Flashed lower!??!!?

[PartyWire]

Hej, so i was doing my stuff online when i started to look at the graphics cards, and i thought of mine. i looked it up on techpowerup, it said that the Gigabyte HD 7950 Windforce x3 OC FZ0 has two 6-pin connectors, but my card has one 6-pin connector and a 8-pin connector. is it possible that the person who used it before me flashed the cards bios from a HD 7970's to a Hd 7950's... I couldn't find any evidence of the card having a 6-pin and 8-pin connector. anywhere on two 6-pin connectors.
if anyone has the slightest clue of it being possible let me know.

[NoobCase]

Flashing the bios has nothing to do with the pcie power connectors. 

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@TheRandomness knows all the cards, he'll sort this out  

[PartyWire]

Just now, NoobCase said:

Flashing the bios has nothing to do with the pcie power connectors. 

I know, what I'm saying is that he had a HD 7970 by gigabyte and he flashed the hg 7970's bios to a hd 7950's. I'm pretty much thinking if i could flash it back to a hd 7970 if possible.

[NoobCase]

Just now, PartyWire said:

I know, what I'm saying is that he had a HD 7970 by gigabyte and he flashed the hg 7970's bios to a hd 7950's. I'm pretty much thinking if i could flash it back to a hd 7970 if possible.

Aaah.. ok now I'm getting your point. Doesn't it say somewhere on the card?

 

and a lesser card would normally use lesser pin power connectors than its bigger brother

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

I know, what I'm saying is that he had a HD 7970 by gigabyte and he flashed the hg 7970's bios to a hd 7950's. I'm pretty much thinking if i could flash it back to a hd 7970 if possible.

Techpowerup have gotten it wrong:
https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_hd7950_windforce_review,6.html
This article shows the card with a 6 and an 8 pin connector.

[PartyWire]

Just now, NoobCase said:

Aaah.. ok now I'm getting your point. Doesn't it say somewhere on the card?

 

and a lesser card would normally use lesser pin power connectors than its bigger brother

I know, I'm not sure that every HD 7950 uses two 6-pin connectors, but i can say that none of the Gigabyte ones don't have 8-pin connector on it.

[PartyWire]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Techpowerup have gotten it wrong:
https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_hd7950_windforce_review,6.html
This article shows the card with a 6 and an 8 pin connector.

No, that article has two 6-pin connectors.

 

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PCIe Power

As with the reference design, the GIGABYTE HD7950 requires twin PCIe 6pin power cables which are capable of delivering 75W each. GIGABYTE recommend a 500W PSU as a minimum which should not be an issue for anybody owning a mid/high end gaming PC.

 

[TheRandomness]

Just now, PartyWire said:

No, that article has two 6-pin connectors.

 

 

Oh nevermind I can't look at pictures properly. Could you take a picture of the PCB without the heatsink, the front and the back please?

[PartyWire]

3 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Oh nevermind I can't look at pictures properly. Could you take a picture of the PCB without the heatsink, the front and the back please?

alright, I'll be back in a juffy. But i must day, that my camera has not got the best quality. you might need to give me some specific areas to take a picture of.

 

Ohh and also, don't mind the Solder job on the card, it was dead for 3 months. got it fixed recently.

[PartyWire]

32 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Oh nevermind I can't look at pictures properly. Could you take a picture of the PCB without the heatsink, the front and the back please?

So here you can see that the back of the card has a metal plate to protect something, as the gigabyte HD 7950 doesn't have one.

So here you can see the back has a heatsink for something, ain't really that experty at this tech.

Back of the card with the metal plate removed, it is much different than the HD 7950's

under the heatsink under the main heatsink it had small chips. Don't ind the thermal pads pieces.

 

Just looked up a Gigabye HD 7970 OC, found a Netherland used parts market. HD 7970 has the metal plate at the back of the card and one 6-pin and a 8-pin connector. Now either this is a modded AF Hd 7950 or a HD 7970 just flashed bios, because the evidence is quite massive.

https://www.olx.ro/oferta/placa-video-gigabyte-radeon-hd7970-oc-windforce-3x-3gb-ddr5-384-bi-ID8bJrR.html

[TheRandomness]

15 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

So here you can see that the back of the card has a metal plate to protect something, as the gigabyte HD 7950 doesn't have one.

