"

 

[easyrider]

I myself would do one at a time taking the other out.

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

how would you go about flashing dual cards
would you have to take one out to flash the 1st ?

Wasn't sure whether it'd be necessary but I disabled crossfire anyway before starting. Atiwinflash allows you to select which card you want to flash, but if you get 'Could not erase ROM' error like I did then you need to change the 0 to a 1 when using the 'atiwinflash -unlockrom 0', etc commands, to flash the second card.

 

[easyrider]

what voltage you guys getting with the normal 6970 bios?

I'll check in GPUZ

 

[GJ02]

Might just have a play before i tinker
took a drive down to ocuk this morning

 

[easyrider]

Do some 6950 Heaven runs clocked @ 880/1375

Then

Do some "6970" Heaven runs clocked @ 880/1375


Post your findings.

GO TO WORK

 

[Seal100]

Now that looks awesome!
I've just ordered my HIS 6950, should arrive on the 30th. However I'll have to wait for the last bits of my new system to arrive before I flash the card, as my current system will bottleneck it anyway, so there'll be no point. I wonder what the improvements over my 4870 will be

 

[GJ02]

my clock max in afterburner and ccc is 840 & 1325 ???

no more numbers to slide to after them

normal ??

 

[easyrider]

my clock max in afterburner and ccc is 840 & 1325 ???

no more numbers to slide to after them

normal ??

No After burner should allow higher clocks.


EDIT@ Forgot about editing the config file lol

 

[malachi]

Now that looks awesome!
I've just ordered my HIS 6950, should arrive on the 30th. However I'll have to wait for the last bits of my new system to arrive before I flash the card, as my current system will bottleneck it anyway, so there'll be no point. I wonder what the improvements over my 4870 will be

I went from a 4870 xfire to a "true" 6970 and I noticed a difference. So you be flying.

 

[GJ02]

max in afterburner

 

[pieman109]

my clock max in afterburner and ccc is 840 & 1325 ???

no more numbers to slide to after them

normal ??

you have to edit the afterburner cfg file and change the file called "unofficial overclocking" which is in the MSIafterburner folder from 0 to 1, that unlocks the restriction.
If you flash the bios of your 6950 to 6970, CCC should show higher availble overclock, the limit of this overclock is dependant on the 6970 bios used (sapphire, asus, etc).

 

[Jokester]

Stickied.

Absolute madness hahaha.

 

[GJ02]

thanks pieman
sorted !!

 

[gareth170]

thanks pieman
were abouts is this file ? i cant see it in afterbuner folder

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner

 

[GJ02]

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner

yeah got it mate, the way pieman wrote it i was looking for a file called unoficial overclocking

all sorted now thanks guys

temps are nowhere near as bad as i was expecting

 

[easyrider]

Stickied.

Absolute madness hahaha.

Woot my first ever sticky!

 

[easyrider]

yeah got it mate, the way pieman wrote it i was looking for a file called unoficial overclocking

all sorted now thanks guys

temps are nowhere near as bad as i was expecting

Forgot about changing the config file. Not been awake long


Remember to do what ask

 

[GJ02]

Forgot about changing the config file. Not been awake long


Remember to do what ask

will do boss

 

[easyrider]

If you forgot what performance increase you are having for free people. And get complacent.... Just flick the bios switch on the card to go back to a stock 6950.