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locked shaders present in the 6950!


very easy process. took about 4 mins.
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159

Before

After with OC ( which is also unlocked )

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6970crossfire@5040x1050 3x22"

Hm... can't say I'm not tempted...

Ohhhh interesting x]

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It's even more interesting with the dual Bios feature. If it doesn't work, reverting to the factory Bios is a flick of a switch away.

Ohh man... Now that does make me tempted to return my 6870's for a pair of 6950's...

Dual BIOS = awesome. I've always been far too paranoid of bricking something i shelled out 400 bones for to attempt a BIOS change.

It worked the first try for me, and techpowerup has yet to find a single person who has said the flash didn't work.

I think one single person said they got artifacts.

Because the 6950 runs pretty cool (38c) and OC max settings in CCC easily with no adjustments, this is ideal to do.

Now my card runs around 41-45C idle OC and actually give the fans on it a purpose. I had an issue where my card overheated while playing medal of honor eyefinity 5040x1050, but I found out the fan doesn't get adjusted during the flash ( and it doesn't seem to compensate well for heat ).

I created a fan profile with msiafterburner, so it can power up my fans alot more when its getting to 65C+
The sound is still not anything compared to a 4780, and at load sounds alot like the 5770 when it was idle. Just so you guys know, the 6950 stock without oc is whisper quiet.. in case thats what youre going for..dont unlock

I'm really pumped about my upgrade. FREE FRAMES! :rockout

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6970crossfire@5040x1050 3x22"

2x 6950s ordered, this was what I needed to make me upgrade...

2x6950 = 1000NZD
2x6970 = 1450NZD
1x580 = 900NZD (altho none available for that price, 1000 only)

That is some good deal, CF6970 for the price of a single GTX580

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A free 15fps boost? That's pretty spiffy.

After looking at this thread, i checked out the price difference between the two 69xx cards. It was less than $100. That difference for you in NZ is quite insane.

yeah I have no idea why the prices have ended up that way... but this hack makes me a happy camper!

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