AMD 7970 Voltage Question (8Pack)

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Hi there, Just purchased a Asus DC2 TOP 7970 and the voltage appears to be locked at 1.178 :( There was a review posted in september showing the voltage going to 1.4v in GPU tweak, I've just tried quite a lot of different versions of GPU-Tweak, none will go above 1.178.


Could you tell me which cards are not voltage locked? Had stability issue's with the lightning BE which is unlocked. Any other cards?

Cheers.

Edit: nvm, decided to return the card, Purchased a Sapphire Vapor X 7970 which does have voltage control.
 
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8 Pack said:
The ASUS CD2 Top does have voltage control with a simple Bios flash available from Tech Power Ups data base and then using GPU tweak. You can then get up to 1.4v easy enough.

I have 5x MSI 7970 Lightening they all work great and are stable. I beleive the top Voltage on these on AB is 1.35v. I have my own version called ABX which gives me upto 1.9v on the core but is only available to pro clockers with sub zero cooling.

I did some testing last week of the Sapphire card myself the ghz edition to be precise. I found it to be a great card. Did you find it responded well to Voltage on Air???? Mine did not gain too much by adding volts.
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Oh right, if I flash the bios and it goes wrong will I still be able to RMA the card? is it worth doing it or just sending it back? I have ordered the sapphire but it hasn't been dispatched.

Do you have a link to the bios i need?
 
8 Pack said:
You cant RMA a card which has been bricked by a bad Bios flash mate. I don't have that link no. But its easy enough to find on the Data Base.
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What are the chances of it going bad mate? I really like the cooler on this, its silent under load, 25% fan 62c gpu temp.

http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/...us&model=HD+7970&interface=PCI-E&memSize=3072

There are so many bios's on there, which is the right one? or what should I be looking for?

Thanks.

Looking at GPU-Z this is the BIOS i have atm:
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/134384/Asus.HD7970.3072.121018_5.html
 
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My Sapphire card has been dispatched, I'll just send this Asus one back, as much as i don't want to. Its a real shame Asus have done this.
 
Hi, I did try 2.2.1.4 and it didn't work, I still have the card but I've already let ocuk know that i'm DSR'ing it for the reasons above.

The Sapphire ghz will be here tomorrow.
 
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