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RX 480 Cards Can be Flashed to RX 580

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Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/232498/radeon-rx-480-cards-can-successfully-be-flashed-to-rx-580

 

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User TonybonJoby in [Techpowerup] forums has successfully flashed his XFX RX 480 graphics card with the BIOS from a Sapphire RX 580 Limited Edition (the one that runs at 1411 MHz Boost clocks, yes.) Having obtained the Sapphire's BIOS right here on TPU, he then flashed it onto his graphics card (which possesses a dual-BIOS setup; this is an important point which you should consider, as it gives you an extra safety net should anything go wrong) through ATIFlash. The newly-christened RX 580 thus smiles for the screenshot, with a stock clock of 1411 MHz, higher than most overclocks possible with the RX 480 cards, probably due to increased voltages on the BIOS level. The user then tested the card on The Witcher 3 and Furmark, with no problems having been reported. Just remember to back-up your BIOS with GPU-Z and make sure to peruse our forums for some details on this flashing process before you get the proverbial grease on your elbows.

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Well, there is probably no performance increase in doing so (that you couldn't do with a manual overclock), so no really compelling use to doing this... but I guess if you want to buy a RX 580 sticker then BAM it's a whole new card. Anybody with a dual-bios 480 here at LTT going to attempt it?

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RX470->RX570 for free? :D 

How tempting...

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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Rip AMD... looks like everyone's gonna be flashing their 480s instead of buying the RX5XX series :P

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I think this should really help people with RX460s since they can now unlock those extra cores :D

 

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1 minute ago, N1ghtshade said:

Rip AMD... looks like everyone's gonna be flashing their 480s instead of buying the RX5XX series :P

Nobody will upgrade from RX 4XX to RX 5XX anyway, so...

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I have a dual BIOS card. I'll probably do it tomorrow if I have time.

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2 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

Rip AMD... looks like everyone's gonna be flashing their 480s instead of buying the RX5XX series :P

Nobody with any sense would upgrade from a 480 to a 580 anyway, or 470->570.

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Just now, FTL said:

Nobody will upgrade from RX 4XX to RX 5XX anyway, so...

True, it was only a minor upgrade at best. But now instead of buying the RX5XX for new builds, everyone's just gonna get a 480 for cheap and flash it

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Just now, Sakkura said:

Nobody with any sense would upgrade from a 480 to a 580 anyway, or 470->570.

True, but i'm saying for people doing new builds it'd make more sense to just get a cheap 480 and flash it.

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4 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

True, it was only a minor upgrade at best. But now instead of buying the RX5XX for new builds, everyone's just gonna get a 480 for cheap and flash it

Anyone doing that is a dumbass with more money than sense.

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Just now, ivan134 said:

Anyone doing that is a dumbass with more money than sense.

Uh how?

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3 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

Uh how?

Seriously? Flash a BIOS that increases voltages and clocks to a point that your card isn't guaranteed to handle? The only reason I'm doing it is because I have a dual BIOS card. If you're doing this to a non-binned chip and on a card with a garbage cooler, good luck.

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Just now, ivan134 said:

Seriously? Flash a BIOS that increases voltages and clocks to a point that your card isn't guaranteed to handle? The only reason I'm doing it is because I have a dual BIOS card. If you're doing this to a non-binned chip and on a card with a garbage cooler, good luck.

Exactly. The 480 is dual BIOS. And if you bought a card with a garbage cooler in the first place, that's what makes you dumb, not the flashing your BIOS.

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3 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

Exactly. The 480 is dual BIOS. And if you bought a card with a garbage cooler in the first place, that's what makes you dumb, not the flashing your BIOS.

I don't think you know what dual BIOS means. Also, the 480s with good coolers like mine are not cheaper than 580s. So.......what money are you saving exactly instead of buying a 580? You really haven't put much thought into this have you.

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4 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

I don't think you know what dual BIOS means. Also, the 480s with good coolers like mine are not cheaper than 580s. So.......what money are you saving exactly instead of buying a 580? You really haven't put much thought into this have you.

do you happen to know if the MSI Gaming X rx480 4gb is dual bios? I can't find anything on their website that says it tho so i don't think it is.

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4 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

I don't think you know what dual BIOS means. Also, the 480s with good coolers like mine are not cheaper than 580s. So.......what money are you saving exactly instead of buying a 580? You really haven't put much thought into this have you.

It means there's a main BIOS and a backup BIOS... I'm not dumb, I know what dual BIOS is. And no, the 580 has an MSRP of ~$250, while you can get an 8gb XFX RX 480 (which is what the guy from the TPU forums used for the BIOS flash) for about ~$200 (depending on what site you buy it from).

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1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

do you happen to know if the MSI Gaming X rx480 4gb is dual bios? I can't find anything on their website that says it tho so i don't think it is.

The XFX 480 is. Idk about the MSI

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4 minutes ago, Humbug said:

pointless, and risky, may push your card too far.

 

just overclock it...

Flashed my old 290 to a 390 a couple years back. Slight performance increase at the cost of more heat output. Flashed it back to stock. ;) 

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18 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

do you happen to know if the MSI Gaming X rx480 4gb is dual bios? I can't find anything on their website that says it tho so i don't think it is.

Iirc, it doesn't. I know the XFX and Nitro cards do.

17 minutes ago, N1ghtshade said:

It means there's a main BIOS and a backup BIOS... I'm not dumb, I know what dual BIOS is. And no, the 580 has an MSRP of ~$250, while you can get an 8gb XFX RX 480 (which is what the guy from the TPU forums used for the BIOS flash) for about ~$200 (depending on what site you buy it from).

He has an XFX RS cooler which is much worse than the GTR that I have. All he did was flash the BIOS and hasn't done any extensive game testing. He said he was going to so keep and eye out for that. His temps and noise levels are going to go through the roof. Buying a "cheap" 480 with the intention of flashing it onto a 580 is dumb. There's a reason the only 480s that came with the 580-type clocks were the GTR, Nitro, Strix and MSI Gaming. Hell, Sapphire had to make the Nitro 580 cooler bigger to handle those clock speeds.

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I will wait on more news about this before possibly doing mine.

 

(If its safe, fail/success chance etc). Do not want to risk 200 quids worth for a bit of extra power... :P 

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