Hey I was just wondering can my AMD SAPPHIRE 6950 2gb Version be flashed to a 6970/ and or how
http://www.dabs.com/products/sapphire-technology-ati-radeon-6950-hd-800mhz-2gb-pci-express-hdmi--includes-dirt3--7K58.html?q=amd%206950&src=3
If it can be flashed can you back it up with evidence and tell me how to flash it
I will give best answer
many thanks|||Unlikely, older versions were able to but the newer (and your 2Gb is one of those) will not be able to.|||when the first ATI 6950 cards came out they could be flashed to 6970, but that was soon stopped as AMD changed the hardware slightly and the newer 6950's cant be flashed to 6970.|||Need points
Thursday, April 26, 2012
ATI Radeon HD6970.... 1GB or 2GB GDDR5 Memory?
I am buying a new Apple iMac 27", and I have been looking into the graphics card. I plan on doing a lot of video editing with this computer, and I was wondering if it's worth it to spring for the extra gig of GDDR5 memory on the higher-end graphics card.|||Depends on your use. The 1Gb is Great for now but if you want to protect your investment then get 2GB.|||If I were you I would get the 2GB version, just what is the point in saving £20 when you are already paying much for a high-end card? 1GB of VRAM will become a bottleneck for you pretty fast since games are pretty much already using over 1GB VRAM i.e. BF3 goes up to 1.3-1.4GB VRAM according to some people. If you want to be future proofed at least for a bit go for a 2GB version since personally I just don't see a point in having a 1GB card especially when its 6970 and a 2GB version is avaible only for a few quid more.
Edit: sry forgot to mention about video editing, you will be working with high quality graphics it might be worth it, but as I said before I wouldn't get a 1GB version just because there is next to no difference in price between the 1GB and 2GB. (well its around £20-£30 which I don't think is a lot)|||for video editing yea it is recommended 2GB. for video games the only game I know that uses 1.5GB memory is battlefield 3 at 1920x1080. all the others 1GB AT 1920x1080 resolutuin . 2GB is better for higher resolutions. I thing you might use it because that imac supports 2560x1600 resolution|||I would get the 2GB because the games which are coming out they will require more video memory so that way just to be sure and future proof get the 2GB.|||Go for 1GB honestly 1GB of video memory especially at GDDR5 is good enough for anything.
Edit: sry forgot to mention about video editing, you will be working with high quality graphics it might be worth it, but as I said before I wouldn't get a 1GB version just because there is next to no difference in price between the 1GB and 2GB. (well its around £20-£30 which I don't think is a lot)|||for video editing yea it is recommended 2GB. for video games the only game I know that uses 1.5GB memory is battlefield 3 at 1920x1080. all the others 1GB AT 1920x1080 resolutuin . 2GB is better for higher resolutions. I thing you might use it because that imac supports 2560x1600 resolution|||I would get the 2GB because the games which are coming out they will require more video memory so that way just to be sure and future proof get the 2GB.|||Go for 1GB honestly 1GB of video memory especially at GDDR5 is good enough for anything.
How do you create a desktop display with 3 extended desktops?
i have the Radeon HD6970 with one monitor plugged in with a dvi to HDMI cable, on with a dvi to vga converter. and one with a mini display port. but it will not let me have the desktop extend to the third, and its just completely useless.|||(It supports up to 6, may want to at least look up the card prior to telling someone it only handles 2...)
First off make sure that you are using the Catalyst control panel for this, the standard Windows one will not be able to configure this. Also may want to go to make sure you have the most up to date driver installed usually the one on the CD is many versions old. The new driver link is below as well (Assuming you have Win 7 32bit).
For steps on doing it from there (Catalyst) go to the link below and go to page 21. For the section showing how many monitors are supported using what configuration go to page 12 where the below excerpt is taken. But you probably want to ensure that you are using one of the many different configuration methods they mention.
Multiple Displays
Your AMD Radeon HD 6950/6970 graphics card provides display functionality for up
to six displays using any combination of the following:
• Any number of Mini DisplayPort connections.
You can connect more than on display to a Mini DisplayPort connection using a
daisy chain configuration or a hub (multi-display support is made possible
through the DisplayPort v1.2 standard).
• Two connections between the single-link DVI, dual-link DVI, and HDMI
connections.
The following table shows some examples of multiple display configurations; (A)
indicates an active adapter is used and (P) indicates a passive adapter is used. Display
abbreviations are mDP = Mini DisplayPort, DVI = single-link DVI.|||I'm pretty sure you would need a video port for each monitor. If your video card has 2 ports, it can support 2 monitors. If you wanted to add a 3rd, you would need to install a 2nd video card. You can buy video cards with more than 2 ports, but they are expensive.
