Well, in this case vRAM actually
>Right now it's only confirmed on the early retail cards, so this might change in the coming weeks - so do not buy an RX 480 with 4GB of RAM absolutely, 100% hoping it has 8GB of RAM as this will change.
>Right now, WCCFTech purchased a retail Radeon RX 480 4GB model and flashed it with the vBIOS for the 8GB model, and 8GB of RAM appeared - a nice, free upgrade, eh?
Here's the source:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52891/amd-radeon-rx-480-4gb-models-8gb-ram-unlocked-bios-update/index.html
What you guys think?
I think they are full of shit and the BIOS may report 8GB but when you actually run anything that uses more than 4Gb it's gonna crash and burn.
>>55426073
How do they know that it actually has 8gb vram and that the bios isn't simply hardcoded to report that number?
>>55426109
That's what I thought, or maybe it's low-quality memory like the 3.5 case. They would sell their shit costing less with the same amount of samsung memories.
>>55426153
>wouldn't*
Fixed
>Flash 4gb GTX 960's bios into GTX 970
>It finally has 4gbs of VRAM
>>55426109
>>55426141
>>55426153
check the source next time
http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-4gb-cards-8gb-unlockable-bios-update/
all 480s ship with 8gb
>>55426153
In this case it's most likely they had no choice and had to do this for the first run. So they're probably real 8GB cards.
These 4GB cards should disappear in a few months, maybe less
>NVidia's 4GB = 3.5GB
>AMD's 4GB = 8GB
Ok, NVidia sucks
Hold your horses. What is point of selling real 8GB masked as 4GB which is actually cheaper.
>>55426282
Because probably the 4GB version's are just 8GB with RAM problem.
Reviewers were sent flashable bios to change between 4gb and 8gb versions
>>55426354
>AMD planned this thing out
OK AMD ARE YOU SERIOUS
>>55426322
This. And this is how products like this are sold- bits of it that don't work are disabled and then it's sold as a lower end part
Although in this case with vRAM, that shit is tested before even being stuck to the card
>>55426282
>make a $200 GPU with 8GB Vram
>wants to make more profit
>use software to gimp it to 4GB
>sell the 8GB version for $230
>>55426282
This is only the first badge of cards. Production lines for 4GB models aren't ready yet, so they rebadged some 8GB models.
Original report was that the reference model is 8GB only and only custom cards will have 4GB as an option. Shortly before release they must have changed their mind and decided to release a 4GB reference model.
>>55426322
>>55426383
if the RAM chips were faulty they wouldn't be put onto the card in the first place.
>>55426282
The 4Gb version doesn't exist and they sold a tiny number of gimped 8Gb in very few markets to make it look like it exists. There is no 480 at $200.
>>55426281
Nvidia on suicide watch?
You'll never escape the reach of the jews, never.
>>55426109
>>55426141
>>55426153
>>55426322
>>55426462
Am I visiting the Dead Sea?
Because this smells like salt.
Holy fuck, how can Nvidia cope after being BTFO so much in just one month?
>>55426500
>salt
Yeah, your "salt" here
>what you guys think
Where's AMD's fix for rx 480?
>>55426514
Werent there claims that GoW was gimped by Nvidia in the first place? Also nice shill post.
>>55426544
gow was a xbox 360 game so it was an nvidia game
also it had hbao+ that you couldnt remove it it literally destroyed amd cards
>>55426532
did i ever say people were samefagging?
>>55426687
Yeah but I wasn't being salty
And I don't live near an ocean
or a salt factory
or the damn dead sea mate
>>55426703
>ENG
Sure thing pajeet.
>>55426172
Actually the 960 vram is gimped too...
>>55426739
Source?
>>55426773
His ass
>>55426228
fuck your clickbait shit, pastebin
>people who don't know how binning works
so thats why i couldnt find any 4GB versions for sale
>>55426844
this isn't binning, this is "we only have one production line ready and want to put out two versions of a card"
>>55426844
It'd be binning if the vrams weren't tested to be working before even being put on the card
>secretly cuck your early adopters out of $50
>>55426739
No, it's not.
>>55426153
>low-quality memory like the 3.5 case
shows how little you know
>>55427028
Let them have an argument anon.
>>55426660
the 360 literally used an ATI chip.. you're thinken ps3
>>55426073
Of a lower quality.
