6950 to 6970 flash thread

[MaxMax77]

@Bullu$: how did you adjust the vcore to 1.34v? any screens/proofs that show that 1.34 are *really* applied to the core?
thanks

[Aladdin]

Man ,I love the silence of my unlocked 6950 with wc. 1.34V 1075/1475 @30degrees load, no heat,no noise

Yo bullus , which block do you use for the card ?

[zpaf]

Man ,I love the silence of my unlocked 6950 with wc. 1.34V 1075/1475 @30degrees load, no heat,no noise

I can run 950/1450 at 1.17 with 6970 sapphire bios.
Can you give us how much better is your scores at games/benches with 1075/1475 ?

[Oztopher]

@Bullu$: how did you adjust the vcore to 1.34v? any screens/proofs that show that 1.34 are *really* applied to the core?
thanks

It does work, i've tried it. Although you gotta have a certain ASUS BIOS. There's no way of proving it, just gotta trust your fellow xtremist

Bullus, that's one heck of a card you got there Some nice results coming out with watercooling. I may have to see what difference some cold ambient with fan @ 100% can do. I'm sure i'll be able to hit 1050 at least. Will wait for better software of course.

I feel like applying new TIM, sounds easy enough, i've done it before on other cards. But i dunno if i can be bothered, don't want to risk it. Can imagine ripping one of the pads on the mem or vrms or something maybe after a while i will.

[Oese]

looking forward to my W/C and some new RBE/afterburner

[mpower1001]

XFX 6950

[Bullu$]

@Bullu$: how did you adjust the vcore to 1.34v? any screens/proofs that show that 1.34 are *really* applied to the core?
thanks

U can't run 1075/1475 @ stock volts, U can visit me @home for proof

Yo bullus , which block do you use for the card ?

Swiftech MCW60-R

I can run 950/1450 at 1.17 with 6970 sapphire bios.
Can you give us how much better is your scores at games/benches with 1075/1475 ?

See below.

It does work, i've tried it. Although you gotta have a certain ASUS BIOS. There's no way of proving it, just gotta trust your fellow xtremist

Bullus, that's one heck of a card you got there Some nice results coming out with watercooling. I may have to see what difference some cold ambient with fan @ 100% can do. I'm sure i'll be able to hit 1050 at least. Will wait for better software of course.

I feel like applying new TIM, sounds easy enough, i've done it before on other cards. But i dunno if i can be bothered, don't want to risk it. Can imagine ripping one of the pads on the mem or vrms or something maybe after a while i will.

TnX.

1.35V 6950 1075/1475
Hwbot Heaven


1.35V


First one with ~6100

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/338908

Need more proof

[96redformula]

U can't run 1075/1475 @ stock volts, U can visit me @home for proof

Swiftech MCW60-R

See below.

TnX.

1.35V 6950 1075/1475
Hwbot Heaven


1.35V


First one with ~6100


Need more proof

I have a waterblock in the loop setup and ready to go on the card, but I haven't because I don't have anything for the VRM or MEM. Do you have sinks on your VRM or Memory chips?

Really I am just hoping for swiftech to come out with the heatsink like they did for the HD5850/HD5870.....

[zalbard]

@ Bullu$:
Very nice!
Might expect some real 6970 cards to hit 1100MHz or more with full cover blocks, which is promising! 25% OC after all. Even higher in your case.
I think these cards might need some hard mods to fly, though... I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[Pants-Of-Fire]

Really I am just hoping for swiftech to come out with the heatsink like they did for the HD5850/HD5870.....

They've got them on the way. It was Swiftech who let the cat out of the bag about the upcoming new card revisions as they were talking about their new full cover waterblocks for the 69xx series.

[Bullu$]

@ Bullu$:
Very nice!
Might expect some real 6970 cards to hit 1100MHz or more with full cover blocks, which is promising! 25% OC after all. Even higher in your case.
I think these cards might need some hard mods to fly, though... I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Tnx

Can't get 1100 stable even with higher voltage.

[96redformula]

They've got them on the way. It was Swiftech who let the cat out of the bag about the upcoming new card revisions as they were talking about their new full cover waterblocks for the 69xx series.

Yeah, I am talking about the heatsinks that get paired along with the MCW60. They look like this .....

