Unlock your ATI 6950 to a 6970 Thread

[delpy8]

Hi forum,

Took the plunge and bought two 6950 saphire toxics so hopefully this will be easy and
All I need to do is flick the switch

 

[~>Dg<~]

just flick small switch jobs a good en on the toxics

how far can you go overclocking with these bofore voltage bump ?

 

[fowler002]

Hi forum,

Took the plunge and bought two 6950 saphire toxics so hopefully this will be easy and
All I need to do is flick the switch

helps to read the posts above yours as this has been answered, its not like you have to read every single post in this thread just the last few.

 

[Clairvoyant]

Daft question time...

On the MSi TFIII PE which way around is the bios switch?
The included paperwork doesn't seem to say lol

At work at the moment, might try the bios flash tonight on one of them.

Did you do it, how did it go if you did.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Not yet coz I've not worked out which way the bios switches need to be lol.
Im thinking of splitting the X-fire and doing one card at a time like just to be safe.

 

[ctucks]

Flashing 6950 to 6970 - Not sure and need help

Hey, I'm new to this so don't hate me for being wrong :/

I'm looking to flash my 6950 to a 6970. Mainly because, although my system is 3 days old and pretty good (specs below) I don't think I'm getting as good as I should be getting FPS wise on certain games.

Spec:

-Intel Core i5 Sandybridge 2500k 3.3ghz

-ATI HIS Radeon 6950 2Gb

-8Gb G.Skill Ripjaw X DDR3 1333Mhz Memory

-Asus P8H67 B3 Motherboard

-BFG 4 Rail 650w PSU

-Western Digital 2TB SATA3 6.0GB/s 64mb Cache Hard Drive

-Seagate Barracuda 500GB Unmonitored SATA 3.0GB/s

-Liteon 24x DVD/RW SATA3 Drive

-Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Extended Case in Black

-22" HD 1080P SyncMaster B2230

I have seen people (I think at stock settings) get a decent 30-50 fps on Crysis 2 @1080p On Ultra DX11 Vsync and High res on with a 6950. But I can barley get that on Extreme DX11 Vsync and High res pack off :/ I'm also getting quite low FPS on Metro 2033. Earlier today after just installing it. On DX11 4xMSAA and AAA on High @1080p, I was getting a good 45-90fps. I went off it for a while, came back on and it had dropped by more than a half. Just a bit concerned about not getting the right performance from this card.

Any ideas about low-ish fps. And whether flashing is a good idea?

Thanks, Chris

 

[MrSnowman2010]

unfortunatley cant get mine to unlock, sapphire 2gb model with the awful egg cooler
(Sent me wrong one)
Nevermind though, will have to buy another when money permits

 

[delpy8]

unfortunatley cant get mine to unlock, sapphire 2gb model with the awful egg cooler
(Sent me wrong one)
Nevermind though, will have to buy another when money permits

If its the wrong card get it sent back?

 

[MrSnowman2010]

wouldnt let me, gave me all the bumpf about the picture not being representative of the actuall product, argued with them for a while and was getting no where,

Strangely enough though after I complained about it they changed all the details of the card I ordered on the site to the one they sent me,

Works fine though so its not end of the world

 

[Lum]

wouldnt let me, gave me all the bumpf about the picture not being representative of the actuall product, argued with them for a while and was getting no where

Do you have a screenshot of the website. What was the description of the product and the manufacturer's part number if listed.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

wouldnt let me, gave me all the bumpf about the picture not being representative of the actuall product, argued with them for a while and was getting no where,

Strangely enough though after I complained about it they changed all the details of the card I ordered on the site to the one they sent me,

Works fine though so its not end of the world

distance Selling Regulations, you can NOTIFY them you want to return the item within 7 days, you DO NOT have to return it within these 7 days tho. They also are not allwoed to chargea fee for this iirc. Interesting part of it however...

Getting your money back

Under the distance selling regulations, you are quite within your rights to change your mind at any time within the first seven days, return the goods and get a full refund. This means without financial penalty of any kind – such as a cancellation charge or a ‘restocking’ fee. The supplier must also refund any delivery charges paid by you, and any other costs related to the contract. Refunds must be made within 30 days from cancellation, whether or not the goods have been sent back. Any related credit agreements will also cease to exist.

You may be required to pay to return the goods, but you must have been informed of this as part of the pre-contractual information. if the goods are faulty, then under Sale of Goods, the supplier will always bear the cost of returning them.

Returning the goods

Unless you are required to return the goods, and you were informed of this, your only obligations are to make the goods available for collection and to take reasonable care of them while they are in your possession. This is called a duty of care. Where the supplier has made provision to collect the goods, this duty of care expires after 21 days, but where you have agreed to return the goods, your duty of care continues until you do this and could be for as long as 6 months.

Packaging

Under a distance selling contract, a supplier cannot make refunds subject to the goods being returned unopened in their original packaging. One of the principles of the distance selling regulations is to give you a chance to examine the goods at home, not having had a chance to do so in the shop. It would be impossible for you to do this without opening the packaging and trying the product out. Having said this, you will still be under a duty to take reasonable care of the goods while in your possession, and may be subject to certain instructions such as not to wear shoes outdoors, or remove hygiene seals. But you can never be penalised simply because you did not return the goods in their original packaging.

 

[MrSnowman2010]

was a few month ago now mate,

Works fine though and liking the card

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Ah shame mate, at least its working well

Remember the above for the future there's still so many retailers that simply don't understand nor aknowledge the act and will try and gouge your eye's out with fees

 

[MrSnowman2010]

yeah got it from overclockers, working fine though, can play metro 2033 full tilt and fraps at same time with decent frames, so will just get another and xfire them

 

[Clairvoyant]

Not yet coz I've not worked out which way the bios switches need to be lol.
Im thinking of splitting the X-fire and doing one card at a time like just to be safe.

Now from reports are different, some say it is BIOS so it can be flashed. And some say BIOS for fan profiles.

When are you going to flash yours.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

All Ive done so far is backed up the Bios'es (Sp) using GPUz.
Not found out which way round the switches need to be but then again I've not really looked. Theyre both brand new and recent manufacture Im assuming, will check the boxes when I get home for a manufacture date.

 

[Clairvoyant]

All Ive done so far is backed up the Bios'es (Sp) using GPUz.
Not found out which way round the switches need to be but then again I've not really looked. Theyre both brand new and recent manufacture Im assuming, will check the boxes when I get home for a manufacture date.

Ok I have mine plugged in. the switch is not for bios flashing I think. one way is GPU clock 850 the other is 880.

 

[Clairvoyant]

Yes it works on the MSI 6950 Frozr III

 

[delpy8]

can someone help with the below Sapphire toxic 6950 2gb

as per Clairvoyants first image before flash was the readings I had and ive moved the switch and I get the below?? are these ok??

GPU has jumped to 915 AND texture filtrate

 

[Clairvoyant]

can someone help with the below Sapphire toxic 6950 2gb

as per Clairvoyants first image before flash was the readings I had and ive moved the switch and I get the below?? are these ok??




GPU has jumped to 915 AND texture filtrate

Yes thats fine, the toxis has a flashed bios on the switch. Made easy for you.