Poll: What caused your flashed 6950 permanent damage?

Capla · Feb 15, 2011

can somebody, pls tell me about TDP of moded 6950 with additional shaders. will it increase up to 250(6970), or it's same as for 6950?

zhadlp · Feb 15, 2011

ghen said:
Ok just flashed my 6950 to 6970 Bios with Asus this time.
Is there anything wrong here ? I followed the steps from :
http://www.overclock.net/ati/923129-hd-6950-810-1250-mhz-shader.html

It says Your GPU voltage will now be 1.175V , should I play with the voltage or it should stay the same?
But the case is,they use 6950 bios-shader unlock, but I cannot apply that,so I went with Asus 6970 bios..

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/11/02/13/ay.png
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/11/02/13/e82.png

that's cause the video card is idle, so it doesn't need that much voltage for the task at hand.
open furmark right beside your GPU-Z and start the test, you should then see the voltage jump to 1.175v...

zhadlp · Feb 15, 2011

Capla said:
can somebody, pls tell me about TDP of moded 6950 with additional shaders. will it increase up to 250(6970), or it's same as for 6950?

An unlocked HD6950 should show similar TDP to that of a HD6970 sometimes higher...

From the TPU HD6950 unlock article:

adrianx · Feb 17, 2011

zhadlp you read my mind

from the table 6950 modded (i believe is that with shaders enabled ...)

will power the shaders but... I believe that will be not used by the driver, the driver still sea the card like a standard 6950. the bios of the bord will power-up the shaders, but this will be only for electrical part, the driver will not initiate any operation on that shaders...

so for that will must use a moded driver, in theory will be same like 6970 but at the gpu/mem speed of 6950. (this is not very hard)

the power is clear that will be more that 6950, the difference is a big science. (for that same people get paid)

In the end ...

I dont have yet an 6950, I only have a 6870. I dont what to influence same people to flash a bios or to OC the card. So what I say is just for information scope, for you to know what will be if...
and this before you do that. you must know that different cards have different specs...

my vote is Other...

4LC4PON3 · Feb 17, 2011

All I did was unlock my shaders & keep the card at stock. Hopefully I wont see any damage from it. This is the one reason I didnt do any crazy bios modding on it

Nachmanowicz · Mar 8, 2011

Wow.

I modded my 6950 to a 6970 Asus Bios, didnt even run any benchmark or game then I read about all those fried cards and I reverted it to my stock Bios.

Is it really safe to use a shader and voltage mod? Whats the safe road to go on right now? Have I endangered my card for those 30 minutes of flashed Bios with internet browsing? Am I asking too many questions? Whats the meaning of life?

Frizz · Mar 8, 2011

In oblivion, some trees sometimes flash green and it definitely looks like it is being caused by the GPU, this also happens in some other games it is not constant it happens every now and then randomly. But then again I am using 11.2 drivers which to me are very buggy at the moment but after reading this thread it makes much more sense that it is being cause by the initial BIOS flash to 6970, i'll need to reset them back to stock when I get home

4LC4PON3 · Mar 8, 2011

I unlocked my shaders & did nothing else to my card. All of a sudden my card is now Artifacting in almost every game. I have to RMA it now which sucks.

Wijkert · Mar 8, 2011

4LC4PON3 said:
I unlocked my shaders & did nothing else to my card. All of a sudden my card is now Artifacting in almost every game. I have to RMA it now which sucks.

Did you flash the original bios back?

4LC4PON3 · Mar 8, 2011

Yes I flashed back to completely stock bios. The bios that I used was just a shader unlock no voltage change or overclocking done at all.

The card artifacts huge at stock settings now. I just shipped it out this morning to RMA

sy5tem · Mar 8, 2011

did not vote ..

but my card is well ... very well

used w1zzard tools at first to unlock only shaders, and used CCC for 840 gpu speed..
then changed voltage of VID4 to 1175 and oc card at 900mhz .. using costum profile for the fans to keep GPU at MAXIMUM of 65C

i play GTA IV and CRYSIS atm all vid settings maxed no artifact or problem ever.. ever ever..

i never got memory higher then 1300...

within 6 month il start water cooling and oc a lot more

GSG-9 · Mar 8, 2011

Yup, I flashed my card to a 6970 when I got it, its still a 6970, it still has no issues.

