RBE v1.27 released!

[DJManiac]

Is this just for volt changing?

Up to now - it looks like - And there only 3D VGPU (1,175 if 6970 is flashed)

 

[DJManiac]

I have changed 6850 2D and 3D voltage and it worked.

OK?! Will try again tomorrow - to late here again Thx for your Info...

EDIT

ok... tried XFX6970 Bios and ASUS (from this thread Bios) in order to change 2D VGPU but evertime the same : Blackscreen after Winlogo.

@Murjuk: How Did you Do this 2D VGPU change and which BIOS do you use? And which Driver (ASUS or normal Catalyst?)?

 

[Falkentyne]

Thanks.
It's better to be safe than sorry, and I almost had a heart attack when the author said that the voltage regulator can accept a maximum of 2.8v. Even a card under LN2 would instantly die if that much was put through a GPU, and who knows if an explosion would happen on air...

1.2v-1.225v seems like a sweet spot...

 

[Falkentyne]

Did anyone try "set recommended fan profiles" on a 6970?

 

[Amorpheus]

I wonder why GPU-Z always reports 1,15V for mine after flashing, even when I change both #3 and #4. It showed an accurate/original 1,175V before.

What values are you guys modifying? I left the voltage that's listed with the clocks at --.

Edit: After trying various ranges from 1.100 to 1.275 I'm not seeing a change in temperature (which should be noticeable), or better stability at speeds around 950MHz.

 

[davetheshrew]

about device Id's, I asked this earlier elsewhere, these are commands in atiflash

-padevid and -passid?

is it possible we can go from dev.id 6719 to 6718 from here, making our cards PROPER 6970's? Im going to have a go but I may need a little guidance please

 

[Murjuk]

Did anyone try "set recommended fan profiles" on a 6970?

Fan profiles of 6xxx series are controlled by drivers now.

I wonder why GPU-Z always reports 1,15V for mine after flashing, even when I change both #3 and #4. It showed an accurate/original 1,175V before.

What values are you guys modifying? I left the voltage that's listed with the clocks at --.

Edit: After trying various ranges from 1.100 to 1.275 I'm not seeing a change in temperature (which should be noticeable), or better stability at speeds around 950MHz.

GPU-Z can't read voltages above default 3D voltage right now. (I tested with smart doctor few days ago.)

 

[davetheshrew]

should I keepposting this untill its confirmed?

-padevid [deviceID] and -passid [ssid]? (in ATIFLASH)

is it possible we can go from dev.id 6719 to 6718 from here, making our cards PROPER 6970's? Im going to have a go but I may need a little guidance please

 

[mechtech]

Can not aquire my 4850 BIOS in xp x86 or in win7 x64?!?!

Hangs?!?

What other info do you need from me?

 

[Falkentyne]

should I keepposting this untill its confirmed?

-padevid [deviceID] and -passid [ssid]? (in ATIFLASH)

is it possible we can go from dev.id 6719 to 6718 from here, making our cards PROPER 6970's? Im going to have a go but I may need a little guidance please

You can't make your cards PROPER 6970's because the texture units are still not unlocked. Only the shaders are. But there's apparently no noticable difference anyway...(this isn't my info; this was posted elsewhere).

Also, more of people are starting to have problems with fully "unlocked" 6950's with the 6970 bios...a few couldn't even use the 6950 shader only unlock....although there are plenty having zero problems at all. It's not a 100% guaranteed thing...

 

[Falkentyne]

I wonder why GPU-Z always reports 1,15V for mine after flashing, even when I change both #3 and #4. It showed an accurate/original 1,175V before.

What values are you guys modifying? I left the voltage that's listed with the clocks at --.

Edit: After trying various ranges from 1.100 to 1.275 I'm not seeing a change in temperature (which should be noticeable), or better stability at speeds around 950MHz.

Make sure you POWER OFF the computer after a flash.

 

[Falkentyne]

May I ask what kinda speed and volts people are getting on their 6970's now with RBE? (NOT 6950). Because I gained a WHOLE fat 20 mhz on the core with 1.225v 920 to 940...

940 mhz for 1.225v doesn't sound right, does it? It's GOTTA be my two 6 pin PSU or my 1.1 PCIE P5WDH motherboard causing this...? or who knows...maybe my core is maxed?

And I'm using a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter for the PCIE since the PSU only has two 6 pin connectors...could this be holding the core back? (if the core wants more power and can't get it...) Someone said an 8 pin connector (native, or 6+2 pin) can draw more amps than a 6 pin...(or a 6 pin using an adapter to 8 pin).....then someone else said that they draw the exact same amps...eh?

