AMD RADEON HD 6950 SERIES
Our Chinese/Taiwanese friends supposedly 'in-the-know' mentioned long before the 6900 series release that it had (according to Googlnese) been "melted down" and changes had been made reducing shader count (From 1920 to 1792 IIRC, but I may remember wrong). The mill, and reality, points to number 2. 6950 BECAME 6970 (Or at least shader specs drifted downward perhaps revisioned more than once) allowing greater allocation to 6970. Cayman yields were terrible, and units were disabled on both parts.
Cayman yields were great, and most dies qualified to have all shaders enabled.Ģ. One just became less pessimistic, and more realistic.ġ. Plausible?There were always two ways to look at that (if it was true). Was the delay caused by the last minute BIOS fiddlings to make more 6950's out of the 6970 cards? Is this what the delay was all about? CD at S/A had an article about 6970 stocks being higher than expected and 6950 stocks being very low.
The54thvoidIs this not a bit shit? I mean as in shipping units that are 'software' crippled and can be 'fixed'? It's great for the guys with 6950's but it surely must leave a sour taste in the mouth for 6970 owners who paid what, 50-80 quid more? I guess hardware fusing is more expensive so BIOS mod.
AMD RADEON HD 6950 SOFTWARE
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AMD RADEON HD 6950 DRIVERS
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