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[bizketman101]

Bought more corsair ram, in hopes of getting 16GB, but it didnt post.. Oh well, i got it for a steal. Upgrade motherboard and cpu hopefully by next summer

[m.oreilly]

bizketman101, on Nov 17 2011, 02:04 PM, said:

Bought more corsair ram, in hopes of getting 16GB, but it didnt post.. Oh well, i got it for a steal. Upgrade motherboard and cpu hopefully by next summer

i'm lovin 8gigs as a sweet spot. 16 made OC'ing a bit more fraught with extra tweaking. if you are doing big ram drives or a bunch of virtual stuff i guess it's a good thing to have more

[stormrosson]

Here ya go Biz.... ....

[bizketman101]

hello again! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Santa was wonderful this year, and dropped off this little gem. Crossfire xfx 6950's. Howev's i think my 955BE is officially bottlenecking the system. But I can't complain with 70+FPS in Battlefield 3! Take care all!

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[m.oreilly]

super! my reference 6950 just came in, and is installed. ati just looks better to me. enjoy your crossfire (way too pricy for me)!

[m.oreilly]

i just unlocked my shaders
biz, have you checked out the how-to to give it a shot (for the 6950)? i used the 'tom's' posted method, which was spotty at best (incomplete prompts, etc.), but a few beers later and badda boom!
oh, if you find an OC guide for the 6950, please post it up!

[scaramonga]

The Official ATI Radeon HD 6950 Overclocking Thread

How To: Flash 6950 to 6970 Guide

[m.oreilly]

i would avoid total flashing of the 6970 bios: some cards will eat it because of the ram they have, or having the voltages and clocks that high as the new 'stock'. the shader unlock and a roll-up-your-sleeves manual OC is, i think, the best bet. i was tempted to do the whole 6970 bios, but i like my card lol!

[m.oreilly]

lol, that didn't last too long. i got the itch, so i flashed up to a full 6970. after just doing shaders, and then OC'ing, i noticed the temps climbing, but just flashing straight to the full 6970 bios clocks, shaders, and voltages, all is good, and about 5C cooler, and i don't have to mess with clocking apps.

[bizketman101]

nice work! Can't say i've flashed mine.. seemed a bit too scary, haven't oc'd yet either.. i will possibly get to that soon.! this setup is eating everything i throw at it! you diggin' the 6950 mo?

[m.oreilly]

bizketman101, on Dec 30 2011, 07:24 PM, said:

nice work! Can't say i've flashed mine.. seemed a bit too scary, haven't oc'd yet either.. i will possibly get to that soon.! this setup is eating everything i throw at it! you diggin' the 6950 mo?

yep!

[m.oreilly]

heck biz, w/two of those, i wouldn't bother, plus the extra heat produced could lead one to water cooling the lot. i'd just enjoy them

[scaramonga]

Why I overclock the **** out my GTX580



Gotta luv water and beer

[m.oreilly]

water never did it for me for anything, except emptying my wallet. maybe that nvidia ain't too efficient?



heck rik, is it the ice age over there?
either that, or your app ain't reporting right...

[m.oreilly]

ah, i get it:as low as you can go...can't pull those numbers in california. my monitor would heat up the room more than that