 

[Amorpheus]

Make sure you POWER OFF the computer after a flash.

I see, I guess voltage registers may not be updated with a reboot? It was enough for the 6950>6970 flash. May try again later, thanks for the hint!

 

[Falkentyne]

I see, I guess voltage registers may not be updated with a reboot? It was enough for the 6950>6970 flash. May try again later, thanks for the hint!

Yeah some things require a full power off to take effect. The 975X chipset was like this....it couldn't reset the FSB strap unless there was a power cycle to the chipset (that's why the early boards with early bioses would power down the PSU for 5 seconds, if overclocked past 320 FSB, on every reboot. Later, they changed it so the board loses power to the chipset, but the PSU doesn't cut off power to the devices).

I've had videocard crashes so bad, that the screen was still corrupted after a reboot. Required a power off.

 

[davetheshrew]

May I ask what kinda speed and volts people are getting on their 6970's now with RBE? (NOT 6950). Because I gained a WHOLE fat 20 mhz on the core with 1.225v 920 to 940...

990/1475 1.300mv 43%fan, stable but not totally tested, theres more in this under air Im sure. Im happy with the core but theres more in the memory, going for 1500 max I think then I shall stop.

 

[Boomstick777]

990/1475 1.300mv 43%fan, stable but not totally tested, theres more in this under air Im sure. Im happy with the core but theres more in the memory, going for 1500 max I think then I shall stop.

My xfx hd 6970 does 1525mhz memory at stock volts, no errors in furmark, these cards seems to oc quite well on the memory. Im limited to around 950mhz on the core

Can't really complain though 950/1525 is a decent OC getting GTX 580 speeds with this card now

Just waiting on Bulldozer now, sandybridge looks awesome but I can't go over to intel, guess I just like to support the underdog lol

 

[vvulture]

I'm confused...
Can someone please explain exactly what can and can't be achieved with RBE and the 6xxx cards ?
Seems like AMD have really knuckled down this time.

 

[merlino]

same here, i saved my bios with rbe 1.27 just changes the id (6970) and speed
900/1400, it goes to windows logo, than black screen.

second test, changend nothing, just saved the original bios file with rbe.

same result!

what is wrong??

 

[vvulture]

second test, changend nothing, just saved the original bios file with rbe.

same result!

what is wrong??

That is really interesting.....

 

[Falkentyne]

same here, i saved my bios with rbe 1.27 just changes the id (6970) and speed
900/1400, it goes to windows logo, than black screen.

second test, changend nothing, just saved the original bios file with rbe.

same result!

what is wrong??

You can't change the speed!
You *MUST* change ONLY the 3d voltage (mv); 1175= 1.175v. 1250=1.250, etc.
Nothing else will work. ATI drivers block bios speed changes for some reason.

 

[vvulture]

Yeah, but what he is saying is that he opened original bios, made no changes, saved it and the problems persists..

 

[Falkentyne]

My xfx hd 6970 does 1525mhz memory at stock volts, no errors in furmark, these cards seems to oc quite well on the memory. Im limited to around 950mhz on the core

Can't really complain though 950/1525 is a decent OC getting GTX 580 speeds with this card now

Just waiting on Bulldozer now, sandybridge looks awesome but I can't go over to intel, guess I just like to support the underdog lol

What's limiting you? increasing vgpu doesn't help? How much vgpu for 950 mhz?

 

[merlino]

yes, thats exactly what i said, i changed nothing and the computer boots just to the windows logo...

previously i´ve used the utility to just enable the shaders no voltages etc.
(by the way "thanks" for that great utility)

im working additional with sapphire trixx (900/1400 -1.1V)
absolutely stabel.

the reason why i tried to use the rbe is, disable trixx and the id changing (hopefully)


in the past, my 5850 works great with rbe (speed and voltages)

 

[Pyr0]

I've had the windows logo problem too but that was before we had RBE and happened when I switched from an Asus ROM to the default
The PC would boot, but the image on the monitor would stick on the windows 7 loading logo. I could hear windows load in the background.
If you remove the display driver before flashing, windows should load normally and allow you to reinstall the driver

 

[Elanzer]

Can't seem to adjust voltages properly on my 6850, whenever I changed them to anything, in any phase, the ATI driver won't load properly (CCC just says no ATI card is installed, device manager shows "device is having problems" for the ati 6800 series)

Currently flashed with a 6870 bios to get the increased overdrive range while retaining 2D clock/voltage throttling. The increase of voltage from 1.15v of the 6850 bios to the 6870's 1.175v doesn't help my core overclock by even 5mhz, it just adds power drain/heat/noise, so I want to set it back to 1.15v.