If all goes well Atiwinflash will flash the bios and ask you to reboot the computer. Select "Load Image" and select the bios that you modified in step 5 named modded by default. It should be named "modded".įrom this point out you could just use the Techpowerup Guideand just use the bios that you just modded instead of the 6970 bios.ĭownload the latest version of ATI Winflash from here and extract the archive. Now you just need to run the batch file (.bat) named run and follow the directions on screen. Now you need to rename the bios to "original". On the reference 6950 it should be named Cayman by default. Now it is time to place a copy of the bios that you backed up into the folder that you just extracted. This is what you should see in the extracted folder. Tricks are great, but does the card have the muscle to satisfy gaming enthusiasts Read on to find out. This card has a trick, the ability to run 3 monitors right out of the box. Sapphire doesn't play that game, and releases their HD 6950 Flex 2GB to prove it. It would be a good idea to keep this copy as a backup.ĭownload the utility that will actually modify the bios HERE and extract the archive. Many graphics cards are rebranded reference designs. In gpuz hit this button and select "save to file". So here it goes.ĭownload Gpu-z and use it to save the bios on your current 6950. I have never written a guide of any sort so I'll do my best. Sure this will work but the chances of any issues popping up in the dos version are a bit lower. I find this to be the easiest way but if you are using a card with no dual bios I would flash with the dos version of Atiflash. I take no responsibility for any damage done.
This will still take some common sense There really are some people that shouldn't be flashing a vga bios. Of the three cards that I have used this on all three have been able to hit at least 6970 speeds while running cooler and more quietly than using a 6970 bios due to the lower voltage. What this will do is just modify the bios that shipped with your card. This should even work on the 1Gb models and seems to work on non-reference cards, just be aware of the risk if your card doesn't have a dual bios. Even on a standard 2GB reference card there is a better way. I have also seen a few people on the forums brick a non-reference or 1GB model by just flashing a 6970 bios. Sapphire TrixxSAPPHIRE TriXX Utility helps you get the optimum. Sapphire themselves told me the current trixx has no working fan profiles, I know your working the bugs out of the program, and it's something you will continue to work on, But for the minute till this problem has been fixed It's causing hardware liabilities.I have seen a lot of confusion on the forums about unlocking the shaders on a 6950. SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6950 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with. Anything that used the GPU for more than 10 mins was crashing. I was getting no noticeable spin up of fans on auto at all.
#Will sapphire trixx work with hd 6950 manual
The pc itself was overheating on all but manual fan profiles.
Perhaps a config option to always minimise, Or a bubble tooltip to say you are closing trixx do you want to continue would be nice. So i was having to start with trixx open, Activate a manual fan profile then overclock to get an apply button, then reset back to defaults and reapply every log on.Įven then it was too easy to close trixx. But the apply button would not activate till i changed another setting as well. If after restarting i then went into Trixx and reapplied a manual fan profile it would work. If i tried to run Trixx auto it would simply never go above 35%. If i tried to turn on ATI's automatic fan management it would not work with trixx installed after a manual fan profile had been set. Meaning my card was running with no fan control at all.
But nor would the automatic fan profile for either ATI or trixx. The manual fan profile would not initialise.