Ati 6950 1Gb

[Madaz]

Well as the title suggests this is about a ATi 6950 1gb the 2gb was out of stock (MSY) will flash it to a 6970 later just doing some benchmarks before it gets flashed for some comparisons

CounterStrike Source

old cards 4850 1gb crossfire OC version

263 fps average in the stress test

6950 1gb

364 fps avg.

Dirt 3

i forgot to do a stress test with my old setup but it was only running possibly medium 1920x1080

new one all settings as high as they could go

Max Avg 57.11 fps

Min Avg 48.51

[*LOACH*]

Thanks for posting, always good to see real world results like this instead of manufacturers/reviewers claims.

[R31Nismoid]

LOL Steve - SIF CS:S is a proper test

I find the reviews from most sites to be very much spot on the money.

If you really want some great reviews - www.xtremesystems.org

Those guys are right on the pulse and do some VERY involved testing, when im building a PC, its where i read for a month before purchasing

[Madaz]

Ash they are comparative back to back though

just finished 3d Vantage test

>>Old Score P13438 3DMarks<<

>>New Score P15364 3DMarks<<

all in all for the $225 spent i feel it has been a good upgrade now to sell the old crossfire setup

[R31Nismoid]

I know, just stirring you up. Use a game that stresses a card

I used to play the 1st level of a game or something and try follow a similar pattern etc and log stuff.

Its always nice to see the improvements of money spent.

Something easily done with a GPU over any other part thats for sure

[SoFreshSoClean]

Good work mate, I've got a 6950 too, flashed to a '70, great card for the money. I think the performance difference only works out to be 5% more or something but hey, free performance is free performance!!

[Madaz]

SoFresh did you do the flash in a dos boot or in RBE

i bricked a gfx card in RBE once before and took me 2 days to unbrick it

win 7 64bit btw

[Madaz]

oh just reading you can only flash a 6950 to a 6070 in the 2gb variant as there was no 1gb 6970

ah well i could still over clock if its not fast enough or buy another and crossfire it

[doyl]

oh just reading you can only flash a 6950 to a 6070 in the 2gb variant as there was no 1gb 6970

ah well i could still over clock if its not fast enough or buy another and crossfire it

This is right on the money.

Sofresh only managed to do it because he has the 2gb rev1 version.

Basically, he got lucky because he got in relatively early.

Sucks about MSY not having stock of it, but even if they did it would probably have been a rev2 which can't be flashed either.

Well, not to a 6970 but it can get really upgraded clock speeds.

GL with overclocking that badboy.

[Madaz]

yeah cheers stock speeds seem fine for now

ill have to see if i can find the latest crysis and see how that runs