Hi to All, i have a
Sapphire Pulse RX 550 (11268-16) Baffin LE A1(according to my bios), with 10 cu/640sp , did anyone had luck unlocking this model to 12/14/16 CU .. theoretically it can be up to 16 right ?
Also i'm new to this so a couple more questions
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1. Does unlocking the GPU affects general performance and gaming also, or just mining (since i am not interested in mining, this might not be for me).
2. Does it increase TPD by a lot, since my gpu already runs hot at 65 under heavy load. i mean locked as it is does those cores get a current inside them and still produce heat or they are totally passive and act like they are not even there.
3. Does it increase power consumption by the same % of unlocked CU, i am concerned about pci-e 2.0 not providing enough power to a unlocked rx550 since there is no 6-pin power connector. The gpu core alone now draws around 40 W at peak, 30W typical, how much would be for the whole card ? how much more should i expect from the whole card ?
4. What are the negative sides of editing the bios in this way, does it creates problems with future drivers updates, or reusing the gup on another pc or in games or decoding or watching movies or something else ? ... i'm brainstorming here
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5. Can a bad bios flash permanently destroy my card or as long as i have a secondary gpu or igpu i can flash the original no matter how bad a bios i put in the first place. And would flashing back to the original bios make the card same as it was with no drawbacks. My idea is if i can flash bios indefinitely, i just try many from other cards like rx560 or rx460 since they also use baffin core and pray it works.
6. The last thing that bothers me, even though in my bios says baffin le a1 and in gpu-z it says polaris 21, i removed the headsink and the numbers on my code does not mach other cards i have seen on internet, on mine the core code is 1725, and the most polaris 21 i found on net are 1702 and baffin le 1623, so i am a wondering does my card is actually a baffin le or something else entirely.
Thanks in advance for your answers, and i am sorry for the long post, i hope someone will help me with some of my dilemmas