Unlock your 6950 into a 6970!

i did flash my old 5850 with a 5870 bios, it did indeed increase performance but its very risky!!!

i would like to know if anyone in here has tried it and how easy they found it.

i didnt find it too easy more nerve racking than anything
 
funkysnair said:
i did flash my old 5850 with a 5870 bios, it did indeed increase performance but its very risky!!!

i would like to know if anyone in here has tried it and how easy they found it.

i didnt find it too easy more nerve racking than anything
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I think it is a bit easier on the 69xx series as they have some kind of dual bios if memory serves which makes me think that amd could have possibly planned this to be noticed to increase sales over nvidia, because it makes me want to buy it :)

on the above link it has a table of different brands displaying the success rate, which so far has quite a few cards in it at 100% success rate.
 
Intresting,Ive thought about getting a 6850,6870 or even a 6970 depending on how much money ive got to spend in a couple of months time.

Its good to know its possible to do this though on the 6850 because that will save quite a bit of money.
 
That is pretty cool....I might do that just to save some money when I finally do upgrade my GPU. My 260 still performs with a fighting spirit so no need to replace him yet. Though just imagine a 6850 modded/overclocked with a after market cooler like the twin fan/cyclone from MSI. Should run cool for a great price.
 
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