How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950 - Page 4

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 01:00 PM

I'm getting artifacts in Heaven when I run at +20

W1zzard · Dec 27, 2010, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by easyrider

I'm getting artifacts in Heaven when I run at +20

caused by high clocks ? or temperature ?

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

caused by high clocks ? or temperature ?

Default clocks

+10 atifacts too.

I don't run it long enough to get temps but at 0% temps are 64c when running Heaven

Works fine a 0%

+5 Artifacts

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 01:26 PM

Not sure what do.

Wether I should flash back to 6950 and run @ +20 all the time or

Keep the 6970 bios and run 0% all the time.

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 01:42 PM

Dropped my Ram to 1350 (25mhz) and put slider to +20

No artifacts although it made no difference to perfromance in heaven wether the slider was 0% or 20+%

Got 1377 @ 880/1350 @ 20+%

Got 1380@ 880/1375 @ 0%

TotalChaos · Dec 27, 2010, 01:45 PM

W1zzard you can add my Sapphire 6950 to the successful updated cards. Thanks you just made a rather dull Christmas shine

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TotalChaos

W1zzard you can add my Sapphire 6950 to the successful updated cards. Thanks you just made a rather dull Christmas shine

Have you tested at +20?

TotalChaos · Dec 27, 2010, 01:56 PM

yup no issues

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 02:08 PM

This is odd. I think my fans speed was to low. I just did another run @20+ and had no issues...

Bluecobra · Dec 27, 2010, 02:33 PM

W1zzard, how are you measuring power consumption of the card? Are you using something like a kill-a-watt and subtracting the system power draw? BTW, I bought a Sapphire 6950 from Amazon so I will be able to report my findings in a couple of days. It should be a pretty nice upgrade going from a 4890 to a 6970.

W1zzard · Dec 27, 2010, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluecobra

W1zzard, how are you measuring power consumption of the card? Are you using something like a kill-a-watt and subtracting the system power draw? BTW, I bought a Sapphire 6950 from Amazon so I will be able to report my findings in a couple of days. It should be a pretty nice upgrade going from a 4890 to a 6970.

no, i measure card only power at the bus interface and pci-e power cables. see my vga reviews for a bit more info

easyrider · Dec 27, 2010, 02:38 PM

@ 0%

@+20%

Mike0409 · Dec 27, 2010, 02:42 PM

w1zz thanks a ton for this. Just made the 6950 a deciding factor in my upgrade with this little tweak, can't wait to try it out!

Yidaki · Dec 27, 2010, 02:59 PM

probably the error lies in the memory frequency. 6950 and 6970 use different chips. -ROC (6970) and -T2C (6950). These have different specification, just take a look at the document.

6Gbps vs. 5Gbps

davetheshrew · Dec 27, 2010, 03:15 PM

mery christmas lads enjoy your unlock

Yidaki · Dec 27, 2010, 03:43 PM

Glad to see that Sapphire has 4 WINS of 4 trys

95Viper · Dec 27, 2010, 03:46 PM

News is starting to spread and W1zzard and TPU have made the news over at MaximumPC.
Nice, congrats, "fellas"

Article in the link below.

AMD Radeon HD 6950 Reportedly Shipping with Unlockable Shaders

Yidaki · Dec 27, 2010, 03:47 PM

Dude,

http://www.computerbase.de/news/hard...reigeschaltet/

And I just started a thread on hardwareluxx.de (one of the biggest oc sites in germany)

http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community...ad-772439.html

Flak · Dec 27, 2010, 03:54 PM

Bought a gigabyte 6950, will let you know how it goes once I get the card.

dom99 · Dec 27, 2010, 04:03 PM

Ive got to wait till I get back to university to try it out in my rig, almost worth going back early!

Yidaki · Dec 27, 2010, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dom99

Ive got to wait till I get back to university to try it out in my rig, almost worth going back early!

same here

obsoletepower · Dec 27, 2010, 04:12 PM

Hi everybody! Glad to be on this forum, you seem like a great bunch

So I modded my Sapphire HD6950 with the 6970 bios but even with stock 6950 clocks, everytime I run a 3D app or stability test like FurMark, the screen freezes for a couple seconds, goes black then back to normal with a Windows notification message saying the AMD Display driver has stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

Any idea what may be happening? I didn't reinstall the AMD display driver, should I have done that?

dom99 · Dec 27, 2010, 04:22 PM

@obsoletepower
This happened to me when I pushed my 6870 (dont own it anymore) to the max and over!
I dont know why it happened but when playing games I think CCC automatically downclocked the core and memory when I started a game because I was able to push the core up to max and it didnt keel over, and when I alt+tabed out of the game a message would very quickly pop up with a loading bar in CCC, but it was always too quick to read.

I would also like an explanation, I suspect its a safety thing for when the chip is pushed too far, so you may have a sample which cannot take the 6970 bios, however I realy dont know, plus I have also experienced the thing that says the driver stopped working and has recovered. I was also thinking it might have been a bad driver installation

Yidaki · Dec 27, 2010, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obsoletepower

Any idea what may be happening? I didn't reinstall the AMD display driver, should I have done that?

