>http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-4gb-cards-8gb-unlockable-bios-update/
>Nvidea lists 4gb
>its actually 3.5
>AMD lists 4gb
>its actually 8
>>55416645
>undervolt gpu
>performs better
>reflash bios
>get more vram
AMD in charge of software developement
>Nvidia lists 4gb
>Is actually 4gb in two partitions of 3.5gb and .5gb
If you're going to shitpost, at least do it correctly.
>>55416693
>damage control
>>55416693
So 3.5. Don't sugarcoat it.
>>55416693
The 970 would be better of with 3.5 actually
>>55416693
>>55416693
>>55416870
This. The current setup is literally worse than it just having 3.5GB as a hard limit.
NVIDIOTSFAGS IN COMPLETE SUICIDE WATCH AND DAMAGE CONTROL!
>>55416645
This just shows that 4GB/8GB is not 20bux difference, difference is so low that 8GB can be sold as 4GB.
this is what jews look like.
>>55416872
KEK
>>55416645
You can't hide memory modules on a board, 4GB cards only have 4GB worth of memory.
Changing the BIOS to read memory which isn't there isn't going to magically let you fill up nonexistent VRAM.
>>55416645
>reviewers notice that the GPU board has twice the RAM onboard days after "reviewing" it
>>55416995
Did you even read the article, nigga?
It literally says, in big bold text, that the card has eight physical 1GB chips
>>55416967
Setting up two lines of production for two almost identical vga is much muchmore expensicve than the loss.for the four 1gb ram module, this time there is no jewish
Nvidia is doing the same with GTX 1080 AND 1070, and intel has been doing the same for tears
>>55417047
Nowhere in the article did they say that.
The article has a launch 8GB card that could be flashed with a 4GB firmware, which is fucking retarded.
AMDrones being retarded as usual.
>>55416645
Wasn't that only for the cards sent to reviewers so they could easily test both SKUs?
>>55416645
>http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-4gb-cards-8gb-unlockable-bios-update/
buttblasted NVidoits. Nice i never thought i'd see that day this would happen
all those comments are nvidoits mad as fuck.
1060 is DOA confirmed.
>>55417102
Only a handful of the first batch of cards has memory adjusted in vBIOS, yes.
>>55417088
How fucking retarded are you?
>>55417221
Obviously you are, the pic you posted proved me right.
>>55417047
>It literally says, in big bold text, that the card has eight physical 1GB chips
>>55417088
>Nowhere in the article did they say that.
>>55417221
>Our XFX RX 480 4GB Retail Unit Has Eight 1GB, 8Ghz GDDR5 Samsung Memory Chips
>>55417244
>the pic you posted proved me right.
Dude what?
>>55416870
It's not though because the .5gb is still faster than the system RAM. If it had to go to system RAM instead it would be much worse.
Also, if you're using that much vram, you're already going to be at an unacceptable framerate regardless.
>>55417302
It's a 8GB card that can be flashed with 4GB firmware. Jesus fuck, how stupid can you get?
>>55416667
AMD in charge of trying to be Jews
>try to develop exclusive api to fuck Nvidia
>Get Vulkan instead, which works better on Nvidia cards
>>55417327
>Our XFX RX 480 4GB Retail Unit Has Eight 1GB, 8Ghz GDDR5 Samsung Memory Chips
>XFX RX 480 4GB
>4GB
>>55417327
>>55417244
>>55417088
Dude, what are you on?
Why didn't they just sell them all at 8GB?
>>55417327
Quick tip crack kill's
>>55417447
so poor people can buy cards too
>>55417447
Because they want to compete at the level of $200
>>55417354
i really wish AMD would fucking do something about their OpenGL drivers.
>>55416645
what is binning?
>>55416872
this is great
>>55416645
ATI did this too years ago.
Remember 9600SE? or it was 9800?
This is why I loved team Red
>>55417618
Same with the 6950, and even now you can recapture that same magic with a Fury, as you can unlock half of them to a higher core count with a BIOS mod, some of them were disabled though because they were binned on purpose, and only a tiny few were destined to be a Fury X, so the chances of unlocking them to a full 4096 are low as fuck, with 3840 being what me and most people ended up with, but that 3840 makes a huge difference, and brings it a little bit above a 980 performance-wise
>>55416645
hold up, so they actually made that card software unlock able? are all the retail 4gb cards like that?
the fucking pajeet madman! i love you!
>>55417571
binning has nothing to do with this
this way there is only one assembly line and procedure to make to physical skus, setting the capabilities via software (like modern oscilloscopes)
>>55417909
Not by design, there's no ACTUAL mod out in the wild yet that lets you do this, Techpowerup will probably have something within a month, as newer GCN-based cards require special dumping and editing tools compared to the 6000 series and under, so it'll call for a lot more work than just flashing a BIOS you modded in ABT
>>55417313
>there's no point in even having 4GB VRAM
damago controlu
>>55417327
Is this just weak bait?
