Got a heaviliy overclocked Sapphire HD 7950 OC edition @ 1150MHZ core clock. and curiours if this, or any HD 7950 can be unlocked to a HD 7970?
Possible to unlock the shaders of a HD 7950?
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, Mar 29 2012 12:54 AM
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 08:59 AM
Nope
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 09:28 AM
They wont make that mistake again 
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 10:27 AM
IMO the 7950 OCed is so close to a 7970 that even with out unlocking it it's just as good (maybe1-8fps). So I wouldn't worry to much, I know I don't. 
Edited by Black64, 29 March 2012 - 10:27 AM.
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[CPU]Intel Xeon W3670 (i7-970) @3.20Ghz---[CPU Cooling]Thermalright Silver Arrow---[MOBO]ASUS Rampage Gene III---[RAM]G-Skill Rip Jaws (24GB)(6x4GB)---[GPU]Gigabyte Radeon HD 6950 OC---[PSU]KingWin Lazar LZ-1000---[CASE]Bitfenix Colossus Venom Edition---[HDDs]WD Dives(6.5TB total storage) and Crucial 128GB SSD(boot)---[Monitors] 3X NEC 24" LCD2490WUXi ISP Panels
PC 2.0 Audio System (Speakers) Triad InRoom Mini Pair - (Receiver) Marantz SR-4400 (Power Conditioning) - UltraPower PGX-500
My 5.2 Room Theater System (Speakers) B&W CDM 1NT Pair --- (Center) B&W CNT --- (Sub) 2X Polk Audio PSW Series PSW10 --- (Receiver) Rotel RSX-1057 --- (Power Conditioning) UltraPower PGX-500
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 08:25 PM
why cant it be unlocked?
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 10:41 PM
Most likely, they laser cut the shaders so that it's disabled in a hardware level, not in a software lever like the 6950 Bios..
But why don't you try it? No harm in tyring..
But why don't you try it? No harm in tyring..
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