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I'm having trouble creating a backup of my Sapphire bios. Has anyone else managed it?

GPUZ gives a message saying that it's not supported and RBE says that it can't do a GDDR5 card. I've done it with ATItool but it's only 62kb which is wrong as it should be 128kb (same problem as RBE actually) so I've run out of ideas.
 
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Haven't gotten my new blocks from aquatuning yet,

I see they have their own block that is cheaper than the EK one, is that what you intend to get?

well that should have worked...

It just says 'bios reading not supported on this device'.

Broke 40fps with tessellation on. Not bad for a quiet HTPC :)

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Edit; now getting 42.7fps with the 5850@1050/1300. needed 1.35v though so I'll stick with something lower for 24/7 use.
 
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As the memory won't clock beyond 1300mhz, going with a full block seemed like a waste of money so I decided to stick with a core block.

That's what I've done. I'm using an EK Supreme block with zalman RAM sinks and a Zalman ZM-RHS70 that fornowagain suggested might fit. It doesn't but I modified so that it does! :)

You need something substantial like that on the VDDCs as they run really hot, especially when bumping up the vcore. I tried it with some ramsinks on them to begin with but they weren't up to the job.
 
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Are the 9.11s the ones that are named 'opencl beta' or something like that?

I think I'll give them another try (had res problems with them before) as there's definitely something odd going on with these cards and drivers. Last night, after exiting a game, it switched to 1080i 30hz 16-bit!! I didn't realise at first and spent ages trying to work out why aero wasn't working. :rolleyes:
 
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