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  1. NightAngel
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    7 Enterprise 64-bit
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    http://www.dmmdownload.com/product_search.php

    This is what i've found on Diamonds website. Says version is 6.4 released Feb of 2010, I only got this 4 months ago so not sure if i wanna try this out or not.

    Any suggestions?
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  3. TCG
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    MadSupra354 said:
    I got a Radeon HD 6950 2GB. I have not overclocked or overvolted it. I haven't even got round flashing it yet :P
    I just wondered...is 78°C OK? I know this card can reach 86°C...
    If you turn up your fan while under load you can get that temp down quite a bit.

    I've been running my XFX 6950 for about 4 months now. The first month I ran it flashed with the 6970 bios without issues. Temps were surely a bit hotter but I was able to easily compensate by turning up the fan speeds when the card was under load/gaming. After reading some posts about people developing issues with this over time, I went the same route as DarkXeno. I reset back to the original bios and then just unlocked the shaders instead. The card still performs great and I feel better knowing that I'm not stressing the hell out of it anymore. I still turn up the fan with CCC when gaming. I usually put the fan around 50 - 55 % and temps stay around 60c roughly.
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  4. DarkXeno
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    Ive always use AMD/ATI website no matter who makes the card.
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  6. NightAngel
    Posts : 22
    7 Enterprise 64-bit
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    smarteyeball said:
    NightAngel said:

    11.4??? Damn i'm behind, lol. Guess i'm heading over to.... wait, should i go to Diamonds website and look or ati/amd ????
    11.5 actually.

    Get them from AMD's site:

    http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.asp
    Just saw this post. Running the software suite now. Diamonds website is jacked up, lol.

    Thanks!!
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  7. TCG
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    DarkXeno said:
    Ive always use AMD/ATI website no matter who makes the card.
    +1
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  8. NightAngel
    Posts : 22
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    smarteyeball said:
    NightAngel said:

    11.4??? Damn i'm behind, lol. Guess i'm heading over to.... wait, should i go to Diamonds website and look or ati/amd ????
    11.5 actually.

    Get them from AMD's site:

    http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.asp
    Hmm that took me to driver version 8.851 (according to device manager that is)
    It said 11.5 when i downloaded, though that could be because 11.5 was the entire catalyst software suite. It was released like last week so its still what i need. Thanks a million!!
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  10. smarteyeball
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    No problems.

    I'm pretty sure they've gotten rid of that 99% load bug (primarily caused by Browser H/W acceleration features)
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  11. NightAngel
    Posts : 22
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    smarteyeball said:
    No problems.

    I'm pretty sure they've gotten rid of that 99% load bug (primarily caused by Browser H/W acceleration features)
    Yea I hope. I'm pleasantly optimistic. Not surprised about it being related to browser, been having some weird issues since FF went to v4. Guess i'll search around here for a topic on that. So glad I got referred to this site. It's just the kinda resource i love.

    Thanks again guys(or possibly girls)
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  12. mickey megabyte
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    remember that your gfx card sits inside your case.

    if your case doesn't have adequate cooling, then all your components are going to run hotter.

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  13. MadSupra354
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    TCG said:
    I reset back to the original bios and then just unlocked the shaders instead.
    Unlocking the shaders is the same procedure, right?
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