Graphic Cards Calling all 6950 2GB owners - unlock details.

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Jasku

Jasku

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Hi guys,

As you might have guessed by now, yes I want to know how many have you have been able to unlock your cards, especially the guys who bought their cards off late.

So if you guys could post the details like

Brand purchased
Bios used
Success
Date of purchase

It would be useful for future(looking to buy immediately!) buyers.

Thanks in advance.
 
Supra was the first person to unlock the HD6950 2GB successfully here on TE... devfatility has also unlocked his 2x HD6950 successfully... And as u've seen my thread already u know that my HD6950 2GB also successfully got unlocked into HD6970... :D
 
Hades. said:
Supra was the first person to unlock the HD6950 2GB successfully here on TE... devfatility has also unlocked his 2x HD6950 successfully... And as u've seen my thread already u know that my HD6950 2GB also successfully got unlocked into HD6970... :D
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yes hades, can you pls provide details as mentioned in the first post it would be really helpful! Thanks again.
 
^^ yea I dont think he has his card yet, last I recall he was going to ask his friend to check for him !!!

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would love to provide you with all the details that you have asked but simply can't....u r a arsenal fan & i m a ManU loyalist so i hope u understand :P but i can tell u that both my 6950's are from saphire & they are both unlocked. :D
 
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man utd fan here :P

dude whats the defference betwen 6950 unlocked and 6970 performance wise,also the heat and power consumption after unlocking
 
Hey, seems like my Sapphire card has been unlocked as well. Have asked my friend to get back to me on the stability after running few tests. Haven't heard back. :P
 
I have unlocked my Sapphire 6950 2 GB with shaders only patch using wizzards script. I urge everyone to use wizzards patch not just use a 6970 bios for the following reasons :-

1. Less risk, the script just modifies the bios to enable the additional shaders leaving everything else untouched. The 6950's memory is rated at 1250 mhz unlike the 6970's which is rated at 1500 mhz. The timings are also tighter for the 6970, so man people believe that this is what is causing permanent damage to a small number of flashed 6950's. So far no one has reported an issue with just unlocking the shaders.

2. You get voltage control using AfterBurner. Afterburner does not support voltage control on 6950 flashed with 6970 bios.

3. Lesser power consumption/noise/temperature. I am running at 850/1400 stock voltages and it runs very stable for hours on furmark and kombuster and the temperature hits 79 max at 45 % fan speed (custom more aggressive fan profile).

The only disadvantage I faced is that I have to run a overclocking software like Afterburner to bump up clocks to 6970 levels.
 
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the heat and power consumption after unlocking is around the same ball park as a reference HD 6970....but I am having trouble running these two puppies at HD 6970 speeds....so i would say the unlocking of shaders will get u to about 95% of a stock clocked 6970 performance....for example my 6950 unlocked in xfire is roughly equivalent to the 6990 at stock clocks ( 830-C 5Ghz-M) :P which in turn is around 5-6 % slower than 6970 xfire (880-C 5.5ghz-M)
 
devvfata1ity said:
would love to provide you with all the details that you have asked but simply can't....u r a arsenal fan & i m a ManU loyalist so i hope u understand :P
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Seriously :S ???
 
Update - this is what my friend sent me over a PM. :D

Your 6950 unlocked to 6970 speeds as well.....did 890 Mhz on core, 1350 Mhz on memory w/o upping any voltage

Let me enjoy it for a few days now....will send u screenies of 3D Mark 11 and some other benchies over the weekend
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HTH! :)
 
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