Unlock your 6950 to a 6970!

[Tamz_msc]

A redesigned PCB doesn't necessarily have anything to do with whether the cards will be unlockable. It's not like AMD just forgot to cut out some shader clusters for the initially run. They had to purposely decide not to do so. The question is whether the reasons were to avoid further delays or because they wanted the card to be unlockable. They certainly haven't "fixed" their CPUs that can unlock so I wouldn't be so sure they have any plans to do so with the HD6950.

The 6900 series was delayed due to component shortages.So, in order to bring them out its possible that the HD 6950 is actually a locked 6970. And if they go with the redesigning, it would be just a marketing ploy to get earn more, nothing else.

 

[plznote]

It might be harder to unlock it as they will use more "price-effective" components.
As stated at TPU, AMD gambled when trying to make it for the holidays.