Can my HD6950 be flashed to a HD6970?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Which of these Graphics Cards will run Battlefield 3 at the maximum settings?

Which of these two Graphic cards will run Battlefield 3 at all max setting and everything maxed out smoothly? (Really new to PC Gaming to sorry if this is a dumb question)



1. AMD Radeon HD6970 Crossfire (Dual-Cards)



2. NVidia Geforce GTX 590 (Single)



Please let me know! Thanks!|||with hd 6970 crossfire - you can play any game in high setting which released till now.

thanks|||Both of these cards would definitely run Battlefield 3 at the maximum settings. However, that depends on what CPU you have and how much RAM you're carrying. If you're unsure of which card is better, the GTX 590 is the way to go.|||single HD6970 will do. i'm done playing that game with only HD5770 (single card). but you must also consider the memory and CPU of your computer. 4Gb DDR3 mems and 3Ghz Quadcore CPU will do the trick.|||AMD Radeon HD6970 Crossfire|||Nvidia. just make sure you don't bottle neck, your cpu should all ways be around the same price range as your graphics card.

Is it in any way negative to have a full screen game running on one 27 inch screen whilst the second screen?

(24inch) displays info from Windows such as temperatures, fan speeds and GPU load via Catalyst Control Centre?

I'm running a new HD6970.

I'm guessing that since the card can handle massive Eyefinity resolutions that it shouldn't be an issue but one screen will be in game and the other will be showing the desktop and a few open apps|||Cooling has nothing to do with it.

You can imagine that it takes a lot of resources for your to computer (especially your videocard) to drive 2 different displays.

That is at least, 2 different displays with 2 different resolutions.

It will drag down your overal performance when gaming.

But if it doesn't influence your framerate or makes the game stuttery, you can just leave it.



But to answer your question more exactly, no.... it's not negative but it will take some amount of resources :)|||you shouldn't worry at all if it works fine !!!

by the way you need not wanted to mention you are using a 24 inch monitor because the size of the monitor doesn't matter but its the size of pixel assigned to it will definitely have an affect.

suppose you are running on 1280x800 pixels in the 24 inch monitor and your second monitor is at a resolution of 800x600 will not be having much affect on but it really does matter when both of your monitors are having 1280x800 or at higher resolution.

The main resources used will be your vram(video memory of your ati card).If you have a single display it will use just the memory required for it.But if there are two outputs(monitors) it is definite that it will use more vram and therefore slow down your game.

Note: it is up to the games video memory requirement.

Also catalystControll center is known to eat up your prcoccessor speed !!!

If you have an old game that doesn't demand much it should go well.

so keep thinking|||There really shouldn't be anything negative, so long as they've both been formally introduced and understand that they need to get along for the sake of everyone involved...|||Not a problem, if you have a decent cooling system, or if your computer is inside a freezer.|||Two computer screens running at the same time??!?!

Pftttttt.....now you're just showing off Doc!! *giggles*|||Not at all. And women thing they can multi-task.

ASUS HD6970 DirectCU II 2GB vs VTX3D HD6970 2GB X-Edition?

Which performs better? Thanks|||You can get far better performance from the ASUS one if you overclock it - the DCU II cooler is epic so this will be easy. ASUS also make higher quality graphics cards than VTX3D.|||either or. isn't ASUS the better brand.|||VTX3D HD6970 2GB X-Edition has a faster core clock

What is water cooler compatible to ASUS HD6970 graphic card?

None, I think

HD6970 CF or GTX570 SLI?

I have been struggling with this question from a few days now and from what I found HD6970 x2 in Crossfire beats GTX570 x2 in SLI with few fps, something like 4-8fps... and they both cost exactly the same.



The thing is that I would like to get 3D monitor and Nvidia 3D Vision kit, I don't understand how 3D with ATI works, heard that they need specific monitors to run 3D and it is more complicated.