[Pantsu]

Just got my PowerColor 6950 today and flashed it with the modded Asus bios. Unfortunately I can't get smartdoctor to work, it doesn't find the card. Reinstalling the drivers didn't help either.

Looks like my 6950 can't handle even 910 MHz on the core, though memory is stable at 1450 Mhz. With kombustor stress temps stay <83c with fan speed at 47%. Going over 50% is too much for my ears.

I guess I'll just wait for Afterburner to add voltage support.

[Oese]

u need the drivers from the asus website

[tool_462]

Water blocks x 2 in route for my Sapphire flashed cards

[chispy]

Good day guys , im looking for an unlocked Bios for HD6970 ( I just received my Asus HD6950 and i want to unlock it with the extreme Bios ) and working smart doctor with unlimited voltages, i know its out there in the wild , if someone will be so kind to share that bios and smartdoctor with me i will really appreciate it and thank you in advanced , you can send me a PM anytime.

Chispy.

[Bullu$]

u need the drivers from the asus website

Don't work if u don't have the right bios
Just use these
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=161

[SBB]

Is anyone able to show their Sensors tab in GPU-Z when running with ASUS 6850 BIOS + smartdoctor?

I tried it but GPU-Z just shows 1.1v for me no matter what I set it to, so my OC is worse than with a 6970 BIOS (1.175v).
920mhz core artefacts with smartdoctor set to 1.3v ... whereas with the 6970 BIOS it's fine.

Also smartdoctor looks like it was made in 1999 to go with a PC chips motherboard ...

[Pantsu]

Yeah, it seems I used an old version of smartdoctor, now it works. Looks like this one doesn't go very far though, 1.3V and 950Mhz is stable. Better keep it at 900@1.17V.

[BababooeyHTJ]

If my card is running a 6970 bios with a fresh driver install after the flash then how does AIDA64 and HWINFO know to report my card as a 6950?

[Falkentyne]

The card is still a 6950. It's just a 6950 with a 6970 BIOS to unlock shaders. People keep trying to say that the 6950 and 6970 are IDENTICAL besides the power connectors and the RAM chips, but that's just not the case. They may use the same GPU, but the PCB's are slightly different and there are parts unique to each card.

And, as far as the reporting a 6950, that's probably due to a hard-coded hardware ID that can NOT be erased with a BIOS flash. That's why the ID shown in cpu-z remains the same (for 6950)--it can't be changed.

[chispy]

Reporting another succesful unlock , Asus HD6850 fully unlocked and stable to HD6970.

Before the unlock:


By chispy at 2011-01-03



After the unlock:



By chispy at 2011-01-03


Will report OC tomorrow after it goes under my water chiller.

[zpaf]

Still alone at 3dmark11
6950 flashed to 6970 at 950/1450 (v1.17 default sapphire bios) on air
P10344
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/289753

[truehighroller]

I have a question about the voltage tweaks I would like to ask every one. I bought a new 6970 from Microcenter today, it's a Diamond. I flashed it to the Asus BIOS. When I use Smartdoctor it tells me that it has changed the voltage but I don't know whether or not to believe it. GPU-Z shows that it only goes up too 1.175 when it is benching.

Should I believe Smartdoctor telling me that it has been changed to what ever value I set it to or GPU-Z?? I've googled the hell out of this and haven't found a clear answer about it yet. I seen one guy where his GPU-Z picked it up right or, what he had set it too in Smartdoctor and it made me mad that was about it lol.

Hope some one knows more then me about this one.

[Johnny87au]

I have a question about the voltage tweaks I would like to ask every one. I bought a new 6970 from Microcenter today, it's a Diamond. I flashed it to the Asus BIOS. When I use Smartdoctor it tells me that it has changed the voltage but I don't know whether or not to believe it. GPU-Z shows that it only goes up too 1.175 when it is benching.

Should I believe Smartdoctor telling me that it has been changed to what ever value I set it to or GPU-Z?? I've googled the hell out of this and haven't found a clear answer about it yet. I seen one guy where his GPU-Z picked it up right or, what he had set it too in Smartdoctor and it made me mad that was about it lol.

Hope some one knows more then me about this one.

IIRC it does change the voltage, U best check out zolkorns thread..