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How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

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Try setting up a fan profile in MSI afterburner. You can set up a curve so it won't run at 60% except when it needs it.
 
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Wonderful news in this thread... made me buy up the 6950 almost immediately. Flashed a SAPPHIRE card with no hitches. Maybe some benchmarks tonight?
 

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I see many succesfully flashed sapphires on the list.
However i would like to get the Asus version EAH6950/2DI2S/2GD5
What are the odds that flashing that Asus version would work?
Or should i just buy the sapphire version?

Thanks.
 
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I've got a small problem here:
When I try to save my original BIOS with ATI Winflash my picture goes off after a while it apears a msg:"bios saved to file" on a black screen and my PC freezes up (needs soft reset) I've tried couple of times and still same behaviour. Is this normal? and has it saved my BIOS properly or it is not fully saved(corrupted)?
Saved file is 128K size but it saved in .rom file !? I thought it has to be .bin file?

Using win 7 x64.
 

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I've got a small problem here:
When I try to save my original BIOS with ATI Winflash my picture goes off after a while it apears a msg:"bios saved to file" on a black screen and my PC freezes up (needs soft reset) I've tried couple of times and still same behaviour. Is this normal? and has it saved my BIOS properly or it is not fully saved(corrupted)?
Check that u load bios 1

Saved file is 128K size but it saved in .rom file !? I thought it has to be .bin file?
Its the same, u can just rename .rom to .bin
 

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i need help on choosing the right 6850 version...

wich is the most succesful version with no related issues after modding it? i saw the list on the techpup review but it mention almost 99% success instead this post wich is full of issues
 

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i need help on choosing the right 6850 version...

wich is the most succesful version with no related issues after modding it? i saw the list on the techpup review but it mention almost 99% success instead this post wich is full of issues
HIS recommended by me :)

Update: wat?? 6850
 

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sorry 69xx i'ts all a mess

also it's sfe using other 6970 reference bioses or i need to copy only the underclocked one to prevent issues?
 
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I have a question, am I right in saying that the unlocked 6950 BIOS just unlocks shaders but not texture units?

But the 6970 bios unlocks texture units aswel?
 
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Look at this post link Here and download this modded Asus Bios and New Version of Smartdoctor

Thanks! That worked.

Currently running at 953mhz @ 1.26v

SmartDoctor rocks for fan control because there is an option to set 4 different thresholds.
I have mine set to 65 for step 1, 75 step2, 80,85. The result is that the fan stays a little over 30% idle(nice and quiet) and a little over 50% under load(not bothersome while gaming).
 
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Check that u load bios 1
http://tpucdn.com/articles/159/images/biosswitch_small.jpg

Its the same, u can just rename .rom to .bin

It is on position 1. I've rebooted couple of times already, but I'm doing 'restart' istead of 'shutdown' and then power on. Does this make any difference? I've even tryed to do run Ati winflash in admin mode and without admin mode, same thing happens.
P.S. I can save the BIOS with GPU-Z without any problem. It is saved to .bin file! Is this compatible with AtiWinflash? I have to make sure if something goes wrong I can restore my original BIOS.

Thanks for the help.
 

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It is saved to .bin file! Is this compatible with AtiWinflash? I have to make sure if something goes wrong I can restore my original BIOS.
I think its compatible.
Else HD6xxx series have dual bios boot. So, if u have fail with flashing 1st bios, you can load with 2nd (its recovery bios, you can't flash him, CANT) and then move button to 1st bios (on cart).... and flash him again to default bios.
 

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6950 help

if u have a 6950 could u tell me your sc2 fps results 1920x1080 ultra please.i get like only 60fps and it dips below 40 in huge fights.This seems like balls for a 300$ card.i unlocked the card and have 2 running in cross fire but still the same.i feel like i should get more out of one card im sayin at least 100fps.
 
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SC2 CFX seems to be broken on Caymans so u're only getting single card performance.

At least for me there was no fps difference with other card disabled. Also Fallout New Vegas, TERA-Online have crappy/nonworking CFX :|

I hope the drivers improve in following months..
 
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Awesome Job W1zzard!

Doesn't seem to make much sense now to purchase a 6970 for such a small performance gain due to throttling.
 

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Try running benchmarks in windowed mode and monitor your card's temp using GPU-Z. With my card, I found that after the mod, temps above 91C would result in hangups. Havent tried figuring out if it was the core or the mem, went for the simple solution of upping the fan speed.

Hi there,
thank you. It looks like it worked. I only get some artifacts when I max all AA, AF etc settings out in the CCC and play SC2 (best visible in the cut scenes), but medium settings are ok, too.
Driver errors are gone.
The only problem is the fan-noise. I tried to use trixx, but apparently I need to adjust the fan manually.... oh well. Small price to pay I would say. But 60% fan is way too much, though.

