Supposedly you can unlock an HD6950:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=335318
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Supposedly you can unlock an HD6950:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=335318
Sweet! Somthing we've not seen since the days of the x800 and 6800 :)
And the Radeon 68xx :mrgreen:
Or the GTX 465, which could unlock to GTX 470...
Yeah, before this it was the 465 to 470.
Before that though it has been an awful long time.
This is a very neat idea, especially as there is the back-up second firmware so its still a useable regular 6950 if you dont manage to unlock it.
Just bought a xfx 6850 to try this out with. :)
I didnt think the 6850 could be unlocked. All i could find is that the 6950 could be, but the 6850 couldn't. If you've found info to say otherwise i'd love a link so i could check it out.
My bad typing there. I have a 6950 to unlock not a 6850 .
With an 88% success rate.
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1036661401
The card is a little above mainstream. Is it worth the splash?
Has anyone here had success with unlocking one? Did it make a big difference?
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Originally Posted by Phage
I haven't tried. My current system doesn't need upgrading.
However - if I was building now, I would get a 6950 and try. If it fails, there's a backup BIOS anyway.