Check your 6950 Memory size!

ahlala · Sep 11, 2011, 11:55 AM

This was on overclocking/cooling section but..

http://imageshack.us/g/508/img0258h.jpg/

as you can see, its looks like ordinary 1Gb, but is 2Gb.

You can unlock the full power.

FreedomEclipse · Sep 11, 2011, 11:58 AM

was there really a need to make 2 threads about it?

LordJummy · Sep 11, 2011, 04:59 PM

Well, this is pretty interesting. Do ALL 1GB 6950's have all 2GB of RAM? I haven't bothered to look at any of them. If so, that's pretty silly. AMD/Asus/Other OEM's sure have gotten lazy lol. I guess it's cheaper to just make them all the same and disable features. This is really great for intelligent consumers though.

Have you tested the VRAM by playing any games that might go over 1GB, or OCCT or something?

temp02 · Sep 11, 2011, 05:33 PM

8 x 1GBit = 1GByte
I'm not sure where you are getting this 2GB amount (BIOS edited with RBE?!?).

LordJummy · Sep 11, 2011, 05:39 PM

Yeah, I'm definitely very skeptical. I would like to see some proof. I would think someone would have discovered this already...

ahlala · Sep 11, 2011, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordJummy

Well, this is pretty interesting. Do ALL 1GB 6950's have all 2GB of RAM? I haven't bothered to look at any of them. If so, that's pretty silly. AMD/Asus/Other OEM's sure have gotten lazy lol. I guess it's cheaper to just make them all the same and disable features. This is really great for intelligent consumers though.

Have you tested the VRAM by playing any games that might go over 1GB, or OCCT or something?

Yes i have tested games, like The Witcher 2, call of duty, dirt 2. And many other games.
It works fine, and there really is that 2GB of ram.

ahlala · Sep 11, 2011, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temp02

8 x 1GBit = 1GByte
I'm not sure where you are getting this 2GB amount (BIOS edited with RBE?!?).

It has original Asus 6970 DCII bios. Not modified.

This is not the only Asus 6950 1GB, what unlocked 2GB mem, we had success with 4 cards. All shaders work too.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Sep 11, 2011, 11:19 PM

Wasnt this already known months ago? I remember one being able to flash a 6950 to a 6970.

LordJummy · Sep 12, 2011, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrAsHnBuRnXp

Wasnt this already known months ago? I remember one being able to flash a 6950 to a 6970.

Yes but he supposedly unlocked an extra 1GB of RAM though. I haven't heard of that happening, but it's possible it's happened.

The shader unlock and such is widely known, and even 1GB models can unlock shaders sometimes, but unlocking an extra 1GB memory is another huge bonus, as the 1GB models are considerably cheaper than the 2GB 6950's where I live.

newtekie1 · Sep 12, 2011, 12:32 AM

This isn't even physically possible with the card in the picture. The model number on the RAM chips shows they are 1Gb chips. As temp02 pointed out 8 x 1Gb = 1GB.

So I'm calling fake on this until I see more sources. You might have gotten the card to report 2GB of RAM, but it still only physically has 1GB and you can't change that no matter how much software you throw at it.

erocker · Sep 12, 2011, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahlala

It has original Asus 6970 DCII bios. Not modified.

This is not the only Asus 6950 1GB, what unlocked 2GB mem, we had success with 4 cards. All shaders work too.

So how are you making GPU-Z read 2gb's on your card? What did you do to make it work?

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Sep 12, 2011, 01:45 AM

People who tend to make these sort of threads usually never come back. And if this really did happen, he'd be on here with countless posts explaining and responding back to people.

ahlala · Sep 12, 2011, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtekie1

This isn't even physically possible with the card in the picture. The model number on the RAM chips shows they are 1Gb chips. As temp02 pointed out 8 x 1Gb = 1GB.

So I'm calling fake on this until I see more sources. You might have gotten the card to report 2GB of RAM, but it still only physically has 1GB and you can't change that no matter how much software you throw at it.

Well, i discovered that my 2GB version of radeon also had same memory chips, even though model number show they 1GB.

Maybe hynix had no 1GB ram chips ready?

