6950 to 6970 flash thread

[MisterMagoo]

Holy cow! Is this with fan @ auto??

Even though it's Furmark it's too hot, don't ya?

Yea I had the fan on auto xD It was within a degree of TPU's testing so I didnt bother with it much. Im @ 80 on auto while gaming, doesnt seem to mind. I figure if its using AMD's fan profiles it must be alright.

[Dark-Energy]

I can confirm this works on my XFX 6950 I recently purchased. Runs furmark, 3dmark11, and unigine without any problems, so I think it's good.

[Jeager]

http://geizhals.at/eu/a599142.html

i don't know if these shops ship outside of germany though. probably not

I knew it (fu german prices :d). I'm waiting for my HIS.

Flopper ur running a 6960 CF ?

[jeanjean15]

Well I unlocked mine, 20% power increase as stated. 950 core and 1450 memory. No problems so far...except these are the max clocks afterburner and CCP will allow me to run. For some reason SmartDoc wont start (using the ASUS BIOS). Anyone know how to get it going higher?

30min of FurMark @ 950/1450

Edit:blah...huge ass attachment with no thumb = fail

Same problem here.

I have got an Asus 6950 and Smartdoc operate with it if we except the increase voltage but with the same card flashed with an 6970 Asus bios, Smartdoc do not operate anymore.

[MisterMagoo]

Same problem here.

I have got an Asus 6950 and Smartdoc operate with it if we except the increase voltage but with the same card flashed with an 6970 Asus bios, Smartdoc do not operate anymore.

Well I loaded up Sapphire TriXX and I was able to surpass the 950 core limit in afterburner and CCP. But when I try to adjust voltage it just reverts back to stock...hopefully in the future it works out.

[japamd]

Yea I had the fan on auto xD It was within a degree of TPU's testing so I didnt bother with it much. Im @ 80 on auto while gaming, doesnt seem to mind. I figure if its using AMD's fan profiles it must be alright.

If it was on auto then it's fine. What about the fan noise at 80ºC on auto? Is it noisy compared to the previous card you had?

[MisterMagoo]

If it was on auto then it's fine. What about the fan noise at 80ºC on auto? Is it noisy compared to the previous card you had?

I had 285 SLI before this, and I never really heard them over my quad radiator. But this thing gets loud over 42%. Im throwin a block on it. But this thing also spanks my 285's so thats ok :P

[easyrider]

Just out of interest why does a flashed 6950 still show up as a 6950 in 3D mark?

[nvmc]

Sapphire 6950 unlocked and running OCCT error free

[easyrider]

How do the ram timings differ from that of a 6950 to 6970?

What would be cool is for someone to mod the original 6950 bios to unlock the shaders but keep every thing else the same. That would mean higher ram clocks surely as the timings of the ram would stay the same?

[STEvil]

just test memory clocks before and after.

[SBB]

I couldn't resist ... HIS 6950 on its way

[Scyphe]

I have a suspicion that the 6950 will be laser-cut quite soon to "repair" the 6970 situation. These early 6950'ies will be gold nuggets.

No artifacts @ 880/1325, haven't tried overclocking. I want an updated RBE that will let me edit the fan profile.

[tool_462]

2 x Sapphire cards flashed and gaming happily at 2560 x 1600 in CF

[Oztopher]

So does everyone get the artifacting in ati tool? Had a truck load of reassurance when someone said the the 6870 gets it too.

[Rattle]

does it do it with 6950 stock bios/card before we go 6970 flash?


anyone tried

ati tool is junk anyway I never use it.

I use kombuster/furmark for immediate relative idea of stability and then I loop heaven MAX everything including AA for a good 30 minutes... thus stresses everything on the card, memory, memory controller, tesselators or whatever the freak they call them. Anyway seems correct to me, someone correct if i am wrong. I never have problems in games later when I do this.

[Sebastione]

Works for me as well.
I used the Saphire Bios and get 1.175 under load.
Does the Asus Bios provide more juice?
I cant OC much past 880 maybe 900 at best...
However i still have PT on stock settings.
Ram seems to be able to go to 1500 though.

[Oztopher]

Nah it didn't do it with 6950 BIOS, that's why i was worried. But then someone mentioned the 6870's did it as well, so that's what gave me reassurance.

But like most people, it works fine in games, and even is fine in gpu tool stress tester, which also has the error scanner as well. Which i found to be on terms with ati tool.

But also, i've found my card can go up to 950 and bench away, 975 is even benchable when using afterburner to get past CCC limits. So it makes me think my card is 6970 material

[Easybeat]

Another satisfied XFX 6950 customer.

I had to use the command line flash method but I've ran it through Furmark and 3DMark11 at 6970 stock speeds with no problems, temps hit 92C on Furmark after about 15minutes and stabilised.

Looking forward to having a further play to see what else I can get out of it.

[MisterMagoo]

Will adjusting the voltage effect the power going to the memory at all, or just the core? Or is the highest memory setting you can use on stock volts the end of what you can do with it.

[BababooeyHTJ]

I couldn't resist ... HIS 6950 on its way

Same here, I have a Sapphire on the way. I can't wait.

[Falkentyne]

How come all you guys have golden chips except me?
I have the worst 6970 known to man. At just 920 mhz, it VPU recovers in furmark after awhile (temps over 80C). Heck even does it after 30 minutes at 910 mhz unless I put the fan at 65%. And it's a real 6970, not a flashed one. Feel like RMAing it now...

[Sebastione]

I think even after flashing the card the auto fan is still programmed for a 6950.
I just reached 89° when playing Crysis @3840x2160.
IMHO you shouldnt keep it on AUTO but more like 50% or more when gaming.
Is there a way to reprogramm AUTO behaviour?
@Falkentyne
Mine doesnt even do 890 on AUTO

[Alucard-]

I just left mine at 900 on the core since I have randomly froze or had a black screen at 925 or 950. I thought it would artifact first but it just froze. Hopefully voltage control will come to the rescue since I was wanted to get 1000mhz on the core.

[Falkentyne]

I think even after flashing the card the auto fan is still programmed for a 6950.
I just reached 89° when playing Crysis @3840x2160.
IMHO you shouldnt keep it on AUTO but more like 50% or more when gaming.
Is there a way to reprogramm AUTO behaviour?
@Falkentyne
Mine doesnt even do 890 on AUTO

But you have a flashed 6950.
I have a 6970...

Anyway I RMA'd it, hopefully the second one will do better...I'd hate to see how the card would work in summertime instead of the cold winter...