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Unlock your ATI 6950 to a 6970 Thread

Pyr0m@nI@]{;18083384 said:
ok, open the folder where you have atiwinflash, hold shift down and right-click in a blank area
you should see a menu item "Open command window here"
this will open a cmd window at that location and you can just type the commands
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Ok done that

do I need winflash running at the same time?
 
Ok I flashed it....

Before

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And
 
kitch9 said:
Just don't boost powertune up. The default power setting is around 200 watt, the 2x6 pins and PCI-E slot is more than enough for that.
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Its perfectly fine to boost powertune up.

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Taken from W1zzards excellent article

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=137136

"I did some additional power consumption tests and it seems that AMD's PowerTune power limiting system does not get "upgraded" by the BIOS flash. We see that even when modded, the HD 6950 (at HD 6970 shaders and clocks) runs into the PowerTune limit earlier than the regular HD 6970 which results in reduced power draw but also reduced performance in Furmark. With a power consumption of 202 W, the modded HD 6950 is well below the 225 W specification limit of the HD 6950 power configuration.
Once we up the power limit in Catalyst Control Center by +20%, we see that the modded HD 6950 draws 252 W, which exceeds its specification (225 W) by 27 W. This move also improves rendering performance by a good deal, so I would recommend it to all users who perform this mod and have a half-decent power supply. Going 12% beyond the specified power limit will not have any ill effects on your hardware and is well covered by manufacturing tolerances and overspeccing, but it reduces the possibility of stuttering or other performance slowdowns caused by AMD PowerTune.
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[WU-TANG]GZA;18084402 said:
Yeah you said yesterday - appreciate the info. I'm then hoping that everyone's 6950 flashed* stop working and they have to revert to default.
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Thats nice:rolleyes: A really nice attitude to have in the overclocking community. Who's ethic is primarily perfromance for free.

I don't want to wish lower performance on others but I paid like 20% more for a tiny bit extra performance and I didn't need to......meh - plug and play and be happy I will - who cares about money?
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This justification of yours is starting to grate a bit I'm afraid.
 
[WU-TANG]GZA;18084426 said:
I'm sorry you took it like that but I don't really care becasue you have misinterpreted.

I think I'm being quite fair.

It's my malcontent with AMD not the lucky people who hopefully can get 6970performance at 6950 prices at a stable state.
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Whats the problem with AMD. They could have laser cut the internals. And they haven't.

You made your choice so just enjoy your new card.
 
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