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Something about adding some lines to the end of the afterburner .cfg file.
Yes.
VDDC_VT1556_Defaults = 9A 5C 9B 80
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Something about adding some lines to the end of the afterburner .cfg file.
Yes.
VDDC_VT1556_Defaults = 9A 5C 9B 80
Which "unlock mode" did you enable? Voltage control or unofficial overclocking? Also, are you using a flashed 6970? If so, Unwinder said it's not compatible but I believe someone on OCN found a solution. I can't find it for the life of me but it should be on one of the first 3 pages of their ATI forum. Something about adding some lines to the end of the afterburner .cfg file.
The difference is that you are running CF.
"Unofficial" overclocking and overvolting in CF mode is fucked, period.
Matrices, are you the guy who posted about that in the TechPowerUp forums? Whoever it was sure exposed the girly side of Unwinder (the RivaTuner/Afterbuner dev). I've never seen a guy get so pissy about a bug report
Thanks for explaining it. So I guess my best move is just to uninstall MSI, overclock to max 840/1325 with Overdrive in CCC, then reinstall MSI just to get the diagnostic info. Sound reasonable?
Corsair makes good power supply's and 640watt is a good amount. How many video cards do you have? If its just a single GPU card you should have more than enough power.
Is your card stock or is this after you unlocked it. Any video card overclocking and if so what settings?
Thanks for explaining it. So I guess my best move is just to uninstall MSI, overclock to max 840/1325 with Overdrive in CCC, then reinstall MSI just to get the diagnostic info. Sound reasonable?
I'm planning on getting a second 6950 and flashing both, what is the optimal thing to do for two 6950s in cf?
I just don't want dead cards
I don't mind cranking the fans to 100% - I game with headphones on
Is that about all we can do?
Either way, Afterburner's CF implementation is sloppy even if you don't enable unofficial OC, because (a) only 1 card overvolts and (b) the cards aren't even labeled right, i.e., GPU1 is actually GPU2 and vice versa.
Believe me, even closed headphones won't eliminate the noise created by these fans at 100%, unless you have them pretty loud. 100% on even one of mine was truly frightening. It is LOUD.
As for what the optimal thing to do is, I just leave my primary with the fan at 40% and my temps never get unreasonably high. The secondary I leave on auto and it doesn't even get as hot as the first. 40% is still pretty quiet too - just a bit louder than all of my case fans.
It seems so at the moment. I doubt the new Catalyst drivers (released today I think) would do anything for us in that regard. If you really want to overclock higher, you just have to install the 6970 FW. I ran it for awhile problem free, but I decided to be safe and switch back to the shader-unlocked 6950 FW. The difference in performance is pretty negligible from 880 to 840. Maybe I would have seen a bigger drop if I had overclocked higher than 880, but I thought I was pushing it as it was.
I would say YES and NO. YES because when two HD6950's are in CrossFire the first card will idle at 58C, the second one just under 40C. The first card always gets hotter, especially when CrossFire is enabled. Disable CrossFire and you will see a slight drop in GPU 1 temps. NO because no video card should idle at 70C. Basically this happens for two reasons:
People, please document yourselves before doing stuff like this.
- The HD6950 fan can't deliver the same amount of airflow as the HD6970 fan (they may be the same diameter, but they have different types of blades and motors).
- Your cards are missing the 8PIN power connector, so the card can't get as much power as it wants, so it will get hotter.
To prove my point that the cards aren't the same, please check the following two links that show a dismantled HD6950, and a dismantled HD6970:
http://techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6950/4.html
http://techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6970/4.html
Any of you think an artic cooling twin turbo pro will fit on a 6950/6970 as its the same dimensions roughly as a 5870 ?
Successful unlock of ASUS 6950 using Asus 6970 Bios but cannot use SmartDoctor, it says "Can not find graphics card information."
Same problem here.
Is smart doctor the only way to exceed 950MHZ on the core? that's the only reason i wanted to use smart doctor.
maybe Afterburner?
Same problem here.
Is smart doctor the only way to exceed 950MHZ on the core? that's the only reason i wanted to use smart doctor.
maybe Afterburner?
nope, even the new beta doesn't allow you to exceed the cat max of 950MHz. Something that smart doctor does actually changes the max values in the CAT as well but for some reason the asus HD6970 bios on the 6950 doesn't get recognized by smart doctor.
Yes. But I wouldn't recommend using Smart Doctor, aesthetic and efficiency sake. You can use MSI Afterburner or RBE (check, verify and confirm you're using the correct voltage variable; either VID3 or VID4).
Yes.
Don't feed incorrect information. Yes it does, long ago as well. You need to go into MSI Afterbuner's .cfg file, and modify a cvar set:
"EnableUnofficialOverclocking", change this bool variable to "1".
I altered the msi config file and yes i now show a full Mhz range but I also get a blue screen in afterburner if i touch the voltage where as before i could turn the slider up to 1.3 and was stable at 950Mhz. does this mean there's a problem with the VID selection? any advise on how to remedy it or will i have to create a custom bios?
You have to take the mounting hole dimensions and surface components into consideration, but if you can get a side by side shot of the PCBs in comparison, it should give you a better idea.
If you take a look at pictures from these two articles, the PCBs look almost identical, so I would say yes it will work, assuming the mounting hole spacing is the same. I don't see why it would be different.
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/visiontek_5870/3.html - HD 5870
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Radeon-HD-6970-Gets-Pre-Launch-Teardown-PCB-Pictured-172367.shtml - HD 6970
Like I said, use RBE. Otherwise, have you tried other voltages or just a vast static 1.3v bump? I've never heard of the BSOD when doing that, ever. What is the BSOD error message? Does the BSOD occur when you click "Apply" or run any 3D applications?
It's a atikmdag.sys blue screen and it happens whenever i hit apply regardless of the voltage setting. this only happens when i have the EnableUnofficialOverclocking set to 1. these are two 6950's flashed to 6970's with the stock asus bin in-case that matters but I've tried with only one card and got the same result.
It's not surprising. MSI do NOT support hacked BIOS's. If you want it to work and if the chip is supported, add it to the .cfg file. OTHERWISE, FLASH BACK TO THE 6950. Is there any reason why you even are using the 6970 BIOS?
I think you mistook witch thread your perusing.......this is the "AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod" thread...................
that's why i posted my question regarding it here which was ...................
is there anyway to exceed the overclocking range scale with a modded 6950 without using smart doctor?
If you are going to be so smart about it, then don't bother. Does it matter if that's the thread title? I'm giving you better options and FACTUAL information regarding why YOU'RE encountering issues. I don't know how old you are, but probably prepubescent.
The source, http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=137136, clearly, if you bothered to research more, you'd see that many have reverted to using the 6950 BIOS. Many will suggest that as well. Just because the old, original post was regarding the "6970" mod, does not mean other concepts can come in and be used as a "replacement" to a dud.
You ask the same questions over and over, when I have also indirectly answered. Do some research for yourself. I'm not going to bother with you anymore, you clearly like to stick to your side, so be it.
great way to welcome a new member you guys have here , I certainly wont be back.
Well, welcome to the board dude. Ignore the trolls, they sometimes run rampant around here.
I am sure someone will come along who can answer your question.
you need to relax a bit, I'm 34 years old if somehow my age matters to you. I followed the instructions in this thread witch told me to use a 6970 bios, I'm not being smart about anything, simply asking a question related the source post of this thread. I simply asked a question and got berated and for what? great way to welcome a new member you guys have here , I certainly wont be back.