Flashing Radeon RX 5700 with RX 5700 XT BIOS: Guide & Performance

W1zzard · Oct 11, 2019

AMD's Radeon RX 5700 has been engineered for maximum efficiency, which forced AMD to compromise in terms of performance. We demonstrate how a simple BIOS flash can unleash the card, delivering performance almost on par with the much more expensive Radeon RX 5700 XT.

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Agent_D · Oct 11, 2019

Out of curiosity; did you happen to get any power consumption numbers?

Chomiq · Oct 11, 2019

Looking forward to all of these "Need help with bad 5700 flash" forum posts.

Redoctober · Oct 11, 2019

Not worth at all. Just pay for extra 100$. Seem like Japanese 2L turbo VS V8 4L Hemi.

ZoneDymo · Oct 11, 2019

Redoctober said:
Not worth at all. Just pay for extra 100$.

explain

GorbazTheDragon · Oct 11, 2019

Agent_D said:
Out of curiosity; did you happen to get any power consumption numbers?

Would also be interesting to see an XT flashed to non XT with power figures comparison too...

TheLostSwede · Oct 11, 2019

Redoctober said:
Not worth at all. Just pay for extra 100$. Seem like Japanese 2L turbo VS V8 4L Hemi.

Sorry, but this is an enthusiast site, please pack your bag and go complain about it on some regular, boring site.

evernessince · Oct 11, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
Sorry, but this is an enthusiast site, please pack your bag and go complain about it on some regular, boring site.

I do not believe being an enthusiast and overclocking are mutually exclusive. I believe there are plenty of entusiasts who would prefer to not OC and there is nothing wrong with that, they are not any less of an enthusiast for it.

Space Lynx · Oct 11, 2019

Nice job @W1zzard

great article.

Ferrum Master · Oct 11, 2019

Shaite. This article reminds of the old ATI X800 days... :pimp:

Awesome

HwGeek · Oct 11, 2019

@W1zzard have you tried the 50th anniversary edition bios?
And of-course great article!.

ZeppMan217 · Oct 11, 2019

Seems like a solid option if you're water cooling the whole thing.

Totally · Oct 11, 2019

Redoctober said:
Not worth at all. Just pay for extra 100$. Seem like Japanese 2L turbo VS V8 4L Hemi.

Your analogy is way off base. It's more like 2.0L with aftermarket turbo kit vs 2.1L with factory turbo. Also what are you getting at trying to single out the Japanese? EVERY SINGLE manufacturer(cept Ford they want to be special with a 1.8/2.3) has a 2.0L turbo since they figured .5l/cylinder is the golden power/efficiency figure for turbo engines a few years ago courtesy of MB.

mahoney · Oct 12, 2019

Was this tested on a open test bench? Those temps are quite high and considering some cases have really poor airflow have to wonder how long a gpu would last in that scenario.

Vader · Oct 12, 2019

Now with this info one could search for AIB RX 5700 cards which have a similar pcb to their XT part, and hopefully the XT BIOS is compatible with the regular 5700. Better if it features dual BIOS. Even better if it also features a strong thermal design to dissipate the extra heat.
Asus Strix 5700, Powercolor Red Devil 5700 are strong candidates. Asus TUF and Gigabyte Gaming OC feature 3-fan design but not dual bios.

Nkd · Oct 12, 2019

I did this. Stock cooler can not handle the temps with max power. It was too hot for 5700 flashed to 5700xt. While 5700 stock worked fine with the cooler. The 5700 cooler just can't handle the temps for long session. I ran 3dmark loop and temps creeped up to 90 and I am in the basement lol.

Yea if you could flash the aftermarket card or put better cooler on it then I can recommend it, but 5700 stock cooler just isn't designed to cool anything more than base 5700.

gamefoo21 · Oct 12, 2019

I was going to mention those temps measured with the max power limits are kinda inching too high for comfort. Definitely needs more cooling...

TheLostSwede · Oct 12, 2019

evernessince said:
I do not believe being an enthusiast and overclocking are mutually exclusive. I believe there are plenty of entusiasts who would prefer to not OC and there is nothing wrong with that, they are not any less of an enthusiast for it.

Did you even read the article? This is NOT related to typical overclocking at all. Yes, the GPU will run at a higher clock, but there's no manual tuning involved.

Jo3yization · Oct 12, 2019

I'd expect as much from the stock blower & stock fan curve when bios flashing is very similar to OCing,, the reference cooler is notorious for high temps & non-reference models alone show a large performance gain over the reference model, anyone that overclocks would know the stock profiles are usually tuned towards low noise over performance too. So.. We end up with low results & high temps. Someone said there's no manual tuning involved when in the test setup they do specifically state theres some core OCing with wattman on the flash + max power OC.

I would take these as worst case scenario results only, really interested to see some non-reference results as the reference cooler is the main issue here. A few are up already & performing much higher than what's shown here. Appreciate the effort either way.

PanicLake · Oct 12, 2019

Agent_D said:
Out of curiosity; did you happen to get any power consumption numbers?

That is what I was curious to see too.

ManofGod · Oct 12, 2019

If you already own the 5700 Reference and are willing to take the risk, it is worth it.

Deathy · Oct 12, 2019

Shader unlocking via BIOS mod or bust!

My golden standard is still the 128 MB Radeon 9500 non-Pro I had that could be fully unlocked (via Omega driver or BIOS flash) to a 9700 and then OC'd a bit to be a Pro. Glorious times and probably some of the best bang for buck I've had when it comes to graphics cards. My Athlon 64 X2 was probably the second most satisfying OC experience, since I really felt it in day to day Windows tasks and application launches (the extra core alone was a godsend).

But at least AMD allows it for the RX 5700, which I must applaud. I would like Nvidia to return to BIOS tweaking, too. Good article! If I were to buy a new card, RX 5700 (XT) would definitely be on my list (since I'm space constrained 240mm length cards are all I can run and the performance of the 5700 (XTs) and the 2070 is similar enough to make it a competitive race).

Mamya3084 · Oct 12, 2019

5700 *Add to cart*
Ali express water block *Add to cart*
**Coupon codes**

Well that was easy. To go nvidia, i'd still need to spend another $200.

GorbazTheDragon · Oct 12, 2019

Mamya3084 said:
5700 *Add to cart*
Ali express water block *Add to cart*
**Coupon codes**

Well that was easy. To go nvidia, i'd still need to spend another $200.

But RAY TRACING!

Mamya3084 · Oct 12, 2019

GorbazTheDragon said:
But RAY TRACING!

Who?
Yeah, I bought the first ATI card with "shaders".
I'll wait a few years till it is actually playable.

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