buy this card with the hope that I would still be able to flash it to the 6970 shader after hear about it all over the place . to my surprise , Sapphire do you one better now . there be no need to flash the bio anymore -lrb- at least for I and I have see several other review over at Newwegg in the last couple day say the same thing -rrb- flip the dual bio switch to position 2 be all it take now . instant shader unlock . card be big , but that be to be expect . all my gpus have be Sapphire and I have never have any complaint . I like they trixx software as well . nothing bad to say about the card thus far . have sapphire flash the card for I be about the best thing a card maker have ever do for I lol . just have to overclock to 6970 clock and I be golden . Hopefully Sapphire continue to flash the card . I would like to get another to crossfire when the 7xxx series come out and this card , hopefully , drop lower in price . card be well worth IMO .