First off make sure that you are using the Catalyst control panel for this, the standard Windows one will not be able to configure this. Also may want to go to make sure you have the most up to date driver installed usually the one on the CD is many versions old. The new driver link is below as well (Assuming you have Win 7 32bit).
For steps on doing it from there (Catalyst) go to the link below and go to page 21. For the section showing how many monitors are supported using what configuration go to page 12 where the below excerpt is taken. But you probably want to ensure that you are using one of the many different configuration methods they mention.
Multiple Displays
Your AMD Radeon HD 6950/6970 graphics card provides display functionality for up
to six displays using any combination of the following:
• Any number of Mini DisplayPort connections.
You can connect more than on display to a Mini DisplayPort connection using a
daisy chain configuration or a hub (multi-display support is made possible
through the DisplayPort v1.2 standard).
• Two connections between the single-link DVI, dual-link DVI, and HDMI
connections.
The following table shows some examples of multiple display configurations; (A)
indicates an active adapter is used and (P) indicates a passive adapter is used. Display
abbreviations are mDP = Mini DisplayPort, DVI = single-link DVI.|||I'm pretty sure you would need a video port for each monitor. If your video card has 2 ports, it can support 2 monitors. If you wanted to add a 3rd, you would need to install a 2nd video card. You can buy video cards with more than 2 ports, but they are expensive.
Since they have a lower wattage need, can a HD6970 crossfire (2x) run on a 650W psu?
6970's ??? Dood, they consume 600w under gaming stress (whole system), you'll want a solid 850w unit.
If you meant 6790's, then yeah.
If you meant 6790's, then yeah.
What's the best GTX570,580 and HD6970 out there?
Which would you choose? I want to buy a graphics card that can future proof me for atleast 2-3 years.
Please do help me. I'm looking on MSI's 580 lightning,R6970 Lightning and ASUS' 6970 CU II
Thank you very much.|||6970 = HIS IceQ Turbo 6970 2gb
GTX 580 = ASUS Matrix GTX 580 platinum 1.5 GB
GTX 570 = 1280 mb EVGA Superclocked
or
MSI 1280MB GeForce GTX 570 Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC|||Look them up here:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
GTX 580 - 3911 score
GTX 570 - 3553 score
HD 6970 - 3150 score
So GTX 580 is the best card period. That's why it's on top of the list...|||radeon hd 6970 the gtx 580 is great but the with the 6970 you will max any game out there for the next to 2-3 years
Please do help me. I'm looking on MSI's 580 lightning,R6970 Lightning and ASUS' 6970 CU II
Thank you very much.|||6970 = HIS IceQ Turbo 6970 2gb
GTX 580 = ASUS Matrix GTX 580 platinum 1.5 GB
GTX 570 = 1280 mb EVGA Superclocked
or
MSI 1280MB GeForce GTX 570 Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC|||Look them up here:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
GTX 580 - 3911 score
GTX 570 - 3553 score
HD 6970 - 3150 score
So GTX 580 is the best card period. That's why it's on top of the list...|||radeon hd 6970 the gtx 580 is great but the with the 6970 you will max any game out there for the next to 2-3 years
Two HD6790s or one HD6970?
I'm planning on upgrading my video card on my PC. Here's the specs:
Mobo: Asus M4A88TD-V
CPU: Liquid cooled AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
PSU: 650W
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb
GPU: MSI GTX460
Two questions:
1. Would I get better performance running two XFX Radeon HD6790 (links below) with CrossfireX or would it be prudent to buy a single XFX Radeon HD6970?
(Two of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150534 or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517)
2. Is it particularly worth making this upgrade or should i be looking to invest closer to $400-$500? Basically I would like to run games such as Black Ops and Crysis 2 smooth as a baby's *** with most settings at high or ultra high, without getting outrageous temperatures in my GPU.
Its a very new computer that i just built so I haven't run a lot of graphically demanding software on it yet, however in anticipation of more very graphically demanding games I would like to have it ready.
Also, would I need a bigger PSU? I have a 650W that powers everything, which is DVD, mobo, HDD, 4 fans, liquid cooling on CPU, 2 cold cathode bulbs, and of course the video card.|||Two HD 6790s in Crossfire is a tad faster than a single HD 6970 2GB. Benchmarks: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphi…
However, your board runs Crossfire in 16x / 4x. The 2nd card would suffer a performance hit from its PCI-E bandwidth being reduced to just 4x. If you're going to run dual-card configurations, you need to stick to a board that runs CF or SLI in either: 16x/16x, 16x/8x, or 8x/8x. Two HD 6790s in CF may be faster, but that's only if the cards are running at full 16x/16x or 8x/8x CF. On your particular board, the performance would probably be a tad slower than the HD 6970 2GB, due to the PCI-E 4x speed bottlenecking the second card. Yeah, just go with the HD 6970 2GB. It'll actually be faster on your board than 2x HD 6790s CF. No way I'd run CF or SLI on a board that does it in 16x/4x. If you want to CF, consider an AM3 board with the 890GX, 890FX, or 990FX chipset. Not the 880G chipset.|||you will always get better performance out of dual GPU's
If you want a Dual GPU solution, look at twin CFX(Crossfire) 6950's or a single GTX 580 for a non dual gpu.
