Unlock your ATI 6950 to a 6970 Thread

[kitch9]

Easyrider - nice job, well done.
So you think you have a 6970 now - but it's barely different to your OC'd 6950, so the question is, can you overclock your 6950?

Me too - my 6970 is still with OCUK, I'm wondering whether to call and ask for them to change it to the 6950 . Oh what to do...

I'm in the same boat.

Bit p1**ed off with AMD really. There is now no difference between the two cards apart from the price? Great work AMD....

I wonder if OcUK will keep the 5% discount I got for ordering the other day and apply it to a 6950 - I spent the extra £60 as a treat to myself and get slapped in the face with this the next day.....

Your 6970 will have a higher binned GPU, Memory chips and be guaranteed to run at those specs.

The flashed 6950's won't be guaranteed and only time will tell really whether they really stand the test of time.

When you are buying CPU's and GPU's and you are an overclocker default speeds are largely irrelevant, and you are really paying any extra for higher rated chips.

 

[easyrider]

Easyrider - nice job, well done.
So you think you have a 6970 now - but it's barely different to your OC'd 6950, so the question is, can you overclock your 6950?

That because I had the powertune at default setting so I was not getting the true power

I am running more test with the powertune @ +20

 

[easyrider]

oh bloody **** i guess it saves me from flashing we should have knew this earlier !!! damn

I have no idea what this means. Why not do some research first.

 

[danswan]

Nice find! Glad I went for the cheaper option now. Going to give this a go - do I need to uninstall/reinstall drivers?

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

Your 6970 will have a higher binned GPU, Memory chips and be guaranteed to run at those specs.

The flashed 6950's won't be guaranteed and only time will tell really whether they really stand the test of time.

When you are buying CPU's and GPU's and you are an overclocker default speeds are largely irrelevant, and you are really paying any extra for higher rated chips.

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.

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?

 

[easyrider]

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.

Thats nice 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?

This justification of yours is starting to grate a bit I'm afraid.

 

[Triggaaar]

At the end of the day nothing is guaranteed, and if stuff like this is making you nervous you should just get a 6970 if that's what you want.

Not nervous about flashing the 6950, but concerned about wating £50 on the 6970 - that's £50 I could do with saving (spending elsewhere )

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

Thats nice A really nice attitude to have in the overclocking community. Who's ethic is primarily perfromance for free.




This justification of yours is starting to grate a bit I'm afraid.

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.

 

[Triggaaar]

This justification of yours is starting to grate a bit I'm afraid.

Easy easy Like you say, overclocking gets us a boost in performance for free, but you can understand it's irritating for those that can't join in (ie, 6970 owners).

 

[easyrider]

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.

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.

 

[kitch9]

Not nervous about flashing the 6950, but concerned about wating £50 on the 6970 - that's £50 I could do with saving (spending elsewhere )

Once we've the tools the 6970 should clock further than a 6950, mine does 940mhz on the gpu at stock volts so I'd guess 1000mhz isn't out of the question with a voltage boost.

I can't see a flashed 6950 being able to safely do that....

 

[FrenchTart]

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.

Agree with you on this one. Though I'm still quite envious of course

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

Easy easy Like you say, overclocking gets us a boost in performance for free, but you can understand it's irritating for those that can't join in (ie, 6970 owners).

Exactly - overclocking is something that everyone should be able to do. This situ however applies to 6950 owners and not 6970 owners.

Where's the 'ethics' in that, please tell me....

 

[kitch9]

Once we've the tools the 6970 should clock further than a flashed 6950, mine does 940mhz on the gpu at stock volts so I'd guess 1000mhz isn't out of the question with a voltage boost.

I can't see a flashed 6950 being able to safely do that....

 

[FrenchTart]

Exactly - overclocking is something that everyone should be able to do. This situ however applies to 6950 owners and not 6970 owners.

Where's the 'ethics' in that, please tell me....

Ethics aren't involved at all. I'm not sure why you're even mentioning ethics...?

 

[Deleted member 76686]

ATI have trod on a banana or two recently. First the 6970 failed to live to the hype (almost everyone expected GTX580 like performance), and now even it's hobbled little bother can match it's performace. £200 for a "6970" sounds like a complete bargain if all or most of these 6950's unlock. I bet ATI will get the laser cutters out pretty sharpish to prevent a complete collapse of 6970 sales.

edit: but so far only one person seems to have done it so maybe pie in the sky...

Also perhaps breaking your card would be a bit of a boner since one is covered by a warranty at 6970 and a 6950 upgraded to a 6970 isn't

 

[easyrider]

Easy easy Like you say, overclocking gets us a boost in performance for free, but you can understand it's irritating for those that can't join in (ie, 6970 owners).

But you can overclock and enjoy the higher binned core and memory.

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

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.

I really don't think I need to explain it - it's pretty damn obvious but....

It's like with BMW 3 series: (this is fictitious)

Let's say the 320i can be tuned for free to become a 325i

But the 325i cannot be tuned in that way for free to become a 330i?

Can you not see the problem?

You made your choice so just enjoy your new card? Nice attitude? ROFL

 

[Triggaaar]

Meh, just tried to change my order, but got 5% off with the 6970 and wouldn't get 5% off with the 6950

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

This is using my new *ahem* 6970 xfire setup.