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

[gamefoo21]

Too bad AMD hardened the V2 from getting flashed to it's Pro version. That FP64 divider... :drool:

 

[evernessince]

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.

A BIOS with higher clocks = overclocking.

Your condecending tone tells me that you rush to comment without thinking about where others are coming from.

 

[Tartaros]

I hate to be the boomer, but this situation requires it. Some of us have been around this site since the 9500 to 9500pro and 9700 to 9700pro flash bios days and the first arctic cooling and zalman aftermarket coolers, this is the good stuff, so just watch and learn to save some bucks.

 

[bug]

I hate to be the boomer, but this situation requires it. Some of us have been around this site since the 9500 to 9500pro and 9700 to 9700pro flash bios days and the first arctic cooling and zalman aftermarket coolers, this is the good stuff, so just watch and learn to save some bucks.

True, but neither 9500 -> 9700 (sic!) nor 9700 -> 9700Pro were done for 7% more HP

 

[kapone32]

This kind of thread is my favourite. It actually reminds me of the good days of Tahiti like flashing the 6850 to 6870, 7950 to 7970 (probably my favourite card of all time).

 

[eidairaman1]

This kind of thread is my favourite. It actually reminds me of the good days of Tahiti like flashing the 6850 to 6870, 7950 to 7970 (probably my favourite card of all time).

Some 290s to 290Xs or 390s/Xs. Or rx 570 to RX580 or RX 560D to 560 or RX 470D to 470.

 

[kapone32]

Some 290s to 290Xs or 390s/Xs. Or rx 570 to RX580 or RX 560D to 560 or RX 470D to 470.

You know it the only card that disappointed was Vega (until you undervolt and turn up the power draw)

 

[eidairaman1]

You know it the only card that disappointed was Vega (until you undervolt and turn up the power draw)

Powertune table mods, some v56s would go 64 but some would kill a port. Amdvbflash in a admin cmd prompt helped if people know how to do the correct syntax

 

[Mamya3084]

Well, I just got my 5700 reference card. Wow, what a crappy cooler. (Still waiting for the china water block). So far, with the fan at 3200rpm, my clock target is hitting 1950mhz. At least it's sort of tolerable being in under the tv.

 

[Easy Rhino]

I hate to be the boomer, but this situation requires it. Some of us have been around this site since the 9500 to 9500pro and 9700 to 9700pro flash bios days and the first arctic cooling and zalman aftermarket coolers, this is the good stuff, so just watch and learn to save some bucks.

I still have the 1800xt with zalman cooler somewhere!

 

[Tartaros]

True, but neither 9500 -> 9700 (sic!) nor 9700 -> 9700Pro were done for 7% more HP

In those times a gpu generation was leaps and bounds also. Still, you save some some dough for other things and feel better.

I still have the 1800xt with zalman cooler somewhere!

I had 7800gt sli with zalman coolers. It was sweet, I feel you.

 

[dflute]

I remember the Zalman coolers and 9700/9700pro days! Good memories.

I found this guide to very informative for anyone thinking of taking this challenge on:

AMD/ATI Flashing Guide

Hi Everyone! If you are reading this the guide is probably for you!!! This guide is an updated refresh based on or in part by other similar threads throughout TPU and my own personal experience (I used to be an nvidia guide but this 290x is too fun) it also covers all current information based...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[INSTG8R]

Sadly the real OG ones from 2005-06 have been lost in forum moves. But Solaris writes a good guide I was an Arctic Cooler man myself. I think I have one still in a box

I remember the Zalman coolers and 9700/9700pro days! Good memories.

I found this guide to very informative for anyone thinking of taking this challenge on:

AMD/ATI Flashing Guide

Hi Everyone! If you are reading this the guide is probably for you!!! This guide is an updated refresh based on or in part by other similar threads throughout TPU and my own personal experience (I used to be an nvidia guide but this 290x is too fun) it also covers all current information based...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Vulcansheart]

If I flash my 5700XT to a 5700, will it stop melting the displayport cable plugged into it?

 

[Agent_D]

Finally picked up a 5700 to give this a go. Just an XFX reference style 5700 and still doing some testing, but preliminarily I've come up with a few numbers.

Stock I am able to run it at 930mv (so far that's as low as I've tested) with a fan profile that doesn't exceed 2200rpm (almost not audible) with junction temps in the ~80-85c range over 3D Mark, MH:W, and D2, with GPU only power draw (as read by GPUZ) of ~105-115w.

Flashed to 5700 XT I am able to run it at 1090mv on the core (down from 1166mv) and with a fan profile that keeps the fan at a max of 2900rpm, saw ~90-95c junction temps over 3D Mark tests, MH:W and D2, with GPU only power draw (as read by GPUZ) of ~180-190w.

