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    Help Please! How do you flash 6970m?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by sungho2o8, Apr 6, 2011.

  1. sungho2o8

    sungho2o8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just received my m17x r3 w/ 6970m!

    How do I start with overclocking the GPU?


    I'm only familiar using nvidia control panel and just overclocking the frequencies in performance but have no idea how to overclock the 6970m.


    Where do i START?

    Do I uninstall factory dell display drivers and CCC.
    I downloaded new drivers from AMD.com but it says its incompatible with the GPU? Do I need a dell display driver? (hope not)


    Overclocking 6970m.

    I heard rivatuner works well, but have also read where people are using atiFlash to "unlock" the GPU.

    Any success with flashing the 6970? And if so what are the benefits and more importantly how do you do it?


    Please HELP! Thanks again! :)
     
    sungho2o8, Apr 6, 2011
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  2. sungho2o8

    sungho2o8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bump. Anyone?
     
    sungho2o8, Apr 6, 2011
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  3. Hybrys

    Hybrys That Damn Cactuar!

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    The topic you are referring to is where someone received a Radeon 6970M engineering sample, and was able to reflash the VBIOS to unlock more shaders. I'm fairly sure one cannot take advantage of that.

    You can, however, use ATITool to flash an overclocked VBIOS. I wouldn't recommend until you find stable clocks via RivaTuner, but it's an option.
     
    Hybrys, Apr 6, 2011
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  4. sungho2o8

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    What's a better overclock utility tool? Ati tray tools or rivatuner?
     
    sungho2o8, Apr 6, 2011
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  5. inap

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    the only oc tool that works atm is trixx. no benefits from flashing atm since you can't change the voltage.
     
    inap, Apr 6, 2011
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  6. Hybrys

    Hybrys That Damn Cactuar!

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    I was told Riva worked too.

    Aswell, the advantage to flashing is that you don't have to reapply the OC every time you turn off the computer.
     
    Hybrys, Apr 6, 2011
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    inap is experienced in GPU OCing don't worry, from what it has been discussed, any raise in the 6970 voltage will BSOD, so what inap is saying that you can do a minor OC but pointless since voltage can't be raised for more headroom :(
     
    katalin_2003, Apr 6, 2011
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    I am sorry for the nub-ness(I am not a laptop kinda guy), but I am still wondering what kind of benefits come from overclocking a GPU exactly?
     
    ZOG Paradox, Apr 6, 2011
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  9. Hybrys

    Hybrys That Damn Cactuar!

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    Oh, I have no doubts of his experience. I was just saying that voltage gains are not the ONLY reason for vbios flashing. Otherwise I haven't a clue of OCing it. I just remember OCing my 5870M

    @Zog

    You basically gain graphical performance... That's it. You turn things up, makes the cogs work faster, renders things faster, but at a cost of extra heat. Sometimes the extra heat is a nonissue.
     
    Hybrys, Apr 6, 2011
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  10. inap

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    yeah thats true. i agree with you thats is an advantage over ocing.
     
    inap, Apr 6, 2011
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  11. kunekaden

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    oops wrong topic.
    sorry I keep doing this, delete please
     
    kunekaden, Apr 6, 2011
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