Mobo: Asus M4A88TD-V
CPU: Liquid cooled AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
PSU: 650W
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb
GPU: MSI GTX460
Two questions:
1. Would I get better performance running two XFX Radeon HD6790 (links below) with CrossfireX or would it be prudent to buy a single XFX Radeon HD6970?
(Two of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150534 or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517)
2. Is it particularly worth making this upgrade or should i be looking to invest closer to $400-$500? Basically I would like to run games such as Black Ops and Crysis 2 smooth as a baby's *** with most settings at high or ultra high, without getting outrageous temperatures in my GPU.
Its a very new computer that i just built so I haven't run a lot of graphically demanding software on it yet, however in anticipation of more very graphically demanding games I would like to have it ready.
Also, would I need a bigger PSU? I have a 650W that powers everything, which is DVD, mobo, HDD, 4 fans, liquid cooling on CPU, 2 cold cathode bulbs, and of course the video card.|||Two HD 6790s in Crossfire is a tad faster than a single HD 6970 2GB. Benchmarks: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphi…
However, your board runs Crossfire in 16x / 4x. The 2nd card would suffer a performance hit from its PCI-E bandwidth being reduced to just 4x. If you're going to run dual-card configurations, you need to stick to a board that runs CF or SLI in either: 16x/16x, 16x/8x, or 8x/8x. Two HD 6790s in CF may be faster, but that's only if the cards are running at full 16x/16x or 8x/8x CF. On your particular board, the performance would probably be a tad slower than the HD 6970 2GB, due to the PCI-E 4x speed bottlenecking the second card. Yeah, just go with the HD 6970 2GB. It'll actually be faster on your board than 2x HD 6790s CF. No way I'd run CF or SLI on a board that does it in 16x/4x. If you want to CF, consider an AM3 board with the 890GX, 890FX, or 990FX chipset. Not the 880G chipset.|||you will always get better performance out of dual GPU's
If you want a Dual GPU solution, look at twin CFX(Crossfire) 6950's or a single GTX 580 for a non dual gpu.
Is there a way to tell if your CPU is bottlenecking your system?
Would my CPU (Q8400 @ stock speed) + 4GB DDR2 be bottlenecking my video card (HD6970)?
I'm contemplating upgrading to an i7 but obviously that would mean new mobo and RAM and i wouldn't be up for it unless there were some serious performance increases.
So is there a way to find out where the bottleneck is in my system?
Win7 Ultimate 64bit|||>There will be a typical 35% performance increase overall from an older Q processor like you have to any i7 core cpu. Baseline I am using is the i7 920...so you can expect maybe even 40% + with a higher i7, like a 950, for example.
One caution! The LGA 1366 socket is going to disappear here real fast, just as soon as Intel fixes the chipset problem for the P67 and H67 chipsets which already has been corrected, but full production of chipsets will not be underway until April...all the current Generation II i7' motherboards have been pulled from the market. I would wait for at least two months here until the corrected chipset gets installed on motherboards and get a Sandy Bridge cpu if I were you. The replacement socket will be the LGA 1155 socket for the Gen II Sandy Bridges...|||For an upgrade, you might want to consider a coricidin bottle. As stereotypical as that would be, you could do worse...|||PCWizard can do that kind of benchmarking, and it is free
I'm contemplating upgrading to an i7 but obviously that would mean new mobo and RAM and i wouldn't be up for it unless there were some serious performance increases.
So is there a way to find out where the bottleneck is in my system?
Win7 Ultimate 64bit|||>There will be a typical 35% performance increase overall from an older Q processor like you have to any i7 core cpu. Baseline I am using is the i7 920...so you can expect maybe even 40% + with a higher i7, like a 950, for example.
One caution! The LGA 1366 socket is going to disappear here real fast, just as soon as Intel fixes the chipset problem for the P67 and H67 chipsets which already has been corrected, but full production of chipsets will not be underway until April...all the current Generation II i7' motherboards have been pulled from the market. I would wait for at least two months here until the corrected chipset gets installed on motherboards and get a Sandy Bridge cpu if I were you. The replacement socket will be the LGA 1155 socket for the Gen II Sandy Bridges...|||For an upgrade, you might want to consider a coricidin bottle. As stereotypical as that would be, you could do worse...|||PCWizard can do that kind of benchmarking, and it is free
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