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Radeon RX480 4GB can be flashed to 8GB version.

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This might be interesting to some,

All current 4GB cards actually have 8GB but 4GB is disabled in BIOS.

Meaning you could pick up the 4GB card today and flash it to the 8GB version with the BIOS flash software.

Source - http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-rx-480-4gb-versus-radeon-rx-480-8gb_183576

All of the AMD Radeon RX 480 at-launch graphics cards have shipped with 8GB of memory on them. That means if you run out and buy a 4GB card this very second it really does have 8GB of memory on the card. AMD disabled it through a special vBIOS and also lowered the clock speed of the memory on the 4GB cards.
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RavenXXX2 said:
It was only applicable to review cards so they could test the 8GB as 4GB with a bios flash, confirmed by AMD.
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All of the AMD Radeon RX 480 at-launch graphics cards have shipped with 8GB of memory on them. That means if you run out and buy a 4GB card this very second it really does have 8GB of memory on the card. AMD disabled it through a special vBIOS and also lowered the clock speed of the memory on the 4GB cards.
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Has that been stated since this article? I must be late to the party :P
 
killari said:
Unfortunately Atiflash doesn't recognise the card. Looks like the reviewers had a special tool from AMD.

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Won't be long until updated BIOS flash gets released.

My 4GB Sapphire card coming next week, will try this as soon as new BIOS flash software lands :P. According to source all current shipping 4GB cards actually have the full 8GB, but half of it is not visible only due to BIOS. AMD might want to play this down as it could hurt 8GB sales lol.
 
Griffildur said:
it's all in good fun mate, don't take it too seriously, he clearly isn't!
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^^

Looking forward to testing out this 4GB card, if I can unlock the other 4GB even better. This RX480 will end up in my boys PC and I'm about to clear out a load of GPU's.

MM bargains inbound :P

Gregster said:
All good Bru and I took it as tongue in cheek. Anyone not wanting to save 60 quid needs their head testing lol and regardless of what it is. A Gigabyte G1 gaming for £609 or a Gigabyte G1 Gaming for £669, I wouldn't buy the latter lol and neither would they.
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Haha, someone worried about £60 for the 8GB version over the 4GB but spends ££££££ on every high end Nvidia card might also need their head testing?! :P

Have you tried your RX480 yet? Do you like the card?
 
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Gregster said:
I don't worry about it but like I said, a 60 quid saving I will never turn away. Yer tested it and not overly happy. Crashing in quite a few games for no apparent reason but it does a decent job for 1080P gaming when it didn't crash. New drivers coming which will address this issue apparently, so will wait till those are out for further testing.
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Yeah only jesting with ya, never turn down saving money, but we didn't know ab out thew 4GB unlock thing until after launch. That 8GB card is still cheap, like £220?

That's odd about the crashing, if it's the PCIe thing because that only seems to affect cheap motherboards. Decent motherboards cope ok from what I have read. Other GPU's exceed the PCIe spec thing as Gibbo pointed out, and have been fine on decent motherboards. Maybe it could be something else causing crash?

If it is that hopefully fix will sort if for you. Good to hear performance is ok, mine coming next week. Will have a play before put in boys PC :P
 
More here,

AMD RX 480 4GB Early Units Have 8GB, Unlockable Via BIOS Update

Confirmed, Our XFX RX 480 4GB Retail Unit Has Eight 1GB, 8Ghz GDDR5 Samsung Memory Chips

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Read more: http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-4gb-cards-8gb-unlockable-bios-update/#ixzz4DUg8yw4B
 
The application I used from tech power up is automated, it has gui.

You just load the prog, then select the bios you want to flash and it does it all for you within Windows. Thank you Tech power up (:

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Glad this has worked for me and the others on here.

I am taking a leave of absence from GPU section of OCUK now lol.

The Nvidia shills, and fanboys have made this place toxic imho.

I will miss the few good guys on here though. Take it easy (:
 
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