6950 to 6970 flash thread

**HelixPC** · 12-30-2010, 09:29 PM

flashed 2 gigabyte 6950's working fine, one of the cards whines lol

**Falkentyne** · 12-30-2010, 10:56 PM

Has *ANYONE* noticed throttling in the Asus 6970 BIOS? (not the modded 6950 bios?), regardless of voltage?

I said it earlier, but everyone completely ignored me (again), but didn't that review site (that was translated) say that the Asus bios has powertune DISABLED (or at least partially disabled) in the BIOS?

Would that explain the higher temps?

Then again, I don't know.......even with the asus bios, the slider has an effect on the max FPS in furmark, so what were they talking about, anyway....?

**LostHawk** · 12-31-2010, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by BMWMASTER81

I today got 2x HIS 6850 and replaced my 5870 (1 GB) CF setup.

I flashed them and they run great in CF. I think it might be interesting for some of you that they also work in CF.

They run at 880/1375 and + 20 % stable.

Im impressed which boost i got because of the 2 GB especially in BFBC2 (running @ 2560x1600).

Great

Thanks a lot for the crossfire feedback !
I also play at 2560x1600 and a second flashed 6950 will be lovely so.

**Oztopher** · 12-31-2010, 05:57 AM

Originally Posted by Alucard-

The difference might be powertune for some reason it likes to disappear and I have to reinstall the drivers to get it back. I'm still confused why the temps are so different between the modded6950 bios and asus6970. For now I'll settle for 920/1450 until proper software or bios voltage mod comes out.

Hmm i'm not sure, my powertune slider was still there at +20%. Temps are probably different due to 6970 BIOS using 1.17v no?

Some of my results using the 6950 modded BIOS and smartdoc might've been null and void, due to smartdoctor causing stuttering and split second fps drops.

**Neova** · 12-31-2010, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by BMWMASTER81

I today got 2x HIS 6850 and replaced my 5870 (1 GB) CF setup.

I flashed them and they run great in CF. I think it might be interesting for some of you that they also work in CF.

They run at 880/1375 and + 20 % stable.....
But in Hi res DX11 gaming the new Combo rocks and is faster with higher AA Settings because of 2 GB Memory :-)

I also picked up 2x HIS 6950s ... which bios did you use or did you use the techpowerup unlock kit from Wizzzard?

I am not sure if I should put my GTX back in and SLI since I now no longer have PhysX support. Or maybe find a used 9600 GT for physX.

**Stormgiant** · 12-31-2010, 07:51 AM

used the last version from ASUS and then smartdoctor to unlock voltage.

TIP : i had to reinstall drivers to smartdock recognise and open de feature

**Bullu$** · 12-31-2010, 08:01 AM

Flashed my sap.6950 to asus 6970 and it works

but smartdoc didn't recognise my card and won't start

using win 7 64bit
Also reinstalled smartdoc.

edit^^ will try to reinstall the drivers

edit2 finally got smartdoctor working

1030/1375

**BababooeyHTJ** · 12-31-2010, 12:06 PM

Someone at TPU just ran AtiTool with a real HIS 6970 and saw the same artifacts a the rest of us.

**Oztopher** · 12-31-2010, 12:13 PM

That's excellent news

thanks.

Going to flash back to 6970 BIOS (although i'll flash the HIS 6970 BIOS this time, just because my card is, well... a HIS).

Hopefully by the time the happy holidays are over people will start getting to work on their software, if they aren't already...

For the time being, enjoy your night people; happy new year!

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 12:53 PM

To keep my "6970" cool, I've decided lower the core to 810Mhz and the memory to 1250Mhz for daily using, is this okey ? Or I have to run it at the real 6970 stock (880-1375)

**zalbard** · 12-31-2010, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Aladdin

To keep my "6970" cool, I've decided lower the core to 810Mhz and the memory to 1250Mhz for daily using, is this okey ? Or I have to run it at the real 6970 stock (880-1375)

It's perfectly fine.

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by zalbard

It's perfectly fine.

Thx mate

Ps: Flashed my 6950 with Asus Bios and can pull it to 1020+ Core in Smartdoctor, but when I reset Core/Mem to default in Smartdoctor, the values will be 810 and 1250 , not the 6970 stock value

**chispy** · 12-31-2010, 01:06 PM

Guys that want an unlockable HD6950 better hurry up and buy it now , a new Revision its coming after this early batch. I just ordered 2x Asus HD6950 From Newegg before the s*it hits the fan.

