6950 to 6970 flash thread

[schoolslave]

Can someone show screens of benchmark results using a stock HD 6950 vs an HD 6950 unlocked but running STOCK HD 6950 clocks?
From what I see, the actual increase in performance just comes from the increased frequencies, not the supposed unlocked shaders

[RobzDragon]

Welp my package came

[Oztopher]

Can someone show screens of benchmark results using a stock HD 6950 vs an HD 6950 unlocked but running STOCK HD 6950 clocks?
From what I see, the actual increase in performance just comes from the increased frequencies, not the supposed unlocked shaders

Well then you haven't been looking hard enough.. there are PLENTY of benchmarks around to show that the shaders are working. Even w1z himself proved it. Take my word for it.

Some nice looking cards there RobzDragon

Get flashing

[truehighroller]

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

You would think it is but even he says that GPU-Z is reading 1.175 when it goes to load or 3d mode. I wish I had a volt meter, I would take a reading to finally end the questions. Any one else have the ability to take a reading to see for sure?

[RobzDragon]

Yea, BUT I cant run in CFx because they only gave me the shorty cf bridges(Sata raid ports in the way)... I need a couple long ones.. anyone wanna send me some? :p

[truehighroller]

It looks like it's changing the voltage according to the test I ran, despite gpu-z not seeing the change. I ran a bench @ 960 / 1500 after letting the fan cool it down running it at 50%. I let the fan stay at the same speed the whole test. The I turned the Voltage up to 1.3v and did the test again after letting the GPU cool down again. The temp difference in the runs were about 13c so it looks like it's working despite GPU-Z not seeing the change. Here's a pic showing the two different runs with the temps captured.

[Ket]

Evening true, havent seen you around in ages!

[truehighroller]

Evening true, havent seen you around in ages!

Been working allot lately and going back to school. Good to see you again mate.

Doesn't it seem like it's changing the voltages despite GPU-Z not reading it if the temps are that different?

[Ket]

Deffinately seems like the voltage is being applied. +13c is too much of a change to be random factor. As long as you are positive the GPU wasn't getting any hotter before changing the voltage, its fairly deffinate that 1.3v is being applied.

[Oztopher]

Right so, the higher voltage increases temps, and stabilises higher overclocks... anyone else want to try refute whether it's working or not?

[truehighroller]

Right so, the higher voltage increases temps, and stabilises higher overclocks... anyone else want to try refute whether it's working or not?

I just seen that some one with a 6950 was getting an actual reading in GPU-Z and I'm not. I wanted to make sure that this card isn't some cheap knock off reference before I sell my 5870 with the spitfire and vrm5 thermalright coolers on it.

If it wasn't changing them then I was going to take it back and look for a better one before I sell my old one. Sorry for the silly questions, just trying be safe that's all. I hate that I can't see the actual reading.

[Loque]

got two sapphire 6950's unlocked to 6970's for a friend, did a quick test at default 6970 speed compared to my 2x5850's 2gb:

http://3dmark.com/compare/3dm11/354209/3dm11/283876

I expected a bit more.. the only thing I noticed is the new cards fly on heaven benchmark

[RobzDragon]

Got my 2 MSI 6950's to unlock

[Oztopher]

I just seen that some one with a 6950 was getting an actual reading in GPU-Z and I'm not. I wanted to make sure that this card isn't some cheap knock off reference before I sell my 5870 with the spitfire and vrm5 thermalright coolers on it.

If it wasn't changing them then I was going to take it back and look for a better one before I sell my old one. Sorry for the silly questions, just trying be safe that's all. I hate that I can't see the actual reading.

No worries man, wasn't having a dig at you personally

It is just me or does anyone else smell their graphics card burning when gaming? I was playing metro at 950/1450, but forgot to set a higher fan speed, so it was left on auto (<35% speed load), and i smelt it getting heated... temps must've been hitting high 70's at least. Even with 46% i still smell it, which is my max bearable. Temps are ok at that fan speed though, keeps it under 70c indefinitely.

[Sebastione]

Here too. Playing Crysis @ 3840x2400 gets it up to 91°...

[Neova]

Here too. Playing Crysis @ 3840x2400 gets it up to 91°...

Are you running eyefinity or are you running some kind of downsampling system on ATI cards? If downsampling, please share how.

[Pantsu]

I did some benching with different bios and clocks:

6950 default bios and clocks:
3DMark 11 = P4565
load temps = 76C @35% fan speed (these were measured with MSI Kombustor)

6950 default bios @6970 clocks
3DMark 11 = P4884
load temps = 77C @35% fan speed

6970 bios @890/1375 clocks (Asus voltmod bios clocks)
3DMark 11 = P4977
load temps = 81C @36% fan speed

6970 bios @910/1450 clocks (As high as my card can go stable with 1,17v)
3DMark 11 = P5059
load temps = 82C @36% fan speed

6970 bios @950/1450 clocks (1,3v)
3DMark 11 = P5205
load temps = 70C @50% fan speed

Looks like the difference between 6970 and 6950 clock to clock is pretty insignificant. All in all I got about 15% extra performance in games with the OC and flash, decent but nothing spectacular.

[VIP3R]

Pantsu Is it possible to bench the 6970 bios with stock 6950 speeds?

[Pantsu]

Pantsu Is it possible to bench the 6970 bios with stock 6950 speeds?

Sure, with 6970 bios and 6950 default clocks I got P4641, temps stayed the same. A whopping 1,66% difference. I suppose that's the reason why this part isn't locked.

[[XC] Hicks121]

Got my 2 MSI 6950's to unlock

Them dang thumb drives are a doosey!

[kuroikenshi]

allrighty, sold EAH 5970 and just ordered 2 sap 50's, will report how these go.
BTW any info on mem timing diff between 50 and 70?

[Sebastione]

@Neova

General Downsampling as on Nvidia cards is only possible on 48xx cards and Win XP.
However with Crysis in DX10 DS is possible via the CryEngine 2.
Open the console (^) and type con_restricted 0 and hit ENTER.
After that type r_width "2x your native res" (3840 in my case) and hit Enter.
Type r_height "2x your native res" (2400 in my case) and hit Enter.
Menu gets screwed up but you can just start the game by typing " map island".

[davetheshrew]

hi Im new to the forum but have been lurking for a couple of years , I did the post on guru about the unlock on the 26th. Ive come accross my own little problem unfortunately but since AB is getting released in a few days Im not to bothered. Whats wrong is Ive just installed a 9800gt for physx duties and now smartdoctor will no longer recognize my ati card, ive tried going into displays etc but its a no go so far, could anyone possibly help with this please, thankyou

[Pants-Of-Fire]

hi Im new to the forum but have been lurking for a couple of years , I did the post on guru about the unlock on the 26th. Ive come accross my own little problem unfortunately but since AB is getting released in a few days Im not to bothered. Whats wrong is Ive just installed a 9800gt for physx duties and now smartdoctor will no longer recognize my ati card, ive tried going into displays etc but its a no go so far, could anyone possibly help with this please, thankyou

You know that Nvidia drivers won't let Physx work on a secondary graphics card if they detect a non-Nvidia card as the primary? I don't know if there are hacked drivers you can get out there, but Nvidia won't let you use Physx on a second card if you have a AMD primary card.

[davetheshrew]

there are physx mods out there, ive been rocking physx on ati systems for a fair while, i just had it out for installation of my 6950, when the 6950 is on its own smartdoctor works but when the nv card as physx is installed it throws a wobbly and says card not found/recognized. its not to much bother tbh il just wait, glad everyones flashes are going well