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Here's what I do to unlock my Afterburner limits, except this is on a HD 7950 so I'm not 100% this will work for you. Give it a try and let me know 
1. Download Asus GPU Tweak from here: http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?p=9&m=GPU+Tweak&hashedid=n%2fa
2. Install it. After doing that open it and click advanced mode
3. Go settings > tuning > then check-mark the box for "Overclocking range enhancement"
4. Click apply, then uninstall the program
5. Open Afterburner and your limits should be a lot higher
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| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
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| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
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On your MSI AB shortcut, add -xcl to the end of it. So it should say "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" -xcl
Open it up. It'll then say clock limits have been extended, please restart. Restart, remove the xcl. Startup MSI AB. Enjoy.
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It's easier my way.

On your MSI AB shortcut, add -xcl to the end of it. So it should say "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" -xcl
Open it up. It'll then say clock limits have been extended, please restart. Restart, remove the xcl. Startup MSI AB. Enjoy.
Didn't that method stop working on the newer releases? It is far easier it seem's, but it didn't work for when I tried it
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel 2500k @ 4.7ghz | EVGA Z68 SLI 130-SB-E685-KR LGA 1155 | MSI R7950 3GB | Magic Samsung ram (Model MV-3V4G3D/US) 8 GB |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Vertex 3 120GB SSD, WD caviar black 1tb, Seagat... | EK Supreme HF, XSPC RX 360, XSPC DC-750 res/pum... | Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate | DELL u2412m |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| CM Storm QuickFire Rapid SGK-4000-GKCL1-US | OCZ ZX Series 850W modular | HAF 932 black edition | Microsoft intellimouse 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| Intel 2500k @ 4.7ghz | EVGA Z68 SLI 130-SB-E685-KR LGA 1155 | MSI R7950 3GB | Magic Samsung ram (Model MV-3V4G3D/US) 8 GB |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Vertex 3 120GB SSD, WD caviar black 1tb, Seagat... | EK Supreme HF, XSPC RX 360, XSPC DC-750 res/pum... | Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate | DELL u2412m |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| CM Storm QuickFire Rapid SGK-4000-GKCL1-US | OCZ ZX Series 850W modular | HAF 932 black edition | Microsoft intellimouse 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
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It's easier my way.

On your MSI AB shortcut, add -xcl to the end of it. So it should say "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" -xcl
Open it up. It'll then say clock limits have been extended, please restart. Restart, remove the xcl. Startup MSI AB. Enjoy.
Didn't that method stop working on the newer releases? It is far easier it seem's, but it didn't work for when I tried it
Worked for me on my 7970 and version 2.2.1 MSI AB / CCC version 12.4 WHQL. Not sure if there's anything newer.
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| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Western Digital Blue 250GB | Pioneer DVDRW | Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Compaq 17" 1366x768 | Dell | Corsair VX550 | Apevia X-Plorer |
| Mouse | |||
| Logitech MX310 | |||
| View all | |||
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Western Digital Blue 250GB | Pioneer DVDRW | Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
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Huh.. could have just been the BETA release I was using at the time. Anyway's, thank's I'll try your method sometime 
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| Intel 2500k @ 4.7ghz | EVGA Z68 SLI 130-SB-E685-KR LGA 1155 | MSI R7950 3GB | Magic Samsung ram (Model MV-3V4G3D/US) 8 GB |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Vertex 3 120GB SSD, WD caviar black 1tb, Seagat... | EK Supreme HF, XSPC RX 360, XSPC DC-750 res/pum... | Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate | DELL u2412m |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| CM Storm QuickFire Rapid SGK-4000-GKCL1-US | OCZ ZX Series 850W modular | HAF 932 black edition | Microsoft intellimouse 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| Intel 2500k @ 4.7ghz | EVGA Z68 SLI 130-SB-E685-KR LGA 1155 | MSI R7950 3GB | Magic Samsung ram (Model MV-3V4G3D/US) 8 GB |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Vertex 3 120GB SSD, WD caviar black 1tb, Seagat... | EK Supreme HF, XSPC RX 360, XSPC DC-750 res/pum... | Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate | DELL u2412m |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| CM Storm QuickFire Rapid SGK-4000-GKCL1-US | OCZ ZX Series 850W modular | HAF 932 black edition | Microsoft intellimouse 3.0 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| XTRAC Ripper XXL | |||
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Don't forget, if you have zero core issues, then use profiles.
Set a stock profile, and an overclocked profile. Set the stock to 2D, set the overclocked to 3D (all within MSI AB's settings). Remove screensavers (as that'll set you to 3D). That should fix any zero core issues.I know, kind of off topic, but its a known bug I've been fighting against using the above method since I got my 7970 in January.
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| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Western Digital Blue 250GB | Pioneer DVDRW | Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Compaq 17" 1366x768 | Dell | Corsair VX550 | Apevia X-Plorer |
| Mouse | |||
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| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Western Digital Blue 250GB | Pioneer DVDRW | Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Compaq 17" 1366x768 | Dell | Corsair VX550 | Apevia X-Plorer |
| Mouse | |||
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| Intel 2500k @ 4.7ghz | EVGA Z68 SLI 130-SB-E685-KR LGA 1155 | MSI R7950 3GB | Magic Samsung ram (Model MV-3V4G3D/US) 8 GB |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
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| Intel Core I5 760 | Foxcon Inferno Katana | xfx 7850 Double D @ 1200 core 1400 mem | 4GB |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| 40GB SSD and 4x320GB conventional | Sata DVDRW | Windows Seven Professional | Acer GD235hz 120hz/Acer X223W |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Rosewill Mechanical Keyboard RK-9000BR with Che... | Corsair TX750 | Coolermaster ATCS 840 Silver | Mionix Naos 5000 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
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;_;
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| Intel Core I5 760 | Foxcon Inferno Katana | xfx 7850 Double D @ 1200 core 1400 mem | 4GB |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| 40GB SSD and 4x320GB conventional | Sata DVDRW | Windows Seven Professional | Acer GD235hz 120hz/Acer X223W |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
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