How strong is your PSU?

And: have you tried +10 to +15? Maybe with +20 it gets too hot and you have problems. Try it with lower GPU and memory frequency first ...

Formula350 · Dec 27, 2010, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obsoletepower

Hi everybody! Glad to be on this forum, you seem like a great bunch

So I modded my Sapphire HD6950 with the 6970 bios but even with stock 6950 clocks, everytime I run a 3D app or stability test like FurMark, the screen freezes for a couple seconds, goes black then back to normal with a Windows notification message saying the AMD Display driver has stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

Any idea what may be happening? I didn't reinstall the AMD display driver, should I have done that?

Your graphics card is unstable. Either your PSU is too weak for the extra power draw, or if you are overclocking then it simply might not like those speeds. Especially if you are OCing the RAM since as Yidaki mention, they are likely different chips. Mind you it could still have the same chips seeing as my ASUS 5770s have the same high end chips that pretty much all the 5870s do, but at the same time not all 5770s come with them.

w1zz: So with the 6850s having some review samples running with 6870 shader counts, and I believe it was just a BIOS fix... does that mean the 6850s can be modded to 6870s??

Going to make a news posting over at Pro-Clockers.com for you guys

Great job w1zz

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Dec 27, 2010, 02:42 PM	#88
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Dec 27, 2010, 01:00 PM	#76
easyrider Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 20 (0.02/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm getting artifacts in Heaven when I run at +20

Dec 27, 2010, 01:26 PM	#79
easyrider Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 20 (0.02/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not sure what do. Wether I should flash back to 6950 and run @ +20 all the time or Keep the 6970 bios and run 0% all the time.

Dec 27, 2010, 01:42 PM	#80
easyrider Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 20 (0.02/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Dropped my Ram to 1350 (25mhz) and put slider to +20 No artifacts although it made no difference to perfromance in heaven wether the slider was 0% or 20+% Got 1377 @ 880/1350 @ 20+% Got 1380@ 880/1375 @ 0%

Dec 27, 2010, 01:45 PM	#81
TotalChaos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 360 (0.12/day) Thanks: 411 Thanked 581 Times in 278 Posts System Specs	W1zzard you can add my Sapphire 6950 to the successful updated cards. Thanks you just made a rather dull Christmas shine

Dec 27, 2010, 01:56 PM	#83
TotalChaos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 360 (0.12/day) Thanks: 411 Thanked 581 Times in 278 Posts System Specs	yup no issues

Dec 27, 2010, 02:08 PM	#84
easyrider Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 20 (0.02/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This is odd. I think my fans speed was to low. I just did another run @20+ and had no issues...

Dec 27, 2010, 02:33 PM	#85
Bluecobra Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	W1zzard, how are you measuring power consumption of the card? Are you using something like a kill-a-watt and subtracting the system power draw? BTW, I bought a Sapphire 6950 from Amazon so I will be able to report my findings in a couple of days. It should be a pretty nice upgrade going from a 4890 to a 6970.

Dec 27, 2010, 02:38 PM	#87
easyrider Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 20 (0.02/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	@ 0% @+20%

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Dec 27, 2010, 03:15 PM	#90
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Dec 27, 2010, 03:43 PM	#91
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Dec 27, 2010, 03:46 PM	#92
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Dec 27, 2010, 03:47 PM	#93
Yidaki Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 18 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dude, http://www.computerbase.de/news/hard...reigeschaltet/ And I just started a thread on hardwareluxx.de (one of the biggest oc sites in germany) http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community...ad-772439.html

Dec 27, 2010, 03:54 PM	#94
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Dec 27, 2010, 04:03 PM	#95
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Dec 27, 2010, 04:12 PM	#97
obsoletepower Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 23 (0.03/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Hi everybody! Glad to be on this forum, you seem like a great bunch So I modded my Sapphire HD6950 with the 6970 bios but even with stock 6950 clocks, everytime I run a 3D app or stability test like FurMark, the screen freezes for a couple seconds, goes black then back to normal with a Windows notification message saying the AMD Display driver has stopped responding and has successfully recovered. Any idea what may be happening? I didn't reinstall the AMD display driver, should I have done that?

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Dec 27, 2010, 04:22 PM	#98
dom99 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 149 (0.17/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	@obsoletepower This happened to me when I pushed my 6870 (dont own it anymore) to the max and over! I dont know why it happened but when playing games I think CCC automatically downclocked the core and memory when I started a game because I was able to push the core up to max and it didnt keel over, and when I alt+tabed out of the game a message would very quickly pop up with a loading bar in CCC, but it was always too quick to read. I would also like an explanation, I suspect its a safety thing for when the chip is pushed too far, so you may have a sample which cannot take the 6970 bios, however I realy dont know, plus I have also experienced the thing that says the driver stopped working and has recovered. I was also thinking it might have been a bad driver installation

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