>>55426073
There's probably a reason they disabled the RAM On some cards in the BIOs, like disable extra cores on CPUs and GPUs before, not all cards will run correctly after it's been flashed
>>55426514
>390 is still the faster
Fuck poolaris
>>55427247
It would be beyond retarded of them to release fully functional 8gb versions of the cards as 4gb versions
>>55426773
>>55427014
>that itty, bitty, teeny, weeny, tiny, miniature, bottle neck of a memory bus
>>55427211
how many years of driver optimization has the 390 had over the 480? Also the 480 does it at much less wattage
>>55426470
>1060 = 2.75gb or 5 and 7/8ths
Confirmed nvidia will crash and burn.
If true this definitely hearkens back to the days when some athlons and phenoms were unlockable for more cache and/or cores. At the time, that was seen as pretty awesome of AMD to offer options like that, even if some of the disabling was on purpose, similar to how Intel/AMD sell chips with and without unlocked clocks at different price points.
Are we going to react negatively this time, though? Just want to make sure I know how to act to avoid being labeled a shill.
>>55427260
no, it would be
>>55426979
>"we only have one production line ready and want to put out two versions of a card"
>>55427260
no pal, you are fucking stupid
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXehxmJxrI8
>>55427320
nvidiots will react negatively because they're blind fanboys
everyone else will just grab for a 4GB model for now and hope they get an 8GB board.
>>55427279
>Also the 480 does it at much less wattage
Polaris = Poor performance per watt
>>55426368
Yes, reviewers get the first cards of the productionline, and they started with 8gb because they estimated that would be the main target.
But the reviewers also have to review the 4gb RAM, so they just flashed the bios.
>poorlaris
Get a 1060 and go away...
>>55427424
>I'm all out of shilling fuel
that's great ...
>>55427424
This is pretty poor work Sanjay. You won't get paid for this one.
I've notified your supervisor.
>>55426833
They take off the fucking heatsink and reveal the 8 GB of RAM on the PCB you fuckheap.
>>55427620
You're probably right, but they could still just be dummies, then you'd only need one automated process instead of two.
>>55427264
>what is DCC
>>55426073
>nvidia says their card has 4GB
>it's only 3,5
>amd says their card has only 4GB
>it's actually comes with 8GB
who are the bigger liars?
>>55426172
Wait I can do what?
>4 gigabytes means 8 gigabytes
literally can't make this shit up
>>55427620
Then post it m8, this is an image board after all.
>>55428402
8 - 4 = 4
4 - 3.5 = 0.5
Looks like AMD are the bigger liars.
>>55427320
Some x800pros could be modded (with pencil lead in some cases) to a full x800xt as well.
>>55428583
I've always kinda thought that AMD is the one company that actually makes products the way enthusiasts enjoy - through a combination of incompetence and innovation, lol. That's the kind of mistake enthusiasts love to exploit, and it leads to them buying that equip ment just so that they can take advantage of it.
>>55428505
No, amd said they'll give you 4, and they delivered.
So they did not lie, but forgot to mention 4 other gigs.
>>55428848
so its like amd gave you four cookies, but forgot to tell you about the four extra?
>>55428848
>>55428877
They did not forget to mention anything. AMD did this before. You paid for 4GB then you hacked your shit to unlock 4 more. Its is how it has been. Now you guys want to say AMD are lairs but when you take an Intel chip and unlock it for extra power shit is ok. Fuck off assholes enjoy your 3GB 1060s
>>55428848
Oy vey! Buy my 8GB card goy! It's way better than that stinking peasant 4GB one you have right now goy. And it'll only cost you 50 more shekels!
>(hand rubbing)
>>55426073
>8gb vram
>on a 1080/1440 mid card
Why?
Not even GTA V will use that vram and the hardware is not fast enough for it anyway.
Not a Green Goy btw Nvidia will get shit on if the 1060 has 3gb as leaks suggest, many new games use around 3.5 (rip 970 owners)
4-6gb is a sensible level of vram for this price range
>>55429101
WEAK
>>55429108
Marketing. inb4 skyrim mods..
>>55429035
so the cookies were there just because amd was nice?
>>55428848
Nvidia said they'll give you 4, and they delivered.
So they did not lie, but forgot to mention that 0.5GB is thrash.
>jewvidia: buy 4gb actually receive 3.5gb
>Based AMD: buy 4gv actually receive 8gb
Nvidicucks lose again. Amd is literally the anti-jew
>>55429362
>paid more money for a 8GB card
>not jewed
>>55429362
B T F O
T
F
O
!!!!!AH HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!
