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Old January 21, 2011, 12:20 PM
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6950 is going to get a fix in a batch which removes the possibility of an unlock. I'm unaware when this is going to happen but it's been a reality for a week or two now so you may get unlucky and find yourself with a newer batch version which doesn't have the unlock ability.
Any idea of how to check for this? A friend of mine just bought a XFX 6950 and wanted to unlock it to 6970; he just got the card a couple days ago and hasn't tried yet...
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Old January 21, 2011, 12:22 PM
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Any idea of how to check for this? A friend of mine just bought a XFX 6950 and wanted to unlock it to 6970; he just got the card a couple days ago and hasn't tried yet...
AFAIK there has been no suck lock made yet. All you can do is try to flash it.
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Old January 23, 2011, 08:09 AM
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My Sapphire 6950 flashed to a 6970 (880/1375)no problem. I use manual fan control and just turn the fan up before doing anything that will push the card.
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NCIX.com - Buy Koolance VID-AR697 Full Cover CrossFire Ready Video Card Water Block - Radeon HD 6970/6950 G1/4 - VID-AR697 In Canada.



Would you trust slapping one of these on your system so overclocking 6950 isnt so taxing? Seems expensive for an addon, might as well buy a 6970 w/o aftermarket cooling???
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Old January 24, 2011, 10:21 AM
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If you want to watercool you could w/ with EK. Their HD69X0 blocks are quite a bit cheaper. Although they do not look near as good as the Koolance in my opinion.
EK-FC6970 Full Cover Block for HD6970 - Acetal EK-FC6970 Full Cover Block for HD6970 - Acetal [EK-FC6970 A] - $109.99 : DazMode, Canadian PC Water Cooling and Modding Store

Although I still think air cooling will be fine. Especially w/ on a single GPU.
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I'm actually looking for an air cooling solution but I guess thats not worth the money vs performance considering i dont pay enough attention to water cooling maintenance
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Cheapest route would be to download Sapphire Trixx or something similar and setup custom fan settings (free).
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If you want to watercool you could w/ with EK. Their HD69X0 blocks are quite a bit cheaper. Although they do not look near as good as the Koolance in my opinion.
EK-FC6970 Full Cover Block for HD6970 - Acetal EK-FC6970 Full Cover Block for HD6970 - Acetal [EK-FC6970 A] - $109.99 : DazMode, Canadian PC Water Cooling and Modding Store

Although I still think air cooling will be fine. Especially w/ on a single GPU.

I was actually thinking of getting this last night when i was ordering stuff from Daz. But, i wasnt sure if its gonna fit the 6950. Anyone tried using it on an XFX 6950 yet?
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HD6950 and HD6970 share the same PCB. And XFX always uses reference. So it will fit.
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Oh ok, good to know.
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