AMD Radeon HD6950/6970(Cayman) Reviews

[GoldenTiger]

Awesome

did a clock for clock run:

6950

[*IMG]http://paulyd.co.uk/oz/6950%20avp%20920_1450.jpg[/IMG]


6970 flash

[*IMG]http://paulyd.co.uk/oz/6970avp.jpg[/IMG]


Not huge difference but at least it means it's working! Seems the best thing i get from this is higher CCC clocks and higher voltage hah

Looks like it's within the margin of error to me .

[~CS~]

If most cards can unlock I suspect the silicon is yielding beautifully.I was also wondering why both 6950/6970 had same VRM.


Also use 3dmark11 for testing,games scale poorly with more shaders,unless it's a very high resolution.

[Oztopher]

Actually, AvP i found to be quite consistent. I even did a run at 930/1475 before flashing and still didn't beat 50.6fps:

[LightSpeed]

Can you run a few more benches? If it works, its great news ^^

[Bodkin]

Seems to be working for me too, apart from the 8 pin power, what are the other differences on the 6970 PCB?

[Pantsu]

So this is why AMD decided to add the bios switch? So that people won't brick their cards when most of them won't be unlocking or working properly after it.

Yet it sounds great, kinda like the 550BE cpus. Too bad I have to wait a week for my card.

[JkS]

I ordered a Gigabyte 6950 last week, which should arrive tomorrow or the day after that, I can't wait to try it out!

[Oztopher]

6970 flash at 6950 clocks vantage:




6970 clocks:




I clearly remember scoring 18,500 with 6950 at stock clocks... and i also needed 930/1475 on 6950 to match the 6970 stock clocks benchmark:

[GoldenTiger]

Nice looks like it works then!

[informal]

May the unlocking frenzy begin!

[Bodkin]

Shocked this has happened! Wonder what AMD is playing at!

[ZoLKoRn]

May the unlocking frenzy begin!

Shocked this has happened! Wonder what AMD is playing at!

This is AMD style !

[informal]

This is AMD style !

Yes, and more is to come in 2011
Too bad they keep a tight lid on their unreleased products though. BUT,it's super entrainment reading threads on their upcoming GPUs and CPUs. 2011 is going to be a huge year in performance market

[Final8ty]

Due to AMD's error, not his... thus the same end person being at fault (AMD, not the user).

Yes its AMD's error but his error is judging the quality of the wrong drivers.

The first thing you do is google your problem & then would of found the hotfix.

[JkS]

This is AMD style !

Definitely, I love my PII X2 550 @ X4 working awesomely (50 quid!)

[JkS]

I do wonder though, if Cayman has 1920 shaders yet to be unlocked by bios.

[Oupavoc]

kinda shocked about the performance. Was hoping for near 580 performance with the 6970. maybe the 6990?

[duploxxx]

This is the only time i will respond to fanboy comments like this. I was just stating my experience with the new cards and my own preference. You sound like you are very immature. You buy whatever card you like with your own money, its your hard earned money. I sell most of my pc's to video production companies, and guess what, they ask for nvidia graphics cards, why? because they all have had issues with ati in the past. So please get your info right before making comments that make you look like you are 12. People do more with their machines than play games.

for the fact that you should be able to download the right drivers from the site your are absolutaly correct, very bad mistake from AMD, but very sure the green goblin has made the same mistake in the past.......

people asking certain brands by default have 9/10 no clue what the competition might have to offer? happens all the time, as I mentioned they will just ask pentium, intel and nvidia graphics. I call that old school retared IT people. Have to deal with those all the time. 12y old playing games... sure

[kaktus1907]

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/159

[96redformula]

I can't wait to get to my house and try this. Sounds more fun than playing the lottery because you win either way .

[MirageSys]

I'm usually nervous flashing the bios from a past bricking, but i felt ok to try with the switch. Friends Sapphire 6950 from newegg (100312SR) unlocks successfully to 1536 processors and near 6970 clocks.

Now I'm going to go buy one, but with my luck it won't work for me.

[RaZz!]

I'm usually nervous flashing the bios from a past bricking, but i felt ok to try with the switch. Friends Sapphire 6950 from newegg (100312SR) unlocks successfully to 1536 processors and near 6970 clocks.

Now I'm going to go buy one, but with my luck it won't work for me.

idd - i'm tempted to buy a 6950 just because it's unlockable.

but i had such a bad luck in the past - my 7800gt and hd4850 were/are lousy oc'ers

[jakefalcons]

just ordered the gigabyte 6950 off of newegg i hope it can unlock >< i hate gambling with that much money! Owell i get a good card either way

[cegras]

Tempting, but I'll pass since it's $300.

[96redformula]

Mine unlocked, testing it in futuremark benches next.....