Can you still unlock radeon 6950

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Make sure the BIOS switch on the card is set to the 1 position pictured further down if you don't know where it is. Let the flashing process complete and reboot your system. Check the shader count using GPU-Z , it should show Make sure you use version 0. If you see a shader count of , your GPU-Z version is outdated. I picked up a Saphhire HD today. The one with dual fans and dual bios.

I was happy when I switched to the secondary bios and found the shaders unlocked. No flash necessary. What about default BIOS? The following text will include description of modification itself, therefore, before you will attempt to repeat the actions described below, you need to agree with two statements, as follows: We confirm successful unlocking on references design Radeon HD 2GB cards only.

By checking cards specs with GPU-z tool, we seen that SP number has changed but not the clocks, they are on default level: Next step is to check voltage levels and temperature values of the card. Leave a Reply Comment. Email Your email address will not be published. Generally speaking the moderate performance mainstream cards are far better value for money than any of the high end cards.

It's always been that way. You can also easily justify buying a because it quite simply is very likely to clock further. For me the price was right on this one, but it'll never be the same for everybody. In any case though, I really do appreciate the work you've done here as it gives me a great insight into the performance of my card, and what's important when I look at custom clocking it. Joined Jan 15, Messages 9 0.

Have you guys noticed that the overclocks better with a bios vs a shader unlocked bios esp on the memory. I could max out the slider on the memory on the bios but on the shader unlocked bios, it would artifact over I got around 50mhz more on the core as well compared to the shader unlocked bios. LordJummy New Member. Joined May 13, Messages 1, 0. LordJummy said:. However I have gone through over 4 's and 2 's to get my current setup.

I cherry picked the best ones and returned the non-performers I also helped some other people out by returning the cards in perfect condition so they could buy them at an open box discount. However as I've told lots of people - don't bother OC'ing the memory past Mhz.

It's not going to do you any good. Joined Jul 11, Messages 39 0. Joined Jun 13, Messages 8, 1. Joined Nov 27, Messages 2, 0. Thanks and you have said what I've tried saying for a while now and most benchmarks have also proven out is the extra memory can make a difference. It can depend on what you run on your system but if you want to play games like the Elder Scrolls including the new one coming out soon and the fallout games the extra memory can be a nice addition and the price difference isn't all that much so I would only go with the 2GB cards.

It also I've read and can only go by what was said there that it also follows into crossfire performance having the 2GB cards over the 1GB. But it's all up to who ever wants what one and their reasons but all information should be noted and made very clear before anyone recommends one over the other. Ok on that. Now a unlocked or mod. I'd love to know how this is possible other than a fluke GPU.

That just goes right off the logic trail into area's I can not even come close to a validation. Something had to be wrong somewhere. I wouldn't even try the power color card I got, it runs stock overclocked at Mhz with memory and I can go up to 1Ghz no probs and memory without touching the voltage though I honestly say I didn't test it's long term stability, just played a few games and set it back but it ran cool and ran the games for a few hours, crysis 2 and fallout vegas game at max settings but res on a HD TV running at P settigns.

I'm very sorry but I have to question the speed winners on those 2 cards. And like who I'm quoting off of and agree with the extra memory is used with some current games and soon the new Elder Scroll skyrm game I think that is the title name will be another game that will want more than the 1GB.

I'd recheck your findings and do this one over again please? I just can not agree with it. Sorry, I don't mean to sound nasty but more like a question mark on the issues other than a good way to unlock the card.

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