Monday, August 22nd 2016
PowerColor Outs "Unlocked BIOS" for RX 480 RED Devil
PowerColor today released an optional "Unlocked BIOS" for its Radeon RX 480 RED Devil graphics card. Available through PowerColor DevilClub (and TechPowerUp), the BIOS is optional because it is intended only for power-users. The BIOS increases power-limits on the card, facilitating higher overclocking headroom and clock speed sustainability.
The obvious trade-offs here are higher power-consumption, temperatures, and noise. In fact, PowerColor strongly recommends against using the modded card with FurMark as the company found that it will damage even non-overclocked cards with the new BIOS. PowerColor, however, stated that flashing your card with the optional BIOS will not void your warranty.
DOWNLOAD: PowerColor RX 480 Unlocked BIOS
The obvious trade-offs here are higher power-consumption, temperatures, and noise. In fact, PowerColor strongly recommends against using the modded card with FurMark as the company found that it will damage even non-overclocked cards with the new BIOS. PowerColor, however, stated that flashing your card with the optional BIOS will not void your warranty.
DOWNLOAD: PowerColor RX 480 Unlocked BIOS
29 Comments on PowerColor Outs "Unlocked BIOS" for RX 480 RED Devil
- There are 6 GPU phases and quote: "According to the information from PowerColor, each phase can deliver 25W, and not 22.5W." (giving a total of 150W just for GPU)
- With all the other stuff on the board it has a max power draw of 175W, which is exactly where the initial limit is set (hence that crappy/unstable 6.7% overclock)
- Temperatures under load are 76°C and 80°C in Silent-BIOS and OC-BIOS accordingly (which is kinda crazy, considering the size of the triple-fan cooling solution)
So, if there is an "Unlocked" BIOS with raised TDP, then PowerColor deliberately violates its own architectural limit for this card. I couldn't see the model# of mosfets used on this particular card, so I cannot confirm or deny for sure, as to whether these are capable of handling a bit higher than loads. It might be OK just for benching (ONLY with additional cooling), but I'd probably wait for an 8+ phase variant of RX480, if I wanted to overclock the sh#t out of it...:banghead:
If I run Furmark on my 780 Ti, it simply throttles down significantly and stays well below its max temperature. Animation was smooth, too.
and ................>>>>>> all those i Flashed my Bios and now card DON'T WORK threads
and as Powercolor are Saying I Still stand by what i said Trust me They will come
Don't be concerned about a game putting that much stress on a card.....games won't get there for at least 10 years. By then no one will be using any current cards.
+33 Ampere
+55 Watts
the Warning is serious
So 175W is'nt a sweat.