Unlock your ATI 6950 to a 6970 Thread

pingu666 · 21 Jan 2011 at 03:04

http://www.techpowerup.com/live/images/Testing/msi_hd_6950_twin_frozr_ii_009.jpg doh :/

Helios1234 · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:51

Finally unlocked mine successfully: HIS HD6950

ClassicEnergie · 22 Jan 2011 at 02:31

my overdrive tab is all greyed out. unlocked 6950 with modded script.

GJ02 · 22 Jan 2011 at 09:16

ClassicEnergie said:
my overdrive tab is all greyed out. unlocked 6950 with modded script.

Have you clicked on the padlock to unlock overdrive ?

Nelly · 22 Jan 2011 at 20:23

Without looking through all the whole forum threads what gives better performance?

If you was to unlock the Shaders on the 6950 Bios - how does this compare with a full flash to 6970 in terms of performance.

In other words whats the best thing to do?

easyrider · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:06

Nelly said:
Without looking through all the whole forum threads what gives better performance?

If you was to unlock the Shaders on the 6950 Bios - how does this compare with a full flash to 6970 in terms of performance.

In other words whats the best thing to do?

6970 flash

Iv'e been gaming loads playing back HD etc.. loads and have forgotten I have flashed it been working flawlessly

gareth170 · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:19

Nelly said:
Without looking through all the whole forum threads what gives better performance?

If you was to unlock the Shaders on the 6950 Bios - how does this compare with a full flash to 6970 in terms of performance.

In other words whats the best thing to do?

the unlock Shaders 6950 Bios at 6970 clocks/voltage uses less power than the 6970 bios, for some reason

Nelly · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:33

easyrider said:
6970 flash

Iv'e been gaming loads playing back HD etc.. loads and have forgotten I have flashed it been working flawlessly

Cool, I've seen a lot of reports of cards failing on Techpoweup but I think thats more down to people using silly volts and overclocks.

gareth170 said:
the unlock Shaders 6950 Bios at 6970 clocks/voltage uses less power than the 6970 bios, for some reason

It was your post in another thread that got me curious actually, I'm guessing you have benchmarked with 6970 bios as well? in terms of benchmarks are they equal then?

gareth170 · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:58

Nelly said:
It was your post in another thread that got me curious actually, I'm guessing you have benchmarked with 6970 bios as well? in terms of benchmarks are they equal then?

i'm using the unlock Shaders 6950 Bios now @ 930/1450 1.175v

yeah they are equal performance wise.

DBT85 · 23 Jan 2011 at 10:18

i just got my Powercolor one and unlocked to 6970 and got a couple of computer freezes. Flashed back to 6950 and it was ok.

I've gone up to 6970 again but dropped the clocks back to stock 6950 levels to see what occurs.

GJ02 · 23 Jan 2011 at 10:50

whats the max volts you would want to be putting on these cards ?

Steves1982 · 23 Jan 2011 at 12:13

Todge said:
i just got my Powercolor one and unlocked to 6970 and got a couple of computer freezes. Flashed back to 6950 and it was ok.

I've gone up to 6970 again but dropped the clocks back to stock 6950 levels to see what occurs.

Which bios version did you use?

If you haven't already try the Asus one as it has a slightly higher voltage so may fix the freezing issues.

DBT85 · 23 Jan 2011 at 13:20

maximusmi2 said:
Which bios version did you use?

If you haven't already try the Asus one as it has a slightly higher voltage so may fix the freezing issues.

It was the one that came with the script. I do have the Asus one here to try as well.

GJ02 · 23 Jan 2011 at 16:53

oooh, there are an awful lot of threads on vaious forums about failie rates of 6950's with 6970 bios's after a few weeks
it seem the 6950 modded unlocked bios is the way forwad with vertually zero fatalities

GJ02 · 23 Jan 2011 at 17:01

GJ02 said:
whats the max volts you would want to be putting on these cards ?

anyone ?

413x · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:29

ok am i missing something stupid?

i got the verified after using asus bios and cmd route.

now i get no detected gpu? do i need new drivers? i thought i wouldnt? [mine came off the xfx 6950 dvd]

gareth170 · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:35

al4x said:
ok am i missing something stupid?

i got the verified after using asus bios and cmd route.

now i get no detected gpu? do i need new drivers? i thought i wouldnt? [mine came off the xfx 6950 dvd]

try 10.12a driver

if that doesn't work then maybe it's a locked card

413x · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:38

if thats the case i may as well go back to my 5870 i got better fps on that,

J.D · 23 Jan 2011 at 20:20

GJ02 said:
anyone ?

1.300 for most. There has been some using up to 1.350 but I'd remain in the 1.100 - 1.300 area, unless they are watercooled. If you try above 1.300, do so at your own risk.

GJ02 · 23 Jan 2011 at 20:40

J.D said:
1.300 for most. There has been some using up to 1.350 but I'd remain in the 1.100 - 1.300 area, unless they are watercooled. If you try above 1.300, do so at your own risk.

thanks JD
thought i was pushing at 1240 thats all