 

So here you can see the back has a heatsink for something, ain't really that experty at this tech.

 

Back of the card with the metal plate removed, it is much different than the HD 7950's

 

under the heatsink under the main heatsink it had small chips. Don't ind the thermal pads pieces.

 

Just looked up a Gigabye HD 7970 OC, found a Netherland used parts market. HD 7970 has the metal plate at the back of the card and one 6-pin and a 8-pin connector. Now either this is a modded AF Hd 7950 or a HD 7970 just flashed bios, because the evidence is quite massive.

https://www.olx.ro/oferta/placa-video-gigabyte-radeon-hd7970-oc-windforce-3x-3gb-ddr5-384-bi-ID8bJrR.html

Yeah that does appear to be a 7970 with a 7950 BIOS. Go ahead with the BIOS flash, and don't worry if you brick it, there's a way to get bricked cards back in the guide on some forums that I presume you'll be following.

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Very interesting... why would anyone have flashed a lower bios tho?  There must have been a good reason for it, considering it would be worse in every way

[PartyWire]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Yeah that does appear to be a 7970 with a 7950 BIOS. Go ahead with the BIOS flash, and don't worry if you brick it, there's a way to get bricked cards back in the guide on some forums that I presume you'll be following.

I'm just asking, but what toes the switch next to the crossfire place do? i've heard it a bios switch or something.

[PartyWire]

Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

Very interesting... why would anyone have flashed a lower bios tho?  There must have been a good reason for it, considering it would be worse in every way

Maybe, he wanted to use a lower power supply for it..? i don't know, i'm contacting the seller and asking what it was used for and where he got it from.

[TheRandomness]

Just now, PartyWire said:

I'm just asking, but what toes the switch next to the crossfire place do? i've heard it a bios switch or something.

It's a BIOS switch. I didn't notice that.. Turn the system off, flick the switch, and turn on and check GPU-Z.

[PartyWire]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

It's a BIOS switch. I didn't notice that.. Turn the system off, flick the switch, and turn on and check GPU-Z.

this has turned into a more interesting thing than i was expecting.

[PartyWire]

7 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

It's a BIOS switch. I didn't notice that.. Turn the system off, flick the switch, and turn on and check GPU-Z.

Ooh, dude. I have a problem. how do i look at the exact version of the card? i just see the HD 7900 series card on it.

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2 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

Ooh, dude. I have a problem. how do i look at the exact version of the card? i just see the HD 7900 series card on it.

try the "lookup" button in GPUZ

[PartyWire]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

try the "lookup" button in GPUZ

Yeah it sent me to the HD 7950 OC FZ0 on techpowerup.

[PartyWire]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

try the "lookup" button in GPUZ

Ohh and if i flash one bios, would it effect the other bios too. asking it due to the bios switch.

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Just now, PartyWire said:

Yeah it sent me to the HD 7950 OC FZ0 on techpowerup.

TBH I'm not sure if that just checks the BIOS or if it can see through that to the true card, but given that it's been confirmed as a 7970, it would appear that it is just reading the BIOS and that switch didn't help.

[AshleyAshes]

8 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

TBH I'm not sure if that just checks the BIOS or if it can see through that to the true card, but given that it's been confirmed as a 7970, it would appear that it is just reading the BIOS and that switch didn't help.

Surely there should be a sticker or silk screening somewhere on the board that lists the exact SKU number?

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6 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

Surely there should be a sticker or silk screening somewhere on the board that lists the exact SKU number?

You would think so but I'm not sure how common that is.  In fact I think it's fairly uncommon.

[AshleyAshes]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

You would think so but I'm not sure how common that is.  In fact I think it's fairly uncommon.

Wait, I see it in the photos.  Though it woulda been easier to read IF SOMEONE HAD TURNED OFF THE FREAKIN' CAMERA FLASH, HINT HINT.

 

GV-R795WF3-3GD Rev. 2.0

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-R795WF3-3GD-rev10-20#ov

 

So it IS a 7950, not a 7970 flashed to be a 7950.