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Looking for a 6950 that will unlock

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I'm looking to buy a 6950 next week, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a currently available 6950 that reliably will unlock the 6970 shaders. If it doesn't work I still have a good 6950 that I'll be content with, but the possibility of more power at the same price point is too good not to try. :) 

Thanks gents.

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RainDownMyBlues said:
I'm looking to buy a 6950 next week, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a currently available 6950 that reliably will unlock the 6970 shaders. If it doesn't work I still have a good 6950 that I'll be content with, but the possibility of more power at the same price point is too good not to try. :) 

Thanks gents.


This one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The Sapphire one seems to be getitng returned a lot.
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Probably because so many were getting returned. Many people were slamming Sapphire and interestingly; there was no comments by Sapphire tech. Seems like Sapphire got careless because many of their products were deactivated.




It looks like only MSI's Twin Frozr (III) is the only one. I don't think XFX and Gigabyte have the dual bios. Perhaps someone with more knowledge will chime in. I know MSI's does because that;s the one I'm watching....hopefully a price decrease. Also, check Tom's articles; it mentioned which have the dual bios.

The 2 from Sapphire (1GB and 2GB version) seem to have it. Just saw it today. I am skeptical with all the bad reviews and deactivations. The 2 there seem to have spotless records which raises a caution flag with me.

Here's one of the Sapphires:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


Powercolor has been so-so. I was checking out products from them for a while and they've been just ok. Honestly, MSI seems to be a really good card and has a great OC program (Afterburner) as well as information available for you. I think it's also factory over clocked. XFX, MSI, and for a while Sapphire were the great cards; but it seems Sapphire has lost it's luster. I saw those horrible reviews and it was quite a few against Sapphire.

If you can wait, the new AMD (Radeon) cards are coming out soon....7xxx series.


nforce4max said:
I thought that people gave up on looking for one months ago that could unlock. Those that do are often early cards that are reference designed even down to the cooler.



The MSI Twin Frozr III 2GB one is very popular. Then again, we could be weeks or a month away from seeing AMD's 7xxx.

mikeny said:
Probably because so many were getting returned. Many people were slamming Sapphire and interestingly; there was no comments by Sapphire tech. Seems like Sapphire got careless because many of their products were deactivated.




It looks like only MSI's Twin Frozr (III) is the only one. I don't think XFX and Gigabyte have the dual bios. Perhaps someone with more knowledge will chime in. I know MSI's does because that;s the one I'm watching....hopefully a price decrease. Also, check Tom's articles; it mentioned which have the dual bios.


I have a Gigabyte 6950 2gb unlocked shaders and o.c.'ed with the duel bios switch.

I heard about it but was looking in the old articles. Didn't see it/. Thanks for clearing that up, I thought Gigabyte did, I just couldnt find it. The 6970's apparently are also reference cards and have the "switch" also.

mikeny said:
I heard about it but was looking in the old articles. Didn't see it/. Thanks for clearing that up, I thought Gigabyte did, I just couldnt find it. The 6970's apparently are also reference cards and have the "switch" also.


Yea I won the $1k system builder from earlier this year, so Tom's already unlocked it. Glad I didnt have too. I will be interested soon to find a matching 6950 to CF with. Good luck.

brentkhack said:
Yea I won the $1k system builder from earlier this year, so Tom's already unlocked it. Glad I didnt have too. I will be interested soon to find a matching 6950 to CF with. Good luck.




I heard that many were having trouble using the switch but then again it could be due to AMD's awesome drivers :whistle:  .

Have you crossfired before? I was thinking about it!

mikeny said:
I heard that many were having trouble using the switch but then again it could be due to AMD's awesome drivers :whistle:  .

Have you crossfired before? I was thinking about it!


Never CF before, but still waiting a little while until the 6950 needs additional help with future games.
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