NVIDIAAAAAA FUCKING GOT SMASHEDDD
>>55429202
No, thia sucks for the people who bought the 8GB but 90% of those people dont know how to flash a bios. Most people would want the 8GB but to make a 4gb would cost more money for AMD. This also proves in a few weeks the 8GB will be $199 and the 1060 6GB will be higher. Nvidia 1060 DOA!!
>>55429503
If they really drop the price of the 8GB version to 200 that'd be great.
lol
Isn't the 8GB model also running the memory at a higher clock speed?
When you reflash the bios to unlock the 8GB does it also clock up the RAM?
>>55430181
>I paid 30 extra for the 8GB....
I feel like an nvidiot cuck now, getting jew'd on
will the 480 be enough for modded skyrim?
>>55430279
There's so many factors which could possibly effect that question that it's impossible to answer. What's the rest of your rig? What resolution?
>>55430279
Yes, glorious VRAM will save you
>>55430279
yea if you get the 8GB version and not the 4 ah ha ha ha ha ha
>>55430294
i5 4690k
1080p
8gb ram
>>55430181
No way
>>55430275
Apparently yes. It's the same card, you just need to unlock its potential.
>>55430324
Should be fine mate, you might want to get another 8GB of ram to be safe.
>>55430181
kek. but I guess the trade-off is that flashing your bios could void the warranty.
>>55430181
>>55430412
Just checked mine. Holy shit, it's real, kek
why is the 480 such a confused little card?
>>55430505
timestamp
>>55430505
>>55430521
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA
Fucking AMD is selling 8GB for the price of 4GB!!! Good shit!! I'm looking all over NY for the 4GBs cant find them.
>>55430599
>Fucking AMD is selling 8GB for the price of 4GB!!!
The last 4gbs of memory probably doesn't work properly, has anyone of note tried flashing a card?
>>55426450
>if the RAM chips were faulty they wouldn't be put onto the card in the first place.
No, companies do this with their products literally all the time.
Defective chips that still work under full capacity are put into lower end products.
Hence taking a defective RAM chip, limiting the address space, and sticking it in your budget line.
Boom. You just recycled defective silicon.
>>55430652
>You just recycled defective silicon.
It would be completely processed and manufactured silicon, even better to salvage it if possible
>>55430652
at under full capacity*
>>55430652
This, also explains why it is clocked at lower frequency.
I really don't know why people are getting excited.
>>55426514
The absolute, unadulterated, grasping at straws damage control is just embarrassing. Amd can't save you now. Abandon all hope.
>tfw RX 480 4GB is in mail and is coming tomorrow
>>55430688
>>This, also explains why it is clocked at lower frequency.
It works just fine on a higher frequency.
Webm related, I can go up to the max without problems. Even increases my FPS by a few.
>>55430723
But did you stress test it?
>>55430742
I did a few benchmarks on it
Does that count?
>>55426073
All you have to do is look at your GPU, and the number of 512 mb vRAM models their are. If you see 8, you got 4gb of vRAM, if you see 16, you got 8gb of vRAM
>>55430615
https://www.techpowerup.com/223913/amd-retail-radeon-rx-480-4gb-to-8gb-memory-unlock-mod-works-we-benchmarked
>>55430742
>>55430751
>>55430751
If it is stable then yeah great. But that might be just your RX480.
Of course we will probably know more after some more people do the same and see if it is stable and all of the VRAM is properly allocated.
>>55426410
oh yea boys I'm gonna download some RaM !!!! XD m!M2M1N1J1!! J
IM A LEET HAXOR
>>55430615
>The last 4gbs of memory probably doesn't work properly
Where do you get this from? Do you just assume and post it like a dick? I mean even on 4chan if I post something I try to post something I actually know.
See following site for more information on the 4GB to 8GB.
>4gb vram
why live?
>>55430806
Forgot the site:
https://www.techpowerup.com/223913/amd-retail-radeon-rx-480-4gb-to-8gb-memory-unlock-mod-works-we-benchmarked
>>55426073
Better advertising a 4gb and find out it has 8 than advertising a 4gb one and finding out it has 3.5.