" This revision might also give AMD the opportunity to hard disable BIOS unlocking of SIMDs from 6950 to 6970. "

http://vr-zone.com/forums/987421/rum...950-6970-.html

**zalbard** · 12-31-2010, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Aladdin

Ps: Flashed my 6950 with Asus Bios and can pull it to 1020+ Core in Smartdoctor, but when I reset Core/Mem to default in Smartdoctor, the values will be 810 and 1250 , not the 6970 stock value

It reads the defaults from BIOS (and they were set to 810/1250 by you, if I understand it correctly).
Or maybe it's just bugged.

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by zalbard

It reads the defaults from BIOS (and they were set to 810/1250 by you, if I understand it correctly).
Or maybe it's just bugged.

Maybe its bugged, because I didnt change anything in the default Bios - actually I downloaded this Bios from Techpowerup !

Ps: Can you tell me where I can find the Windows media player in Win 7 - 64 ultimate ?! Have no idea why it disappeared !

**zalbard** · 12-31-2010, 01:30 PM

Start -> type "media" in the search bar.
Alternatively:
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe (64-bit)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe (32-bit)

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by zalbard

Start -> type "media" in the search bar.
Alternatively:
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe (64-bit)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe (32-bit)

Eh, there is nothing in the WMP folder (64bit) and when I try the 32bit version, the following message pop up : WMP 11 has not been installed properly (wtf ?) please download in M$ website blah blah ...

I'm using Win 7 64bit Ultimate, and can not find any WMP 12 download link in M$ website since its included in Win 7 ultimate ( which now, I dont have the WMP 12 ) !!!

**96redformula** · 12-31-2010, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Aladdin

Eh, there is nothing in the WMP folder (64bit) and when I try the 32bit version, the following message pop up : WMP 11 has not been installed properly (wtf ?) please download in M$ website blah blah ...

I'm using Win 7 64bit Ultimate, and can not find any WMP 12 download link in M$ website since its included in Win 7 ultimate ( which now, I dont have the WMP 12 ) !!!

Go to Control Panel
On the left hand side "Turn Windows Features On or Off"
Go to "Media Features"
Check/Uncheck "Windows Media Center" to install or reinstall it

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by 96redformula

Go to Control Panel
On the left hand side "Turn Windows Features On or Off"
Go to "Media Features"
Check/Uncheck "Windows Media Center" to install or reinstall it

Thanks mate, just found this method and it works ! No idea why my wmp got uninstalled

**Bullu$** · 12-31-2010, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Aladdin

Maybe its bugged, because I didnt change anything in the default Bios - actually I downloaded this Bios from Techpowerup !

Ps: Can you tell me where I can find the Windows media player in Win 7 - 64 ultimate ?! Have no idea why it disappeared !

Got the same with smartdoctor, but default settings in CCC is ok .

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Bullu$

Got the same with smartdoctor, but default settings in CCC is ok .

Glad to hear

**Pants-Of-Fire** · 12-31-2010, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by Aladdin

Eh, there is nothing in the WMP folder (64bit) and when I try the 32bit version, the following message pop up : WMP 11 has not been installed properly (wtf ?) please download in M$ website blah blah ...

I'm using Win 7 64bit Ultimate, and can not find any WMP 12 download link in M$ website since its included in Win 7 ultimate ( which now, I dont have the WMP 12 ) !!!

Uninstall and then reinstall WMP 12. Windows -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Media Features -> Windows Media Player. Untick the box, let it remove, and then retick the box to reinstall.

**Aladdin** · 12-31-2010, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Pants-Of-Fire

Uninstall and then reinstall WMP 12. Windows -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Media Features -> Windows Media Player. Untick the box, let it remove, and then retick the box to reinstall.

Fixed, thx

**Rattle** · 12-31-2010, 02:15 PM

OK after actually having some time today here's what I found

6970 bios 1.175v and 1.6vdimm I was running 925/1400 and I never had an issue. 950 would restart driver in bc2 nam.

I went reading about the shader unlock bios that keeps the 6950 1.1v and 1.5vdimm. So I flashed to it, unlocked shaders and kept 6950 volts, 925 restarts now but I can run 900/1375....

So for 24/7 use people might want to compare... seems to me right now 6950 volts with 1536 shaders makes more sense since my core doesnt scale for crap with 1.175 anyway and I havnt really pushed the memory above 1400 to find out how high it goes.
From past ddr5 ATI cards seems kinda pointless anyway since 1400 is already 5600mhz effective correct?

**Bullu$** · 12-31-2010, 02:28 PM

Some tests

6950@800/1250
Vantage P20056
3DM11 P4758
Heaven X977

6970@800/1250
Vantage P20806
3DM11 P4881
Heaven X1014

6970@999/1375 /cpu oc
Vantage P24478
3DM11 P5846
Heaven X1208

Happy Newyear *O*

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