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Thanks for the info max,
I already have the files from TechPowerUp, I've just been hesitant to do the flash because I don't I'm worried about the extra noise and temps it may bring, especially if I have to play with the power tune settings, which I don't really want to have to do.
I notice a lot of people flash the card, than overclock from there; I just want to flash the card and leave it as is - not overclock after the flash.
I do a bit more research and make a decision soon.
Thanks
Well, just know you have a darn good card that can handle anything out now
On the other hand I'm the one looking to flash my card so......
I was able to clock the card to 850MHz core, but decided to stick with the defaults because I didn't see games getting faster; they were already fast enough at the settings I like.
However, if given the proper motivation...
We'll see. As I said I’m kind of hesitant to flash mines as I like where it's at right now - noise, temps, performance wise. However curiosity is starting to get the better of me now :)
I know... I was real tempted to flash my 5850, and I still might, one day, but man if it doesn't go right, or if I happen to have one of those cards that isn't up to it... Scary stuff.
You are welcome Sygnus, I have all so read you can just change the shaders to the 6970and leave the voltages and clock speed standard 6950.
Those settings on mine are all standard 6970 with no overclocks and that is what i have done most of my benching on, i have found it is just the new drivers that have made the differnce and overclocking them makes little change to the fps.
And all so i have found that there is not much change in the temps or increased noise. The only time the cards become realy noisy is when you run the benches and push the cards to there max, but other than that they are fine.
I play shift 2 on mine and the max temp was about 70c and fan speed went to about 50%.
I just have to make a few alterations to my case cooling to get more air to that top card, other than that i have had the cards for a while now and have had no problems.
I have yet to post my results cause i am baffled that my card scored really high the first test
Now each test after that goes down little by little it is kinda frustrating to see this
I am working on it though and when i am satisfied enough i will produce something for you guys