It's a fun experiment and I'll likely play with it some more, but it's hard to justify the 10% performance increase I was getting when it took an extra 70 watts (on average) to get it.

 

[Chrispy_]

I'm back to my RTX again. I think the 5700XT will be undervolted to the max and left to run the 4K TV in the living room which rarely touches AAA titles so it can just brute force older stuff.

Navi's DX9 API overhead is ridiculously bad, and sadly there are still plenty of things that use DX9. It's hard to blame AMD for not focusing on optimisations for the ancient DX9 API in Navi's driver stack but I can't be bothered to wait for AMD/developers to get their **** together.

I was messing around with DXVK and D912PXY to map older DirectX titles to DX12 or Vulkan and whilst it works there are a few graphical glitches and I don't want to have to mess with each game.

 

[Mamya3084]

Water block just came in. So far 2050mhz on the GPU, 925 on the memory. Just can't bench anything at the moment, cause of some odd windows insider bug.

Anyway, need to finish GOW5.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Finally picked up a 5700 to give this a go. Just an XFX reference style 5700 and still doing some testing, but preliminarily I've come up with a few numbers.

Stock I am able to run it at 930mv (so far that's as low as I've tested) with a fan profile that doesn't exceed 2200rpm (almost not audible) with junction temps in the ~80-85c range over 3D Mark, MH:W, and D2, with GPU only power draw (as read by GPUZ) of ~105-115w.

Flashed to 5700 XT I am able to run it at 1090mv on the core (down from 1166mv) and with a fan profile that keeps the fan at a max of 2900rpm, saw ~90-95c junction temps over 3D Mark tests, MH:W and D2, with GPU only power draw (as read by GPUZ) of ~180-190w.

It's a fun experiment and I'll likely play with it some more, but it's hard to justify the 10% performance increase I was getting when it took an extra 70 watts (on average) to get it.

I have the same XFX card. Which 3d Mark version are you running and what settings? I would like to compare because I am thinking about going ryzen with similar specs that you are on.

 

[Agent_D]

I have the same XFX card. Which 3d Mark version are you running and what settings? I would like to compare because I am thinking about going ryzen with similar specs that you are on.

I honestly don't know the version number without logging in (at work now) but I was using the regular Fire Strike stress test (it usually generates the most consistent heat/stress and has, for me, been very comparable to real life gaming scenarios) and running Time Spy at its default settings. The only thing I really noticed was that Time Spy was kind of all over the place, but the Fire Strike stress test and regular gaming were not; I don't know if it's a driver issue between the 5700 and 3D Mark (running 19.10.1 WHQL drivers) or something else that Time Spy doesn't like with the 5700. I was running it on a different system than in my specs, it is on a Gigabyte C246-WU4 with a Xeon 2176G (basically 8700k) with 16GB DDR4 2400.

 

[king of swag187]

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.

2070S is $500 and is faster than a 5700XT by a fair margin, and it doesn't need a block that'll leak and destroy your system to keep cool. There is no way you're getting a 5700 and block for $300, unless there's some mystical deal I need to hop on.

 

[Mamya3084]

2070S is $500 and is faster than a 5700XT by a fair margin, and it doesn't need a block that'll leak and destroy your system to keep cool. There is no way you're getting a 5700 and block for $300, unless there's some mystical deal I need to hop on.

I live in Australia. There is no 2070S for less than $870aud.

I paid $500aud for the card, and $100aud for the block. That's $270 less.

My HTPC is already water-cooled for minimal noise, so I just swapped it out. (The Vega 56 I had is just too much of a power hog, and I can get the $300aud back what I paid.)

Been water cooling for the last 3 years, haven't had any leaks.

 

[Chrispy_]

Is anyone having audio issues (cutout, periods of total silence) over HDMI with Navi? I was fine beforehand because I was using a USB DAC but only noticed this issue last night when I plugged it into the TV. Figured I'd post here since there are loads of Navi users here rather than spawning a new thread.

 

[Mamya3084]

Is anyone having audio issues (cutout, periods of total silence) over HDMI with Navi? I was fine beforehand because I was using a USB DAC but only noticed this issue last night when I plugged it into the TV. Figured I'd post here since there are loads of Navi users here rather than spawning a new thread.

No issues here. I had issues with video cutting out, but it was due to a bad HDMI cable.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Is anyone having audio issues (cutout, periods of total silence) over HDMI with Navi? I was fine beforehand because I was using a USB DAC but only noticed this issue last night when I plugged it into the TV. Figured I'd post here since there are loads of Navi users here rather than spawning a new thread.

Navi?

 

[Chrispy_]

Navi?

Navi cards - RX 5700 and RX 5700XT