Which 6950s Can I unlock? - Page 3

I could barley keep mine 65 with 100% fan speed. Toxic is much better.

Could have been because I used FT02 I agree though, Toxic is better

FT02???

SilverStone Fortress FT02

Most of the non-reference cards do not have a dual bios. Either way its safer to just edit the stock bios. I see no good reason to not take that route. If you don't know how to use RBE to edit a bios then you shouldn't be flashing a vga bios to begin with imo.

This really should be stickied for as many times as this gets asked, and I've Posted one form or another of this, but Here You Go AGAIN ...

 

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First off ... the only way to be 100% SURE you get HD-6970 performance ... is to BUY a HD-6970 Card ... PERIOD !

After that, you have varying levels of succes rates at unlocking a HD-6950 into a HD-6970 and different cards offer different methods of doing so.

The Sapphire TOXIC HD-6950 card simply offers the end user the combination of the EASIEST and MOST SUCCESSFUL chance at doing so ...

 

Chances of UNLOCKING Non-Referenced HD-6950's ;

ULTIMATE +/- 90% = OLD Original REFERENCE cards = THE BEST w/ almost +/- 90% chance of success ANY BRAND too, however also almost 99.9% chance you CANNOT find a NEW one of these can maybe buy USED. Also the cards required FLASHING though, the Unlocked Shaders NOT on the 2nd Bios from Factory like the Sapphire TOXIC edition and other Sapphire Cards.

(Note: Look for the AMD NAME & LOGO across the bottom of the PCI-e Slot to be sure it's an ATI / AMD Reference Card.)

BEST = Sapphire TOXIC edition (Model #100312TXSR) @ about 66-85% {w/ just a simple DUAL BIOS Switch flip, the 6970 shaders are ON the card from the Factory no need to Flash, but can also be FLASHED safely IF Needed}

Was $270.00 After MIR @ NewEgg ... Out Of Stock just about EVERYWHERE in the USA, Canada still has some, and in Europe they're Over-Charging for Sapphire products for some reason ?

Note: As Admin of the TOXIC club, I can state our 2 latest Owners List reviews came back with an 84% success rate last report, and this weeks report a 77% success rate, it's the BEST option you'll find IF you can find a TOXIC 6950 for sale.

 

VERY GOOD = MSI Power Edition/OC TwinFrozr III 2GB (Model #R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC) @ about 50-66%+/- {requires FLASH to install the 1536 shaders onto Bios #2, but has a Multi-Function Dual Bios/Fan Profile Switch.}

$300.00 @ NewEgg ...

FAIR/GOOD = Asus EAH6950 DCUII/2DI4S/2GD5 edition (Model #EAH6950 DCII/2DI4S/2GD5) @ about 40-50%+/- {w/ FLASHING only, Shaders NOT on Card, It has a Multi-Function Switch that's a DVI/Display-Port option and a BIOS switch, but Asus does not install the 6970 Unlocked Shaders on the Card from the Factory like the Sapphire cards or the PowerColor cards} (Note: WIDE Card, will take up 3 Slots, but also single Card supports SIX Monitors.)

$270.00 After MIR @ NewEgg ...

GOOD = Sapphire DIRT3 edition (Model #100312-3SR) & Sapphire FLeX edition (Model #100312FLEX) @ about 33-50%+/- {w/ Dual Bios Switch, same method as the TOXIC Edition.}

$260.00 After MIR @ NewEgg ... (I've seen reports all over the map about the DIRT3's unlocking potential, especially now with the Antilles GPU Bios on so many of them, so? Suggest reading this diclaimer convo.)

 

FAIR/POOR = PowerColor ++PCS CoD edition (Model #AX6950 2GBD5-P22DHG) & PowerColor ++PCS edition (Model #AX6950 2GBD5-P22DH) @ about 30%+/- {w/ Dual Bios Switch, same method as the TOXIC Edition}

These Models NOT SOLD @ NewEgg ...

 

 

FAIR/POOR = HIS 6950 IceQ X Turbo X 2GB (Model #H695QNX2G2M) @ about -30% {w/ FLASHING or Dual Bios Switch, have seen people BOTH say that it HAS and DOSE NOT HAVE a Dual Bios switch ?}

$300.00 @ NewEgg ...

 

FAIR/POOR = Sapphire HD-6950 Dual Fan 2GB edition (Model #100312-3L) @ about -30% {w/ FLASHING or Dual Bios Switch, have seen people say BOTH it HAS and DOSE NOT HAVE a Dual Bios switch ?}

$240.00 After MIR @ NewEgg ... (The reports are even MORE all over the map about This Card than the DIRT3's unlocking potential, so? Suggest reading this diclaimer convo.)

 

FAIR/POOR = DIAMOND HD-6950 Dual Fan 2GB (Model #6950PE52G) @ about -30% {w/ FLASHING or Dual Bios Switch, have seen people say BOTH it HAS and DOSE NOT HAVE a Dual Bios switch ?}

$250.00 @ NewEgg ... (The reports are all over the map about This Card's unlocking potential, so Buyer Beware ?)

 

 

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VERY POOR = Most ALL XFX, VTX, VisionTek, Club, Gigabyte and ALL Other HIS, PowerColor, MSI, ASUS, Diamond, and Sapphire cards NOT mentioned by Named Edition/Model# above @ about -25% {w/ FLASHING only NO DUAL BIOS switches on ANY other cards not named and Pictured above}

 

 

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NOTE - If I were buying another HD-6950 I would ONLY Buy one of the Handful of Card I have listed & pictured above not in the VERY POOR section, almost every other HD-6950 than that small handful is NOT worth buying IMO, but hey sometimes people DO get LUCKY ... so good luck IF you do. WHAT EVER YOU DO ... DO NOT BUY a HD-6950 Card w/o the DUAL BIOS Features, and DO NOT Buy a HD-6950 Card w/ only 1 GB of VRAM !

Disclaimer Note: Your result may vary of course

 

Edited by LA_Kings_Fan - 1/20/12 at 2:28pm

Got a bunch of Sapphire 6950 Dirt3 Editions... all of them (= 8/8) were unlocked.

With that kind of GREAT LUCK ... have you thought about Playing the LOTTO ?
 

 

ASUS DCII 6950 2GB

 

• Eyefinity 6.
• Dual-BIOS.
• Great Air Cooling.
• Chances of unlocking = other 6950s.
• Masculine

 

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1159688/asus-dcii-6950

http://www.overclock.net/t/1180194/best-graphics-card-for-around-200/30#post_15906680

 

fixed I though that the DCII and TFIII had a lot smaller probability of unlocking... Damn.

I also can't understand why sapphire products are so expensive in Europe. I would have bought 2x toxics but they were like 50 euros more than 2x TFIII were. Unfair