Recent content by BZB

These are beta drivers, so it's possible it's a bug. I also wonder if maybe the drivers are increasing utilization, and with the extra shaders enabled, an unlocked 6950 make the powertune throttling kick in where it didn't before. Try increasing the powertune level and see if results are...

That's because both Nvidia and AMD have sacrificed cooling in return for a quiet fan curve. These chips are supposed to be good for 100 degrees centigrade, and that is only a problem if you're overclocking, flashed to higher voltage, etc. Most people would not put up with these fans running...

You should be using the 11.1a hotfix released today by AMD - it is newer and has better support for 69xx series cards.

The hotfix is a complete driver - you just install it over your current setup just as you would an ordinary driver. If you still don't get the MLAA tickbox, then I'd remove all the ATI software using the ATI Manager "uninstall all" options, reboot, and then try and reinstall again. However...

Check the reviews, it's there. It's in my CCC. I can turn it on and get MLAA happening in games and benchmarks. I'd suggest you try re-installing your drivers. I've got a 6950 with a shader modded BIOS, and with the 10.12a hotfix drivers, MLAA is a tickbox setting under 3D -> AA.

There is no difference in AA capabilities between the 6950 and 6970. They both have the new morphological filtering. It's a post-processing filter using the stream processors, and AMD said they'll be backporting it to the 5950/5970 in the near future. In fact there are even hacked drivers that...

If you're getting profile 2, then your card isn't fully idling. There is probably something running that is using video processing, like a browser running the latest version of Flash, a TV card or other video app that uses hardware acceleration. For instance, I get profile 1 with nothing...

This is a well known bug related to AMD drivers & Flash or other accelerated video on the desktop - just google for "ati stuck 2d clocks". IIRC, I think it's due to be corrected in either this month's or next month's drivers.

Accelerating Flash video on the graphics card with the latest Flash and AMD drivers will put more power and heat though the graphics card when it would otherwise be in full power saving mode.

The two products are different. 6950 chips did not necessarily make the cut for 6970. They may have had faulty parts that would prevent them being full working chips disabled and used for the lower spec card. The chips may well have different power leakage and may not be capable of running at a...

You should be using the 10.12a hotfix driver.

Yeah, dual monitors doesn't clock down so far. IIRC, it's something to do with flickering caused by clocking up and down on dual setups, so they don't do it. Also they can put unoccupied outputs into power saving mode, with a second monitor plugged in, they have to keep it live the same as the...

The 6970 BIOS does up the core voltage to the GPU. More power running though the less meaty power system of the 6950 is going make it inefficient and produce more heat. I've also heard some people say the 6950 fan is slightly smaller, though I don't know if that's true. You can try lowering...

Can you use Powertune to do that?

So ideally what we need is a 6970 BIOS with 6950 memory timings? Are there any BIOS editors for 69xx yet?