And if you want proof, just say what to do.

ahlala · Sep 12, 2011, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

So how are you making GPU-Z read 2gb's on your card? What did you do to make it work?

Flash asus 6970 DCII 2GB bios to card, reboot. Not all 1GB cards have 2GB ram, you just must have little luck, like with shaders.

ahlala · Sep 12, 2011, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrAsHnBuRnXp

People who tend to make these sort of threads usually never come back. And if this really did happen, he'd be on here with countless posts explaining and responding back to people.

Well i was sleeping, and now i go back to work.. I live in different timezone.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Sep 12, 2011, 05:04 AM

Use mutli-quote next time plz.

newtekie1 · Sep 12, 2011, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahlala

And if you want proof, just say what to do.

Send the card to me or W1z or one of the other regulars here that know how to confirm this, and have a seperate source confirm it.

werez · Sep 12, 2011, 03:19 PM

wrong post

JrRacinFan · Sep 12, 2011, 03:30 PM

Here's what i would like to see:

A gpuz sensor page showing the mem usage on GTA4 maxed out(including AA).

ahlala · Sep 12, 2011, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

Here's what i would like to see:

A gpuz sensor page showing the mem usage on GTA4 maxed out(including AA).

I test that tomorrow.

LordJummy · Sep 12, 2011, 04:47 PM

Shit just got real in here. I second the GTA4 test. Also if you have more than one screen load up some eyefinity action. that's an easy way to exceed 1GB vram.

Hübie · Sep 12, 2011, 05:12 PM

GTA4 has no Option for AA

Only downsampling or FXAA (<-has almost no memory impact) can be applied. It would be more senseful if he show some videobios screens and msi afterburner. gpu-z is still in beta stadium.

LordJummy · Sep 12, 2011, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hübie

GTA4 has no Option for AA

Only downsampling or FXAA (<-has almost no memory impact) can be applied. It would be more senseful if he show some videobios screens and msi afterburner. gpu-z is still in beta stadium.

regardless of AA, if you max everything out at 1080p or higher it exceeds 1GB easily.

JrRacinFan · Sep 12, 2011, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hübie

GTA4 has no Option for AA

Only downsampling or FXAA (<-has almost no memory impact) can be applied. It would be more senseful if he show some videobios screens and msi afterburner. gpu-z is still in beta stadium.

Can't force it to run say 16xAA?

Hübie · Sep 12, 2011, 06:15 PM

No. There´s no chance to get AA to work. Only FXAA which is a postprocess filter will work or even downsampling (bia driver or enb doesn´t matter).
@LordJummy: Yes. GTA4 is very wasteful with VRAM

But you can tell GTA to multiply your VRAM ammount via commandline.txt with the option "-availablevidmem x.x". So GTA isn´t a good proof of truth in this case

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Hübie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 16 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GTA4 has no Option for AA Only downsampling or FXAA (<-has almost no memory impact) can be applied. It would be more senseful if he show some videobios screens and msi afterburner. gpu-z is still in beta stadium. __________________ mein Rechner: Leibniz Dualboard mit 52 Zähnen und Schoko-Kühlung, Zwiebel-Mettwurst CPU mit Lebertran-speedstepping, Kellogg´s Graka mit 128Shoko-Pops, Sammy´s SuperSandwich Geräuschmacher Brot für den richtigen Sound mit passenden Senf-Boxen. Eiswürfelmaschine kühlt die ganze Sache, damit nix schimmelt

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Hübie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 16 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No. There´s no chance to get AA to work. Only FXAA which is a postprocess filter will work or even downsampling (bia driver or enb doesn´t matter). @LordJummy: Yes. GTA4 is very wasteful with VRAM But you can tell GTA to multiply your VRAM ammount via commandline.txt with the option "-availablevidmem x.x". So GTA isn´t a good proof of truth in this case __________________ mein Rechner: Leibniz Dualboard mit 52 Zähnen und Schoko-Kühlung, Zwiebel-Mettwurst CPU mit Lebertran-speedstepping, Kellogg´s Graka mit 128Shoko-Pops, Sammy´s SuperSandwich Geräuschmacher Brot für den richtigen Sound mit passenden Senf-Boxen. Eiswürfelmaschine kühlt die ganze Sache, damit nix schimmelt

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