AMD Radeon HD 6950 Can be Unlocked to HD 6970

[Tx Redneck]

http://www.techpowerup.com/137140/AMD-Radeon-HD-6950-can-be-unlocked-to-HD-6970.html

Looks like Santa brought an extra present for us hardware enthusiasts this year. Thanks to a less secure locking method AMD's new Radeon HD 6950 can be unlocked to a full blown HD 6970 with a few mouse clicks.

As detailed in our article, you can safely perform the flashing process from within Windows. In case something goes wrong it is easier than ever to recover the card thanks to AMD's new Dual-BIOS feature.

We tested the unlock on three HD 6950 cards: one AMD engineering sample, one HIS media sample and one ASUS retail card. All of them unlocked perfectly and run at HD 6970 speeds now. More success reports are compiled into a table at the end of the modding article.

[svt_god]

Dang I just bought a GTX465 with plans of unlocking it to a 470, think I might send it back and get the 6950, just for the unlock to 6970. I'm thinking the 6970 has better performance and runs cooler...

[roliath]

6970 shits on everything right now

i've been trying to sell my 285's to get me three 6970's.

[svt_god]

6970 shits on everything right now

i've been trying to sell my 285's to get me three 6970's.

3!?!? Thats crazy! How many monitors do you run?

[Tx Redneck]

3!?!? Thats crazy! How many monitors do you run?

[GT Fanatic]

you can never have enough wallpaper lol.

[pppg]

Thanks for saving me $70 Redneck! Needed something to power games on my U2711. Was planning on getting the 6970 until I saw this.

[Tx Redneck]

Cool beans! I'm glad it helped ya out.

[bottlerocket]

Hmmm, must resist building a new rig. I have two archaic 8800 GTs and it still runs everything I play at max settings.

[Tx Redneck]

Are they the Ultras?

[bottlerocket]

Are they the Ultras?

just GT Superclocked with 512MB from EVGA.