Howto: Radeon HD 6870 memory voltage modding with a pencil

Posted on Friday, October 29 2010 @ 7:03 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
VR Zone teaches you how to mod the memory voltage of your AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card with a pencil, you can check it out over here.
At this point, it started looking like the graphics accelerator would very much like some extra memory bandwidth. This seemed impossible if we were unable to increase the memory clock speed.

Knowing that you readers wouldn't take "no" for an answer, we pondered the issue over a meal at the local IKEA store.

Then we pilfered a pencil (OK, we actually took more than one). Like all great napkin-ideas, this modification costs next to nothing.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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