6950 BIOS Unlocking (At Users Risk)

AMD should knowing this would happen, maybe they would let it happen to sell a lot of 6950 cause they don't sell so great if they hoped for. The new batch would have laser cuts for sure but then again they sold a lot of 6950 by then

 

its a cash cow for sure, funny this info wasnt available untill a few days after gtx560 announcement

 

Dave, i've posted this question already but haven't gotten an answer from anyone. I've got two HIS 6950's if i want to flash them (downloaded the kit from Guru3d) do i need to dismantle my crossfire setup and flash them individually? or can i leave them both in my system in crossfire mode and flash them one at a time with no problem do you know?

 

yes leave them in

for first card

atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.bin

second card

atiflash -f -p 1 biosname.bin

remember to use commands atiflash -unlock rom 0 and 1 respectivly or you will get an error, good luck man

 

anyone not been able to flash correctly? I am thinking of upgrading my video card and was looking between the 570 and the 6970.

 

I'm wondering if it's possible to convert a 6850 to a 6870. That would be some super win(/fail)

 

heh! you better thank me too then lol.
i was the first to flash a 6970

 

yes you where! and me the first for 6950! Nice one pyr0, didnt know you where a member here

merry christmas and congrats everyone on their new cards

 

check first post man

 

Thank you for warm of welcome Rich_Guy

well for i said make me busy or trouble i mean last night i'll go to my bed for sleep
but after saw this thread and have more guy confirm about unlocked then make
me busy again and can't sleep anymore :cheers:

All you two guy are to real first start about this everything.

for Pyr0 you is first flash for HD6900 series and you davetheshrew is
first for HD6950toHD6970 is i saw, Thank you for all and make everyone happy :cheers:

 

go for it ZoLKoRn you wont be dissapointed, thanks for the kind words mate, welcome to Guru3D :nerd:

 

lol, nice one. i was only kidding about the thanks tho
yeah i've got accounts on a LOT of forums lol

 

aye ive got a few aswell, allways kept the same nick but in games im moving towards using toker1983 for a nickname these days, dunno why but Im probably just getting bored with davetheshrew lol

 

Here it's €257, the Club3D HD6950 2GB:nerd:

http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/970/364633/club3d-radeon-hd-6950-grafische-adapter-radeon-hd-6950-pci-express-2-1-x16-2-gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-displayport-.html


And the cheapest Sapphire HD6970 2GB cost €319.

http://www.salland.eu/product/952524/sapphire-radeon-hd-6970-2048-mb-21187-00-40r.html?ref=2

So for €62 more you have a real HD6970 2GB, that you know works.

 

I wouldnt bother since these cards can do everything a 6970 can, put that 62 euro towards a couple of games thats what id do anyway lol.

any more with succesfull unlocks yet?

post benchies please, also can someone mod the bios for higher limits and smartdoctor functionality please, pm me and il give you my email, i will forward it once tested, thankyou

Rich_Guy fancy doing some testing?

 

Yes i know, it's for the people thats gone buy HD6950, so they know the lowest price.

I gone stay with my 2x GTX 460 1GB, but if you have a Ati HD5870 why bother
for a Ati HD6970, the Ati HD6970 is only a few FPS faster than a Ati HD5870.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4061/amds-radeon-hd-6970-radeon-hd-6950

 

asus smartdoctor doesn't run after flashing the asus 6970 bios?

on my 6970 (running the asus bios), smartdoctor doesn't allow me to increase the voltage as far as i can tell (can't push any higher on core), but it does allow for a larger range of clocks when you enable "Overclocking range enhancement"

 

I know mate a friend here modded my bios to allow functionality but I consider it beta as the limits were low so I had to use afterburner to set clocks, far to much hasstle IMO, I want a bios that has either AB or smartdoctor functionall

 

so asus smartdoctor will run?

 

yes pyr0 it works but my bios is modded to allow, I dont think anyone elses works...yet

same as you with the voltage but ive a couple of friends working so hopefully fingers crossed