System Name	Project Whitewater
Processor	Intel i3 550 @ 4.8GHz 1.35v
Motherboard	Asus P55 Maximus 3 Gene
Cooling	XSPC 240 Rad / XSPC RASA CPU / Swiftech MCW80 GPU / XSPC 750 Dual Bay Res + Pump
Memory	2 x 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 @ 2000 cas7 with Arctic-Cooling AC heatspreader
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 w/ HD6970bios 900/1450
Storage	Corsair F60 SSD / 1TB Seagate HDD SATA2
Display(s)	24" Samsung P2470
Case	Modded Lian-li PC-A04b
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-fi XtremeMusic
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	Win7 Ultimate 64bit

System Name	Project Whitewater
Processor	Intel i3 550 @ 4.8GHz 1.35v
Motherboard	Asus P55 Maximus 3 Gene
Cooling	XSPC 240 Rad / XSPC RASA CPU / Swiftech MCW80 GPU / XSPC 750 Dual Bay Res + Pump
Memory	2 x 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 @ 2000 cas7 with Arctic-Cooling AC heatspreader
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 w/ HD6970bios 900/1450
Storage	Corsair F60 SSD / 1TB Seagate HDD SATA2
Display(s)	24" Samsung P2470
Case	Modded Lian-li PC-A04b
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-fi XtremeMusic
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	Win7 Ultimate 64bit

System Name	Blue Monolith (working on name)
Processor	AMD Phenom II 1090T... on H2O
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7
Cooling	EK-Supreme with 2 radiators for the moment ~ 22 celsius
Memory	Kingston HyperX 2x2GB DDR3 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 KHX1600C8D3K2
Video Card(s)	hd 6870 Sapphire 1GB
Storage	8x 500GB Seagate Barracuda on LSI controller
Display(s)	Samsung 206BW
Case	Aplus Black Pearl WCR with water cooling mounts :)
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-FI Platinum Fatal1ty Champion
Power Supply	Gigabyte ODIN GT-800 (that with software)
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	WORKING IN PROGRESS P10464 in VANTAGE(this is the old score)

System Name	Intel
Processor	i5 750 @ 3.5ghz
Motherboard	ASUS P7P55D-E LX
Cooling	Corsair A70
Memory	Gskill 4GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6950 2GB (Unlocked Shaders)
Storage	Samsung F3 500
Display(s)	Asus MS236H (1920x1080)
Case	NZXT Beta EVO
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	SeaSonic S12II 520
Software	Windows 7 64 ultimate

System Name	White Theme
Processor	Intel 12700K CPU
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX Z690-A D4
Cooling	Lian Li Galahad Uni w/ AL120 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3200 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aero 4080 Super 16GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 980 Pro PCIE 4.0
Display(s)	Alienware 38" 3840x1600 (165Hz)
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO White
Audio Device(s)	2i2 Scarlett Solo + Schiit Magni 3 AMP
Power Supply	Corsair HX 1000 Platinum

Poll: What caused your flashed 6950 permanent damage?

Your 6950 started having permanent damage while flashed/clocked as such:

6970 bios, stock 6950 memory and gpu speeds (1250/800)

6970 bios, stock 6970 memory and gpu speeds (1375/880)

6970 bios, Stock 6950 memory (1250), overclcocked gpu (800+)

6970 bios, Stock 6950 gpu (800), overclcocked memory (1250+)

Modded 6950 (shaders enable only) bios, stock memory and gpu speeds (1250/800)

Modded 6950 (shaders enable only) bios, stock memory speeds (1250), overclocked gpu

Modded 6950 (shaders enable only) bios, stock gpu speeds (800), overclocked memory

Modded 6950 (shaders enable only) bios, overclocked memory and gpu speeds (1250+/800+)

Other, Please list your configuration

Capla

New Member

zhadlp

New Member

zhadlp

New Member

adrianx

4LC4PON3

New Member

Nachmanowicz

Frizz

4LC4PON3

New Member

Wijkert

New Member

4LC4PON3

New Member

sy5tem

GSG-9

System Name	2500k
Processor	2500K @ 4.5 (1.365v)
Motherboard	Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling	Mugen v2
Memory	Ripjaws 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	2x 6950 Dirt 3 edition
Storage	Agility 120GB, C300 64GB, Spinpoint F1 1GB
Display(s)	3x u2311h
Case	CM 690 II Adv.
Power Supply	XFX Pro 650W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	Custom DIY
Processor	Intel i7 2600K @ 4.8 Turbo 1.4v
Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V Pro 8801
Cooling	XSPC RS240 + 120mm Rad/fan
Memory	Corsair 1866 Vangence 9-10-9-27-2T
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX570 SLI
Storage	OCZ Revodrive 110GB + 2x1TB seagate
Display(s)	ASUS MT276HE
Case	CoolerMaster Sniper
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Power Supply	ANTEC TP-750 Blue 750Watts
Software	win7 64
Benchmark Scores	http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1347866

System Name	Livingston
Processor	i7-4960HQ
Motherboard	macbook prp retina
Cooling	Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta (240mm x 120mm x 80mm)
Memory	16Gb
Video Card(s)	Zotac Arctic Storm Nvidia 980ti
Display(s)	1x Acer XB270HU, 1x Catleap, 1x Oculus
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/fs/770087