Personally I put 3D over these few fps, but I need to see different opinions.|||This is a list of TVs, monitors, glasses, and projectors that currently support HD3D (AMD):

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technolog…



NVidia 3D Vision is a proprietary 3D system, whereas HD3D is more open and compliant with 3D standards. You must use NVidia's licensed hardware and software with 3D Vision, whereas HD3D supports more (albeit fragmented) hardware and natively supports the HDMI 1.4 standard for HDTVs and monitors.



However, 3D Vision is tried and true, and HD3D is relatively new.



If 3D is that important to you, then go with Nvidia.

I use a Radeon HD6970, which needs 550W of power, what does it mean in terms of Electricity Consumption?

Will I expect a higher cost in my electricity bill?|||The 6970 itself only uses about 220W on maximum load, but im assuming you have a 550W PSU



550W refers to 550W per hour on maximum load. Your energy consumption is measured in kWh. From memory, here in Australia, its 28 cents per kWh. So, for example, you are running your computer on absolute maximum load for a period of time, say 2 hours (this is hard to do, seeing that you would have to be running a stability test or something), you would consume 1100W, or 1.1kWh. that would cost ~30 cents in Australia. However, your GPU runs on about 3% on idle and your CPU not much more. therefore, if you are not playing hours upon hours of games, i wouldnt worry too much about power consumption.



HOWEVER, do be mindful that this is a high drawing PC component so youre power bill may be slightly higher

Can I (gamer) notice any functional difference between Radeon HD6950 & Radeon HD6970? Should I overpay to get?

Doesn't look to me like the HD6970 is worth $70 more than the HD6950 at this time.

Hopefully for AMD/ATI's sake, drivers updates will catapult it ahead.|||pc gamers spend to much money pimpin' his computers



when you can get an all way ready xbox.|||no its not go with the cheap one.

here

http://www.hwcompare.com/6327/radeon-hd-6950-vs-radeon-hd-6970/

HD6970 how many display can a single card support?

prety self explanitory, can the HD6970 supposr the 4 total displays (via its outputs) or is that through having multiple graphics cards attached?|||What port configuration is on your HD6970?



The most common configuration I've seen for the HD6970 is two DVI ports and two miniDisplayPorts. You can drive 4 monitors with an HD6970 with that configuration-- Two on DVI and two on miniDisplayPort.|||I have a Sapphire 6970, but the Sapphire 5870 Eyefinity 6, is the real graphic card to run multiple displays. See Sapphire Tech, sapphire home, on internet. see 5870 Eyefinity 6, they have Dirt 2 demo, with three monitors and you can switch it to normal ( Demo ), or Eyefinty mode ( Demo ). It can out put six displays with adapter. resolution output @ 6060 x 1200 with bezel compensation.|||I am not sure about the new 6970 but I have the dual gpu 5970 and that supports what is known as eyefinity, which is three displays in panoramic setup for gaming and that only requires the one card. I recommennd you check the details on the manufactures website.

How do I go about hooking up 2 monitors to HD6970?

I want to hook up 2 monitors to my HD6970. I have a VGA-DVII adapter that came with the graphics card. I want both monitors to have 'separate' screens in a sense that the 1st monitor will be my main and my second monitor will only show the desktop background until I drag a video or document over. Both monitors have VGA cables. What adapters should I buy to connect the second monitor to my graphics card?|||It depends what inputs you have on your monitor. You quite simply want to use VGA and DVI cables in any combination in anoy outputs to plug them into the monitors as you only had one but do it twice. It doesnt matter what outputs on your GPU you use or what inputs on your monitor you use. Once you have plugged them in boot up and go to control panel in windows 7 or vista. Then go to adjust screen resolution. Use the "Identify" feature to find out which monitor is number one and which is number 2. The you need to select which screen you want as your primary monitor ( the one with the start bar ) by using the drop bown box to select the monitor then the tickbox that says use this as my default monitor then select the other screen and tick the box ( extend my monitor onto this display ) and finish by telling it if the monitor is on the right or left of the primary monito. Dont use any splitters. Ever only use outputs from GPU. it doesnt matter what other adapters you use to get it to your monitors.



Hope this helped.

