HD 6970 stuck at 500mhz

[ShmoeMo]

Hey guys.

I recently got a water blocked reference HD 6970 and the issue im having is that the core wont go over 500mhz, even if i set it in afterburner or ccc but the memory does what ever i tell it to do and runs at normal stock frequency of 1375. the only physical issue the card has that i can find is that the vrm temp sensor is munted so it reports a constant 254c to gpuz and 115c (i think) to hwinfo so that tells me the sensor isnt working at all. the card goes between 2d clocks / baseclock and 500mhz fine but wont go over. i have reflashed the card, tried different mobo, used ddu and reinstalled drivers but nothing. is it just a lost cause or do you think i can fix it?

[ozzie]

could be a driver issue too, try other driver suites too, have you tried trixx to see if thats any different , pretty sure theres an amd tool other than ABurner for gpu ocing but ii fail at remebering its name, i think this could be what i couldnt remember lol, , try this it may work

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/amd-gpu-clock-tool/

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/ati-tray-tools.html

Edited August 24, 2020 by ozzie

[ShmoeMo]

On 8/24/2020 at 11:48 AM, ozzie said:

could be a driver issue too, try other driver suites too, have you tried trixx to see if thats any different , pretty sure theres an amd tool other than ABurner for gpu ocing but ii fail at remebering its name, i think this could be what i couldnt remember lol, , try this it may work

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/amd-gpu-clock-tool/

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/ati-tray-tools.html

i have tried different drivers and gpuz also reports the card is only going to 500mhz