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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    I had a ghosting problem too, but only after i uninstalled Smart Doctor. Once I reinstalled it and left it running at startup, the weirdness went away. No other problems since then.
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    true, but the answer to your question isn't in this discussion. just play around with smart doctor, you'll find it.
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    it looks like you need to do some research Mr. tl.dr. :P
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    i think #3 is the memory temperature. it's always higher than the core for some reason.
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    it's probably just easier to do it in windows. if you're talking about editing the bios with RBE we can't do that yet. we need a new version of RBE first.
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    i've submitted my Diamond 6950 BIOS modded to unlock all shader cores thanks for the php script man, and for the article and discussion i'm wondering how to overclock the card past its limits now; the only method i know of is RBE but after flashing the driver doesn't recognize the card any more...
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    derp, stock clocks the fill rates are faster with faster clocks, i just discovered original post edited to hide nubcakery
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    the modded 6950 bios works well for me; i just played crysis for about 40 minutes with no artifacting
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    success! thanks rui!! i used your XFX modified rom with my Diamond 6950 and it works now! all i had to do was uninstall previous drivers, reboot in safe mode, run driver sweeper, then install the latest drivers from ati.amd.com and now: yaaaaay!
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    i'm actually very interested in writing a rom, i've picked up a few things from flashing 4870s for use in my mac, and reading about flashing 5770s and 5870s for mac use. before the community got a hold of the apple rom some of the more experienced users were writing roms piecemeal from other...
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    we have the same version XFX card, but for some reason mine won't flash properly... switch is in the "1" position, card is in the first pcie slot, no other cards present, yet every time i flash it my comp doesn't boot... i have to keep using the backup rom :banghead: am i doing something...
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    right on; thanks for the reply i'll try a couple of other roms; maybe they'll work. EDIT: i tried with all the other 6970 roms in the vga bios section... same deal. man, i was really hoping they'd wait a few days to fabricate the on-die limitations. :/
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    How to enable additional shaders on Radeon HD 6950

    howdy everyone i've tried with an xfx 6950 to no avail. just a black screen at startup, system doesn't boot. tried with the GUI; card was locked. so i tried with the cmd prompt and it booted to a black screen. then i tried with the xfx 6970 rom and still a black screen. i even tried with...
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