Which would be best, visionTEK radeon hd6970, 2 pny gtx 460's overclocked in sli, or pny gtx 570?

ok, so one of my family members has opted to allow me to buy a graphics card off of their dell prefered account, so my usual trips to newegg.com are not available. On dell's website they have a 6970 for 399, a gtx 460 at 180, and gtx 570 for 369. Right now my setup is as follows.



asus p5n-d motherboard

intel core2duo e8400

6 gigs ddr2 ram

i currently own a gtx260 and 8800gt graphic cards

and a 600w power supply

running win7 x64



The games i mostly play are

Starcraft

Warcraft

Portal 1+2

CoD 4 through black ops

Halo 1+2

L4D

Fallout 3 and new vegas

Dead Space 1+2

The force unleashed

Bioshock 1+2

Mass Effect

Metro 2033

Half Life 2

Alien vs Predator





I also have a triple monitor display right now, but that can be knocked down to 2 displays.



Now the reason i cant make this decision alone, is because the ati graphics card, i havent used anything ati in a LONG time, and im not to certain if i want to use ati cause my motherboard supports SLI. I also know that the 460's are cheap and didnt know if they would be good for sli config to match or beat the 570, the room between my graphics cards is limited. These games i would like to play on the highest possible settings on high resolution, my gaming monitor supports 1080p. Any input would be GREATLY appreciated and welcomed. The only problem is they have to be ordered off of dell's website, the link to the graphics cards is



http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&category_id=5406&sort=-price



If you find anything else that would be great, id love the suggestions. My spending limit is total of 449. Thanks for the help!!!|||ur gonna save some money get 1 gtx 460 or 560 ti so it wont bottleneck ur dual core processor too much and u still can play those games maxed out with 1 of those gtx 460 or 560

AMD Radeon HD6970 or Nvidia GeForce GTX580?

Trying to make the best gaming computer possible, but as usual it starts with a choice. I researched both of these graphic cards and I hear both is the best, but which one is better than the other?|||For performance not regarding cost, power requirements, or cooling, the GTX 580 is a better card. For the best possibly computer you should get four GTX 580 cards in quad-sli on a SR-2 motherboard with two 6 core 3.33ghz intel xeon CPUs. Try to get a 1600w power supply and a case that fits the motherboard. The whole system should cost you under $8,000.|||GTX580.

Whats your budget?

Contact me if you need help selecting parts|||GTX580

Why won't my Radeon HD6950 flash to a HD6970?

As most of us know, some ATi Radeon HD6950's can be flashed or "unlocked" to an HD6970. Mainly the 2GB "Reference" versions. The 1GB and later versions had the extra shaders physically disabled, rather than just through the card's BIOS. I recently purchased a "Reference" HD6950, that includes the dual BIOS with the small switch to aid in flashing. So in theory, because this is a reference version it should have the exact same core / number of shaders as the HD6970, and just have some of the shaders disabled through the card's BIOS. Now here's the problem...I have tried and failed miserably to unlock these extra shaders on my 6950. I have tried flashing with numerous different 6970 BIOS's, and even creating/editing my own to unlock them. Nothing thus far has been successful. It will flash successfully (or appear to anyways), boot with the 6970 BIOS, and run the Core and Memory at the 6970's rated speeds, but the number of shaders always remains locked at the standard 1,408 instead of the 6970's 1,536. I have tried everything I can think of. Re-installing the drivers after the flash, flashing without the drivers installed and then installing them after the flash, flashing with no driver re-install, flashing on a fresh OS with a freshly formatted hard drive, you name it I've tried it. Is there something I missed? A step I was unaware of? I have been using Radeon Bios Editor and atiwinflash to flash the card. Everything seems to take except the shader unlock. The speeds, the voltages, the CCC overclocking profiles all show this as a 6970. Any help would be VERY appreciated as I would rather flash this @#$% thing to a 6970 than sell it for another Reference 6950 I actually CAN flash....



System Specs:



Windows 7 64-bit

AMD Phenom II 955 BE @3.8GHz

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3

8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-1600

Ati Radeon HD6950

1.25 TB Hard Drive

650w PSU|||Try this video to see if it'll help:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIIIaIq60…