Unlock your 6950 to a 6970!

[plznote]

Look at this, you can unlock your card to the flagship!
http/www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159
Very Interesting.......

 

[plznote]

This actually makes a 6950 a very good deal! Especially CrossFire........

 

[Digital Dissent]

Pop goes the warranty.

 

[plznote]

Not Really,

You can flash back the BIOS to the original 6950 and i think some manufacturers support flashing in their warranty...

 

[Digital Dissent]

Which ones? I might go ahead and buy one tonight. Its between this and the gtx 570.

 

[marney_5]

Sweet! I found the download for this on Guru3d earlier and I was thinking of either going for the 6950 crossfire or 6970 crossfire after the new year.

Looks like its the 6950 for the win!

 

[geekapproved]

So you get 136fps instead of 121fps, big deal.

You could make half the difference up or more simply by doing a moderate overclock of the 6950.

 

[Digital Dissent]

So you get 136fps instead of 121fps, big deal.

You could make half the difference up or more simply by doing a moderate overclock of the 6950.

So do that too...

 

[studioman22]

So you get 136fps instead of 121fps, big deal.

You could make half the difference up or more simply by doing a moderate overclock of the 6950.

I hope he has the 120 Hz refresh rate to go along with those 121 FPS. At 60 Hz refresh, anything over 60 FPS is waste. And only 30 FPS is needed for fluid motion. Overkill with a capital O.

 

[plznote]

In Call of Duty that is....
Other games may see bigger increases....
@Digital Dissent, I think it is any reference model

 

[plznote]

This means for the 6990 you could unlock both GPU's and turn it into a 6970X2 SWEET!

 

[Digital Dissent]

This means for the 6990 you could unlock both GPU's and turn it into a 6970X2 SWEET!

You might start to run into heat problems there though. Not a bad idea mind you. Given an increase of 10C on each side, it might be stable without overclocking or such... Far too many parameters to speculate yet though.

 

[alextheawesome]

I hope he has the 120 Hz refresh rate to go along with those 121 FPS. At 60 Hz refresh,anything over 60 FPS is waste. And only 30 FPS is needed for fluid motion. Overkill with a capital O.

Oh Jesus. Here we go again.

*grabs popcorn*

 

[studioman22]

Oh Jesus. Here we go again.

*grabs popcorn*

Ok, only 30 FPS MINIMUM.

Overengineer, overclock, overcompensate, overfeed, overFRAME! Over, over, over. Overhead.

Yeah I get it. I like 60 FPS too. Was just making the point that his refresh rate better be in the same range as his FPS. Can't we all just get along?

 

[randomizer]

Ok, only 30 FPS MINIMUM.

I hereby prohibit Counter Strike players from responding to this post.

 

[studioman22]

I hereby prohibit Counter Strike players from responding to this post.

Oh come on! I was all set for the technicals!

Movies shot in film are cool at 24 FPS. Computer games? Gotta build in some FPS OVER. So 30 FPS is a good minimum, one I agree with after playing nearly every shooter starting way back at Wolfenstein 3D. Yeah even 15 to 20 FPS is playable, when you HAVE to play on a lame puter. And I played CS too, what's the beef?

 

[bystander]

So you get 136fps instead of 121fps, big deal.

You could make half the difference up or more simply by doing a moderate overclock of the 6950.

Going from a maxed OC'ed 6950 in ATI Overdrive, to a stock flashed to 6970 with stock clocks impoved 3dmark 11's score from 4600 to 5300. Part of this is due to the extra shaders, it's not all about the clocks.

 

[randomizer]

Movies shot in film are cool at 24 FPS. Computer games? Gotta build in some FPS OVER. So 30 FPS is a good minimum, one I agree with after playing nearly every shooter starting way back at Wolfenstein 3D. Yeah even 15 to 20 FPS is playable, when you HAVE to play on a lame puter. And I played CS too, what's the beef?

30FPS is fine for fluid motion with some blur, but it is incomparable to 60FPS for twitchy responsiveness. Even a constant 30FPS would feel sluggish (definitely smooth, but sluggish). Some people prefer 100FPS. I don't mind 60FPS myself, but I can notice a difference between 60FPS and 100FPS even with a 60Hz display. I generally don't get anywhere near that though

My tongue-in-cheek mention of CS players was in reference to those who absolutely "must" have 150FPS in order to play.

 

[shadow187]

Then again Randomizer, CS:S got 150FPS on my HD4850 @ All max settings/1920x1080. Any card above $100 will guarantee you 150FPS at 1920, so the people complaining need to shovel a few driveways

@OP; Flashing the 6950 to 6970 also raises the clocks, right? There might be a few scenarios where you'll have to run the modded 6950 at 6950 clocks.

 

[bystander]

30FPS is fine for fluid motion with some blur, but it is incomparable to 60FPS for twitchy responsiveness. Even a constant 30FPS would feel sluggish (definitely smooth, but sluggish). Some people prefer 100FPS. I don't mind 60FPS myself, but I can notice a difference between 60FPS and 100FPS even with a 60Hz display. I generally don't get anywhere near that though

My tongue-in-cheek mention of CS players was in reference to those who absolutely "must" have 150FPS in order to play.

The reason it doesn't feel different is that there is no difference.

Your monitor can only display a maximum of 60 FPS.