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I am having the same issue. Catalyst Control Center won't open after installing 12.8 Uninstalled, reinstalled, ran driver sweeper, redownloaded it, reinstalled, no dice. CCC won't open.

Agreed. I think that using the 6970 bios which runs the memory at different voltages, clocks, and timings, is the source of almost everyone's problems. After flashing to modified 6950, all my problems are gone.

UPDATE: Gigabyte HD6950 with 6970 bios, unstable at 865/1335. Weird random infrequent crashing going in and out of games, like alt tabbing. Replaced with the alternate method, of using a 6950 bios with unlocked shaders, instead of using a 6970 bios. (The alternate method supposedly is...

Cold artifacts are still artifacts. Instability is still instability.

I think the issues with options and power disappearing entirely has less to do with modding, and more to do with a new driver. Once AMD releases Catalyst 11.1 we'll probably see a lot of these issues resolved.

I'm now trying my card with a modified 6950 bios, instead of flashing a 6970 to it, and seeing if I have better results. I'll give an update after a day or two of testing.

Hi! Since the other thread kinda died, I'm copypastaing my post into this thread. I think some people might find it useful, as I'm one of the people who found they cannot hit 880/1375

I really wish I had the answer to that. Most people say Furmark, but I've used Furmark stably for hours, only to have Borderlands throw artifacts, and WoW crash on startup. I don't think there really is a good tool or testing methodology out there at the moment.

Thoughts: You're almost guaranteed to take your $300 6950, and turn it into an equivalent of a 6960, or a 6965. The chances of you turning your 6950 into a perfectly stable, flawless $370 6970? Slim. More thoughts: I think if more people tested thier oc's/mods throughly, they'd notice...

UPDATE ON MY GIGABYTE 6950 >>> 6970: FAIL: At speeds 875mhz core / 1350mhz memory and higher, I get memory artifacts in Borderlands, and WoW Cataclysm crashes at the login screen. All other benchmarks, Unigine Heaven, FFXIV bench, FFXI bench, work fine. PASS: At speeds of 870mhz core / 1345mhz...

UPDATE, After further testing, this post is incorrect. See this post for an update. I can confirm that the Gigabyte Radeon HD6950 GV-R695D5-2GD-B upgrades with no issues. Flashed with the Gigabyte HD6970 bios (taken from this website), the card has run stable while gaming for 4 hours, with no...

Any luck with Gigabyte yet? I'm thinking about buying this card GIGABYTE GV-R695D5-2GD-B Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bi... and would like to know if anyone has had luck with it yet.