Radeon HD 6950 shader unlock instructions

[hachem]

I am confused. You say the Bios is not flashable yet you also say you can unlock the shaders. Which is it?

read what came before that. i already had a sapphire hd6950, with dual bios, flashable.

 

[hachem]

could somebody give us a few figures of his/her card before and after flashing? because i am really confused now. i cannot see any noticeable difference between flashed or not.

 

[bystander]

Most tests I've seen done show about a 3%-5% increase from unlocking the shaders alone. You might try testing with 3dmark11. Not all benchmarks are the same.

 

[hachem]

well, the trouble is that it does not seem worth all the trouble: a 5% difference would be hardly noticeable during gameplay. sure if it means the difference between more or less than 30fps, it might just be noticed, but otherwise it is only theoretically interesting.

 

[bystander]

True

 

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+3% here:

 

[hachem]

+3% here:

http://tpucdn.com/articles/159/images/perf.gif

this confirms what Bystander has said, and my own experience.
BTW, i just ran heavendx11 with 8x anti aliasing and that cut the figures in half!
the problem is that i could not detect any difference in the quality of the frames, only the rate/speed. apparently, with the quality of graphic cards being what it is, it remains to be seen if AA can play a role at all! I also ran the benchmark on a hd6450. as you can imagine, the fps did not get above the single digit/,but hen again, the quality of the pictures was the same as with the hd69650: it just lacked the juice to produce a decent fps!

 

[m-audio]

OK so I have 2 twin frozr ii and I was able to unlock shader on both of the cards.
So I am guessing this will work with all twin frozr ii cards unless I just got lucky with both cards which is highly unlikely.
That means if you are having trouble doing this method of unlock it's human error and not just the twin frozr ii cards.

 

[dinzy]

The HIS card does not unlock via this method. It acts like it is flashing yet no change. I bet there is a way to flash it, they probably just shorted a line.

 

[m-audio]

The HIS card is suppose to be unlock and the twin frozr ii is not suppose to be unlock makes no sens.

 

[Kaizen13]

I have personally done the methods in the first 2 posts (matt's method does not work on a twin frozr II).

Any advise on why I can't get past step 13? I followed all the steps and when I hit enter on step 13 the loading bar for the bios goes about halfway and then just dissapears.

 

[bystander]

Any advise on why I can't get past step 13? I followed all the steps and when I hit enter on step 13 the loading bar for the bios goes about halfway and then just dissapears.

The only time this happened to me during my experiences was when I attempted to flash an updated bios when it turned out it was already flashed to the updated bios.

On the reference card, I believe I experienced the same thing when I had the bios switch on the read only version.

 

[dinzy]

The HIS card is suppose to be unlock and the twin frozr ii is not suppose to be unlock makes no sens.

There are a lot of HIS 6950 cards. I am referring to HIS H695FN2G2M that I mentioned a few days back. I can't tell what their codes are, but it may have a manufacture date of week 18 2011 which was early May. It's the cheapest 6950 at newegg. I bet they just shorted the write lines to ground so flashing doesn't do anything. I think the same thing happens when you flash the backup bios, so they are likely using the same technique. Winflash gives no errors and gives you the reboot sucess message.

So my guess is the BIOS are not flashable w/o a quick hardware hack to enable writing.

no big deal. I bought it more to satisfy my curiosity on the matter.

 

[the elve]

Please i have R6950 twin frozr III and i want to flash it but i cant decide which method i choose can some one help?

and is it worthy to flash it?

 

[bystander]

Please i have R6950 twin frozr III and i want to flash it but i cant decide which method i choose can some one help?

and is it worthy to flash it?

The 2nd post on the thread is the best, if the download is still available. It was designed specifically for your card. Otherwise you have no option but to use the first threads method.

 

[the elve]

The 2nd post on the thread is the best, if the download is still available. It was designed specifically for your card. Otherwise you have no option but to use the first threads method.

thanks u know this maybe th 7th time i asked u in this forum

and u have my most respect i have never seen from u nothing but answers always

and i ll let u know if i got it right to 6970 thanks again

 

[bystander]

thanks u know this maybe th 7th time i asked u in this forum

and u have my most respect i have never seen from u nothing but answers always

and i ll let u know if i got it right to 6970 thanks again

I just realized you didn't write the Power Edition at the end of your cards model. I still think the 2nd posts method is the best, but be aware, it was designed for the PE model so your overclocking head room will be less.

 

[the elve]

I just realized you didn't write the Power Edition at the end of your cards model. I still think the 2nd posts method is the best, but be aware, it was designed for the PE model so your overclocking head room will be less.

no no ,, i just forgot to tell ya that i had the POWER EDITION \ OC

the folder of ATI389 i downloaded from that site http/www.vortez.net/articles_pages/msi_r6950_twin_froz_iii_power_edition_unlocking,1.html

contains file called: origin.bin

shall i rename it to original

thanks .. but another inquiry how can i boot from usb flash is this has to do with Bios of mother board thing and first boot priority ?

 

[bystander]

There is more involved than just making the USB drive the first priority (though that is needed), you also have to have the USB configured to be a boot drive as well. You'll have to google for the info it it didn't provide it with the directions (although it is possible to just flash the new bios onto the card outlined by the first post). The file called original.bin is the original bios, without the unlocked shaders or OC abilities. The other .bin file, r6950pex.bin is the one with the unlocked shaders and OC limits.

 

[the elve]

thanks is a few thing. why they just didnt improve somthing more decent .

i am speechless