Sunday, December 26th 2010
AMD Radeon HD 6950 Can be Unlocked to HD 6970
Looks like Santa brought an extra present for us hardware enthusiasts this year. Thanks to a less secure locking method AMD's new Radeon HD 6950 can be unlocked to a full blown HD 6970 with a few mouse clicks.
As detailed in our article, you can safely perform the flashing process from within Windows. In case something goes wrong it is easier than ever to recover the card thanks to AMD's new Dual-BIOS feature.
We tested the unlock on three HD 6950 cards: one AMD engineering sample, one HIS media sample and one ASUS retail card. All of them unlocked perfectly and run at HD 6970 speeds now. More success reports are compiled into a table at the end of the modding article.
As detailed in our article, you can safely perform the flashing process from within Windows. In case something goes wrong it is easier than ever to recover the card thanks to AMD's new Dual-BIOS feature.
We tested the unlock on three HD 6950 cards: one AMD engineering sample, one HIS media sample and one ASUS retail card. All of them unlocked perfectly and run at HD 6970 speeds now. More success reports are compiled into a table at the end of the modding article.
302 Comments on AMD Radeon HD 6950 Can be Unlocked to HD 6970
looks perfect on 3D View.
scanning for artifacts straight away (hot or cold)
like i said i really dont think this is a problem with the cards but a compatible problem. as you can see no errors are reported, ati tool gives off a bing every few seconds.
the unstable rate is 2 out of 140 and i'm sure not everyone that it work for would have emailed.
now i find out that the components used on my card are left over junk amd had from 5000 series.
MAKE IT STOP!! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!! :cry:
AMD Revising Radeon HD 6900 Series PCB
Nvm, powertune isn't in the 10.12a drivers...
Go troll somewhere else.
i did say "Volterra digital PWM" i didnt give out a model number. we still didnt get the top shelf gear
AMD Revising Radeon HD 6900 Series PCB
If I don't buy another 6950/70 before they change the VRM stuff, would I be able to successfully change the voltage on xfire'd cards?
eg. afterburner