Flash 7970 Bios to 7970 GE Bios?

[cbrunny]

Is this possible? If so, does it make the GE effectively a waste of money?

 

[Fx1]

No they locked this off.

Get an unlocked voltage 7970 reference or MSI card.

You dont need a bios to make it a GHZ you just overclock it. Same thing

 

[cbrunny]

but.... (http://www.anandtech.com/show/6025/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-catching-up-to-gtx-680)

Everything the 7970GE adds to the 7970 is accomplished through chip binning and new Catalyst and BIOS features specific to the 7970GE. So in many ways this is the 7970 we’ve already become familiar with, but with more pep in its step.

Doesn't this mean it is more than just an OC version?

 

[Kenmitch]

Doesn't this mean it is more than just an OC version?

Other than the clockspeed it's just the boost feature which is enable in the bios/drivers I believe.

 

[Dravonic]

There's really no need to run the GHz bios, unless you're looking for "out-of-the-box" overclocking. But that's rather pointless considering quite a lot of cards will overclock past GHz speeds and you need an overclocking program to do that.

I would easily say that GE/Special Editions are a waste of money if not for the revised and usually much more silent fans. As far as clocks go, both GE and non-GE have the same overclocking potential.

 

[3DVagabond]

Once you O/C the card boost is disabled. The GHz boost feature is only good if you don't O/C and don't mind your card changing clocks when in use. I'm pretty sure that simply moving the power slider in CCC to +20% defeats boost.

It's really nothing useful, IMO. It is a bullet point and probably allows for slightly lower power consumption in reviews.

 

[cbrunny]

Neat. I just saved some dough.