Bought this card during a boxing day sale for $220. Was going to pick up a Sapphire Toxic 6950 2GB, but saw this deal and just had to grab it. Best boxing day purchase I'd say (besides the H100 for $80)!
Installed and immediate downloaded and opened up atiwinflash and RBE. Loaded the shaders off the card, checked the 'unlock 6970 shaders' box in RBE, then flashed it back onto the card. Reboot and tada! Fully unlocked and ready to go.
Very, very quiet on stock speeds even with the unlock, but of course I couldn't stop there. Set the clocks and voltage to 6970 levels and tested. While it did start making a noticeable amount of noise, the cards says relatively cool for the stress I'm putting on it. Settled eventually with the clocks at 900 shader (+20 from 6970) and 1375 memory (stock 6970). I may tweak both a little higher in the future, but for now I'm more than happy.
6970 speeds from a $220 card! Suck on that 560 Ti!
Pros
Cons
Bios switch, easy unlock to 6970 shaders, easy overclock.
A bit loud after overclocking.
Ratings
Overall
5
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