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AMD release HD 7970 Ghz bios upgrade for Reference HD 7970 !!

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You can flash your standard HD 7970 to a GHZ Edition card, this gives you higher stock clocks, turbo mode to 1050Mhz and lower voltages meaning less power use. Thankyou AMD :D

I have flashed my reference Powercolor HD 7970 and my non reference HIS Blue PCB HD 7970, both are working fine with the new bios. 1050/1500. Using lower voltages aswell :)

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Use this link for more info http://legitreviews.com/news/13622/, flashing is easy, you do it windows and then re boot, might be an idea to back up your old bios first, dual bios switch makes this so easy and safe anyways.

( If you want use this bios, you need use the 12.7beta driver for get PTE and TurboBoost enabled ( as it contain the software algorythm needed )
 
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yeah its just a leaked BIOS and tbh you'd get better results overclocking using AMD's overdrive settings! i.e. 1125/1575 ;)
 
Is it not just doing what an overclock would do? Far easier to apply an overclock than it is to flash the bios as well as less risk.
 
Rusty0611 said:
Is it not just doing what an overclock would do? Far easier to apply an overclock than it is to flash the bios as well as less risk.
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No it also uses much lower volts on my cards, so lower power consumption / higher stock clocks etc. Also I was limited to 1475Mhz memory clock on my previous bios's. On the new Ghz bios I can reach 1600Mhz+

It's worth doing imho, AMD have had time to perfect the bios and bring more performance using less volts on the same hardware. A worthy upgrade, and it's free lol.

Who doesn't want stock GTX 680 level performance? Except more ram and much more bandwidth ;).
 
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Boomstick777 said:
No it also uses much lower volts on my cards, so lower power consumption / higher stock clocks etc. Also I was limited to 1475Mhz memory clock on my previous bios's. On the new Ghz bios I can reach 1600Mhz+

It's worth doing imho, AMD have had time to perfect the bios and bring more performance using less volts on the same hardware. A worthy upgrade, and it's free lol.

Who doesn't want stock GTX 680 performance? Except more ram and much more bandwidth ;).
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I'm not sure the lower power consumption is anything get excited about if true. The differences in voltages would be negligible. There are already various overclocking suites which allow you to tweak the voltage past normal limits and the same with core/memory frequencies. So I'm still struggling to see what the point of it is unless you can elaborate further??
 
Would be good if AMD released a batch file which would flash the bios for reference cards for people who are scared of the flash process. A free upgrade to 680 performance certainly makes these look more appealing to the uninformed masses who just look at review scores.
 
psychodil said:
Would be good if AMD released a batch file which would flash the bios for reference cards for people who are scared of the flash process. A free upgrade to 680 performance certainly makes these look more appealing to the uninformed masses who just look at review scores.
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The flash is done within Windows, then prompted to reboot your PC, once you reboot you have the upgrade completed.
 
Rusty0611 said:
I'm not sure the lower power consumption is anything get excited about if true. The differences in voltages would be negligible. There are already various overclocking suites which allow you to tweak the voltage past normal limits and the same with core/memory frequencies. So I'm still struggling to see what the point of it is unless you can elaborate further??
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For people who run at stock its a good thing. Better performance and similar power consumption. With this bios its 680 performance at 1080p without any over clocking software, and better than stock 680 performance at 1440p and beyond.
 
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So I'm still struggling to see what the point of it is unless you can elaborate further??
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I guess for those that want GTX 680 level performance without the need for software overclocking, also lower voltages will appeal to those who want to save power, although not important to you it may be to others.

Please bear in mind you need need use the 12.7 beta driver for get PTE and TurboBoost enabled ( as it contain the software algorythm needed ).

For those that want the upgrade... Upgrade, for those that don't why do you care about those that do wanna upgrade? :p.
 
Boomstick777 said:
The flash is done within Windows, then prompted to reboot your PC, once you reboot you have the upgrade completed.
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Thanks, I'm familiar with win flash and flashing my bios. The point is for those who run at stock a simple batch file would take the fear away from the flashing process, a lot of people see bios flashing as risky. Most people who are comfortable flashing their bios are running over clocked anyway.

Does the 50mhz boost work on your card at stock clocks?
 
psychodil said:
The point is for those who run at stock a simple batch file would take the fear away from the flashing process

Does the 50mhz boost work on your card at stock clocks?
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Yeah it is a single 'exe' that you click on and the process is entirely automated, if you have dual cards etc it does both for you, then you reboot. A monkey could it :p, it'll be easy for someone who has never flashed a card in there life.

Yeah mine run at 1050 / 1500, under water though so prob in constant state of boost due to low temps..
 
psychodil said:
For people who run at stock its a good thing. Better performance and similar power consumption. With this bios its 680 performance at 1080p without any over clocking software, and better than stock 680 performance at 1440p and beyond.
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People who want to flash their bios but not overclock or run overclocking software. Pull the other one. :p

I'm not saying they don't exist, I'm just saying that someone who will flash but not overclock (which is effectively all it's doing via the bios) are in a very, very small minority.

Still the updated bios is hardly a bad thing. I just don't think it's anything to get particularly excited about.
 
Theres also the fact it could/will potentially invalidate your warranty! - Still safer via software at least if it gets knackered the BIOS change can't be blamed by the manufacturer ;)
 
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