Can you still flash the 6950 to a 6970?

[Brooksie]

Hi guys,

My friend recently bought a 6950 and he was wondering if he could still flash it to a 6970?

The card he has is the MSI 6950 OC TF3:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...R5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=44455

 

[mrDMxtreme]

i can see the TFIII cooler on that, but is the PCB reference? because i think it depends on that. Also you want to try to get the earliest (aka oldest) released ones because i think amd realised what they did and they fixed the newer cards. So its a gamble.

(i was interested in one a while ago and thats what i read about it (this info is not from personal experience), so i just ended up going with Nvidia

)

 

[Brooksie]

Ah ok, since my friend only purchased this a couple of weeks ago he probably won't be able to then.

Cheers.

 

[sheroo]

Have a read through this:-

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/msi_r6950_twin_froz_iii_power_edition_unlocking,1.html

 

[Brooksie]

Have a read through this:-

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/msi_r6950_twin_froz_iii_power_edition_unlocking,1.html

MSI wrote that themselves? Seems that it's a 50/50 chance of actually flashing it then...

 

[sheroo]

I think that as long as you've got the bios switch on a card you may as well have a go - at least you can't brick it...

 

[leejc73]

You can get a tool to unlock the extra shaders without any problem. I've got a 2gb Asus 2 cu which I've unlocked, it does seem to affect your overclocking, I can hit 1ghz clock with 1408 shaders but limited to 980 with the shaders unlocked. Mine only has a single bios as well.

Have a look for wizard flasher.