Cheers.
 

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Hi there,
thank you. It looks like it worked. I only get some artifacts when I max all AA, AF etc settings out in the CCC and play SC2 (best visible in the cut scenes), but medium settings are ok, too.
Driver errors are gone.
The only problem is the fan-noise. I tried to use trixx, but apparently I need to adjust the fan manually.... oh well. Small price to pay I would say. But 60% fan is way too much, though.

Cheers.

MSI Afterburner lets you create a fan curve so the fan only kicks up to higher percents when the temps hit certain temps of your choosing. It's very helpful.
 

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MSI Afterburner lets you create a fan curve so the fan only kicks up to higher percents when the temps hit certain temps of your choosing. It's very helpful.

Thanks. Works with Trixx as well, I'll adjust the curves a little.
Maybe temperature is only part of the problem, as Napoleon total war just locked up my whole pc.
 

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Alright guys... I am out of ideas!!!

Here is my system setup
Phenom 2 X6 1090t at 3.6ghz
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2x XFX Radeon 6950 in crossfirex
Pc Power and Cooling Silencer 750W PSU

I have tried multiple times to get my system to run stable with both 6950's flashed to 6970 in crossfire mode. Unfortunately I have been unsuccessful. I was getting hard lockups and BSOD when running under 6970 specs. I figured the core and memory speeds were too high for the cards so I lowered them... no luck there. I reinstalled all the drivers and still BSOD and hard lockups. I then tried the 6970 mod that only changes the stream processor units. Still no luck same problem.

The thing is when I have both the cards flashed to 6950 bios my system is rock solid. No crashes whatsoever. Basically I am wondering if my cards are just not being friendly with the 6970 bios. Maybe its my PSU. Although I would think 750W would be adequate. Anyhow I am looking for any other ideas as to why flashing to 6970 bios is resulting in severe system instability.

Thanks
 

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Alright guys... I am out of ideas!!!

Here is my system setup
Phenom 2 X6 1090t at 3.6ghz
Gigabyte GA-890FX-UDA
8gb Corsair XMS DDR3 at 1600mhz
Seagate Barricuda XT 2TB Hard Drive
2x XFX Radeon 6950 in crossfirex
Pc Power and Cooling Silencer 750W PSU

I have tried multiple times to get my system to run stable with both 6950's flashed to 6970 in crossfire mode. Unfortunately I have been unsuccessful. I was getting hard lockups and BSOD when running under 6970 specs. I figured the core and memory speeds were too high for the cards so I lowered them... no luck there. I reinstalled all the drivers and still BSOD and hard lockups. I then tried the 6970 mod that only changes the stream processor units. Still no luck same problem.

The thing is when I have both the cards flashed to 6950 bios my system is rock solid. No crashes whatsoever. Basically I am wondering if my cards are just not being friendly with the 6970 bios. Maybe its my PSU. Although I would think 750W would be adequate. Anyhow I am looking for any other ideas as to why flashing to 6970 bios is resulting in severe system instability.

Thanks

I'd recommend testing each card individually. It might just be 1 card having difficulties.

Some people have been unsuccessful with the flash, not many, but some. If you just happen to be one, then you could attempt the shader unlock instead. It's not going to perform just like a 6970, but it's an increase over the 6950.


www.techpowerup.com/wizzard/Mod_BIOS_HD_6950.zip

Go ahead and save your original bios, then apply the script to it. It'll unlock your shaders. This is on page 16 of this thread.
 

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Alright guys... I am out of ideas!!!

Here is my system setup
Phenom 2 X6 1090t at 3.6ghz
Gigabyte GA-890FX-UDA
8gb Corsair XMS DDR3 at 1600mhz
Seagate Barricuda XT 2TB Hard Drive
2x XFX Radeon 6950 in crossfirex
Pc Power and Cooling Silencer 750W PSU

I have tried multiple times to get my system to run stable with both 6950's flashed to 6970 in crossfire mode. Unfortunately I have been unsuccessful. I was getting hard lockups and BSOD when running under 6970 specs. I figured the core and memory speeds were too high for the cards so I lowered them... no luck there. I reinstalled all the drivers and still BSOD and hard lockups. I then tried the 6970 mod that only changes the stream processor units. Still no luck same problem.

The thing is when I have both the cards flashed to 6950 bios my system is rock solid. No crashes whatsoever. Basically I am wondering if my cards are just not being friendly with the 6970 bios. Maybe its my PSU. Although I would think 750W would be adequate. Anyhow I am looking for any other ideas as to why flashing to 6970 bios is resulting in severe system instability.

Thanks

Your UPS is fine, did you try to put 1 card at a time?
 
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