Hey guys, whilst I myself have not done this, I have seen an article on videocardz as well as a post from a guy on LinusTechTips forum confirm that this is in fact possible to flash an R9 290X BIOS onto an R9 290 and thus unlock the extra modules etc that an R9 290X has over an R9 290!
This makes me think it is similar to the old 6950 unlocked to 6970 fiasco when AMD just made 1 card to save on costs and then simply BIOS locked the rest of the card.
What do you guys think? Is it possible they did the same thing again? Will you risk bricking a BIOS to try it? (I think all R9 290 come with a dual BIOS switch)
I am waiting on the custom cooler version of the R9 290 so I can buy me one of those, hopefully I shall be able to unlock it!
This makes me think it is similar to the old 6950 unlocked to 6970 fiasco when AMD just made 1 card to save on costs and then simply BIOS locked the rest of the card.
What do you guys think? Is it possible they did the same thing again? Will you risk bricking a BIOS to try it? (I think all R9 290 come with a dual BIOS switch)
I am waiting on the custom cooler version of the R9 290 so I can buy me one of those, hopefully I shall be able to unlock it!
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