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Originally Posted by LA_Kings_Fan 
LOL ... I was just giving you a hard time
HERE IS THE HELP YOU NEED ....
Sapphire actually is the BEST Company for EASE of attempting the 6950 to 6970 Upgrade because they install the unlocked Shaders ON the card from the factory on the 2nd BIOS and there's a little " Dual BIOS Switch " you flip to see if your GPU Chip can either UNLOCK successfully, or has been Laser Cut by AMD and you can't Unlock your card/GPU Chip.
Follow these instructions to UNLOCK and OVERCLOCK your Sapphire HD-6950 to HD-6970 levels (Keep in mind my Tutorial was geared for My TOXIC edition, so your clock speeds and voltage will be less at Stock than mine) ...
The SAPPhIRE HD-6950 TOXIC Edition has the highest successful UNLOCK rate of any Non-Reference HD-6950 on the market today at somewhere between 66-85%, and it's also the easiest HD-6950 card to attempt to unlock the 6970's shader as it's already on the 2nd BIOS from the SAPPhIRE Factory and all you have to do is flip the switch to find out if your GPU Chip will unlock or not. Just Follow my Step-by-Step Guide below ...
The SAPPhIRE HD-6950 TOXIC Edition is the FASTEST production HD-6950 on the market today, it comes Factory OverClocked to 880 MHz core / 1300 MHz memory clocks. However it doesn't stop there, the TOXIC can be pushed much further with additional overclocking by the end user, Just Follow my General OC'ing Guide below to see how far you can go ...
Sapphire HD-6950 TOXIC Edition Basic OverClocking Guideline, Thanks to LA_Kings_Fan
LOL ... I was just giving you a hard time
HERE IS THE HELP YOU NEED ....
Sapphire actually is the BEST Company for EASE of attempting the 6950 to 6970 Upgrade because they install the unlocked Shaders ON the card from the factory on the 2nd BIOS and there's a little " Dual BIOS Switch " you flip to see if your GPU Chip can either UNLOCK successfully, or has been Laser Cut by AMD and you can't Unlock your card/GPU Chip.
Follow these instructions to UNLOCK and OVERCLOCK your Sapphire HD-6950 to HD-6970 levels (Keep in mind my Tutorial was geared for My TOXIC edition, so your clock speeds and voltage will be less at Stock than mine) ...
The SAPPhIRE HD-6950 TOXIC Edition has the highest successful UNLOCK rate of any Non-Reference HD-6950 on the market today at somewhere between 66-85%, and it's also the easiest HD-6950 card to attempt to unlock the 6970's shader as it's already on the 2nd BIOS from the SAPPhIRE Factory and all you have to do is flip the switch to find out if your GPU Chip will unlock or not. Just Follow my Step-by-Step Guide below ...
The SAPPhIRE HD-6950 TOXIC Edition is the FASTEST production HD-6950 on the market today, it comes Factory OverClocked to 880 MHz core / 1300 MHz memory clocks. However it doesn't stop there, the TOXIC can be pushed much further with additional overclocking by the end user, Just Follow my General OC'ing Guide below to see how far you can go ...
Sapphire HD-6950 TOXIC Edition Basic OverClocking Guideline, Thanks to LA_Kings_Fan
Will these instructions work with any 6950 with a dual bios switch? Just got a reference Diamond and I would like to try to unlock/overclock it.
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