AMD Radeon HD 6950 Software Unlock to Radeon 6970 BIOS Flash Linus Tech Tips

http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=radeon+6950

This might be the coolest thing ever. I don't say this often, but go and buy a Radeon 6950 right now...

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• AMD
• Radeon
• HD
• 6950
• Software
• Unlock
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• 6970
• BIOS
• Flash
• Linus
• Tech
• Tips

[sgwuerzbubi]

does that work with every 6950 versions?

for example a MSI HD 6950 TwinFrozr III 2GB ?

[zahid194]

How do u know if ur 6950 is able to be unlocked and do they still sell them???

[TheRuddydoom]

@sgwuerzbubi yes, just that BIOS switch you flick. iv done it to mine, note mine was a reference 6950

[ZekeMagnum]

you may consider giving us the damn link from where you downloaded the program...

[ZekeMagnum]

Can I unlock my Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5

PCI-Express 2.1, 2xDVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, Dual Fan and BIOS by doing the same things as in this video?

[douglasroos2]

@sgwuerzbubi No, that card is not reference design, you need to use the tool and BIOS provided by MSI to unlock the shaders of that card (i have the same as you). You can read more about it and the unlock process in the vortez.net page vortez.net/articles_pages/msi_­r6950_twin_froz_iii_power_edit­ion_unlocking,1.html

[AzimSobri]

unock gtx 590 to gtx 690

[CaptainSplat23]

@zahid194 it's the luck of the draw. some cards u need to manually unlock the bios and even then it sometimes won't work

[vBDKv]

Same as unlocking an Athlon II''s L3 cache.

[Owsryudie]

@sgwuerzbubi It is because your chip from your gpu is 6950 and the cooler is from MSI.

No problem!

Peace out!

[snowshredder102]

This was in 2010 where most of the 6950's that were able to be unlocked were common. It's much harder to find these now, and people report even with the BIOS switch that it's still a luck of a draw.