>>55416645
AMD could literally not afford to make 2 different PCBs that they had to take a loss on memory chips
This is fucking next level.
This is absolutely nothing new; literally the only thing separating my current card from a Titan series is a couple of solder points. Nvidia confirmed for edgelords who fall for JDF bullshit
>>55418037
>he thinks you need different PCBs for different memory configurations
can I finally download more ram?
8 GB is useless for a midrange card...
>>55417447
Just like the HD 6950 bios unlock to 6970 with the reference version. Had to put out enough stock so had to gimp cards at software level to meet initial demand. Just watch the AIB cards be physically be 4 or 8 GB memory and lock out this "exploit".
>>55418217
Modded Skyrim and Fallout both make use of way more frame buffer than any commercial titles.
>>55417072
the 1080 and 1070 have different VRAM types, one is GDDRX
>>55417537
They're clearly throwing everything at this.
>have to wait a year for the drivers
>>55416645
>http://wccftech.com
This remind me of the olf AMD days when you can take your 3 core AMD cpus and unlock the 4th core. Long live AMD!
>>55418217
>midrange on 4k
nice try
Not sure if based, or insane.
>>55417313
>nvidiots with stockholm syndrome
>>55416872
That makes no sense. The slowdown shouldn't hit until 3.5GB.
Up until 3.5GB the card should run at full speed.
>>55416645
Nvidia cucks after this discovery. 1060 biggest failure of the year almost 970 levels.
>>55419094
lol 8/8
>>55418587
>the ram usage and the resolution aren't related
>>55419094
Lost
If you read the article you'd see that it's probably just for the first batch of 4gb cards to deal with the fact that they didn't have their actual 4gb cards ready to ship yet.
So don't think you can just grab 4gb card in August, flash the BIOS, and have yourself a cheap 8gb card.
>>55419881
nvidia shill's anus is literally devastated
AMD has some kind of problem where they cannot help but give their hardware away for a discount or something.
>>55419918
I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm saying that if you want to take advantage of this do it now because the next batch of 4gb cards really will be 4gb cards.
This is actually useful while stock remains low. It means that it doesn't matter what card you run across you will still get an 8gb card.
>>55416645
Why would XFX or any other OEM put 8 1gb memory modules in a card that is sold as 4gb? Are they using chips with questionable stability so they block access to half the memory? Can they just not manufacture the card without installing 8 memory chips?
>>55416645
what the fuck is going on at AMD, it's like they're deliberately gimping themselves and leaving it up to the user to un-gimp the fucking card, why can't they just put this shit out there as is without overvolting and hiding shit
Buy 4gig from Nvidia get 3.5
Buy 4gig from AMD get 8
AMD confirmed for piss poor jews
>>55419982
they probably make fuck all profit at 199 and need the 8gig cards to make a decent margin
>>55419968
I think the board partners have an agreement with AMD to manufacture reference boards exactly as instructed. AMD probably expected more demand on the 8GB boards so they instructed the partners to manufacture more of them and this was a backup plan in case there was lower than expected demand.
>>55420014
>lower than expected demand.
You are not serious, right?
>>55419881
This. Early buyers won the memory lottery. The rest will get 4 gb.
Doesn't change fact that 4 gb is amazing value, better than 8 gb. It might even OC a bit better due to less power draw. The "reverse memorygate" is just icing on cake for the lucky few...
>>55420032
I have no idea what the sales numbers for the cards are like this is a guess. I doubt AMD purposely told them to do this without a good reason. The board partners have little incentive to do this so they probably wouldn't if they had a choice.
Breaking News: AMD cucks new owners in record time.
New owners were presented with a myriad of issues with the launch of the Rx480 graphics card. Issues ranging from the as expected AMD drivers all the way to motherboard killing PCIE power consumption.
Now the die-hard fans who overlooked those issues and decided to buy a card anyways are faced with cuckholdery once more as they could have gotten the same product for $50 less.
>>55420064
>I have no idea what the sales numbers for the cards are like this is a guess.
UK Overclockers sold their first batch of 1k on launch (just like they did the 1080).
>I doubt AMD purposely told them to do this without a good reason.
That would be sensible but a lot about the 480 has made little sense. Claim TDP of 150w but regularly goes over it and possibility of damaging the PCIe slot. Now there are reports that underpowering it actually improves both stability _and_ gets a little better performance in some benchmarks.
This isn't a new thing. I've seen this happen before on nvidia too. They just rebrand a better card as a weaker card to meet supply with all the physical parts of the better card still there.
Old AMD 2 and 3 core processors also had 4 physical cores with only 2 or 3 available for use. The addtional core or cores could easily be enabled in software. Sometimes an Athlon X3 could be unlocked to a full Phenom with the additional cache.
This will probably not stay around for long as supply of actual 4GB cards increases. Assuming the lower capacity memory chips aren't more expensive for some reason. AMD isn't a charity.
>when you unlock her RAM