>>55430968
Fair point
>>55430181
DUDE I HAVE THE SAME STICKER
HOLY FUCK AMDOMINATION
>6950 flashed to 6970
>RX480 4GB flashed to 8GB
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS
Why didn't AMD just sell the 8gb version priced at 4gb and undercut the fuck out of nvidia?
>>55431010
It's already cheap as fuck so they're losing plenty of money
>>55426073
>selling a 4gb gpu to later """accidentally""" find out it has double the vram memory
Wow, well played, AMD.
>>79870885
>Here's you free 4gb, sir.
Stockholm syndrome Nvidiots think this is a bad thing
>>55426073
>Gpu companies lying about vram
>It's okay when amd does it!
>>55426073
Wow AMD, I r8
8/4
Nvidia only gets 3.5.
>>55431010
because this is a stopgap until they can get some actual 4GB models produced. They never planned to make a 4GB reference model, but decided at the last minute to make one anyway.
Probably because everyone laughed at Nvidia Founders Editions and AMD didn't want to make the same mistake.
>>55431177
kekked and checked
>gains of 1-2 fps on average
wow it's fucking nothing
>>55430509
too cute for its own good, that's why
It's kind of hilarious that
- 4GB Nvidia card has 3.5GB RAM
- 4GB AMD card has 8GB RAM
Then there was the Fury that unlocked to Fury X, the 6950 that unlocked to 6970, the Phenom X3 that unlocked to X4, or going back the Radeon SE that unlocked to XT...
shit like this is why people still buy AMD.
>>55426109
>I think they are full of shit and the BIOS may report 8GB but when you actually run anything that uses more than 4Gb it's gonna crash and burn.
Techpowerup tested it, all 8gb is there and usable.
That and you can PHYSICALLY SEE the 8gbit modules on the card if you disassemble it.
>>55431575
>That and you can PHYSICALLY SEE the 8gbit modules on the card if you disassemble it.
But not all cards in the future will be like this
480 owner master race here. Ripped off the sticker on the box and it said 8GB so I flashed the 8GB bios. Checked in GPU-Z and I indeed have 8GB of VRAM and 980 performance for only $200.
Stay free, Nvidiots.
>>55431595
>But not all cards in the future will be like this
Still better than the 970 which even in the future will say 4gb but come with 3.5gb only.
>>55431632
>Not waiting for custom models with crazy OC headroom
>>55431595
>But not all cards in the future will be like this
idk, they might lazer them off like they did the 6950s (followed by a price drop) but we'll see.
WAIT WHAT
>amd sells 8gb cards marked as 4gb and all you need is a bios flash
>its fucking legit
this is literally the anti 3.5 meme
mfw
>>55430615
Gamersnexus has and they really are 8gb cards.
This entire fucking launch is insanity, I don't understand anything anymore.
>>55431745
Gamers Nexus used their review card to switch it from 8gbs to 4gbs for testing
>>55431575
To be honest this is why I buy AMD.
>>55431734
The catch?
>it destroys your PCIe port
>>55431761
My bad, it was reversed, you're right.
Too much information has been coming out since launch that it's hard to tell what has happened.
Guys, guys...what do the red arrows mean in this image?
>>55431791
undervolt it, it's already being done, even at the same clocks with the lower voltage it works, in fact it works better since it's stable
>>55431812
it means AMD won
>>55426073
>Firmware limits RAM
Okay, neat, I guess that's why the extra RAM is so cheap, it's all just one PCB and a bit flop on their end.
Is rx480 enough for triple screen 22" gaming?
i dont mind cf'ing
I hope you fuckers dont buy a 4GB card in the future and flash it thinking you'll get 8
It was just for the launch. From now on 4GB cards will actually come with only 4GB
you can actually download more ram if you have a rx 480 4gb
my sides.
>>55431791
thats already fixed senpai
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604979/a-temporary-fix-for-the-excess-pci-e-slot-power-draw-for-the-reference-rx-480-cards
you need something else pajeet
>mfw RX480 finally started appearing locally
>mfw they cost almost $400
>mfw I have no face and I must scream
being yuropoor iss suffering
>>55432204
>ukraine
>yuro
Pick one.
Did everyone forget what happened with HD 6950 that you could flash 6970 bios and unlock all shaders
>you paid 250$ for 8GB but you can get the same card for 200$
amd ladies and gentlemen...
>>55432445
>you paid for 4GB but got 3.5
Nvidia ladies and gentlemen...
>>55431812
some germans paid 50 euros more for the same vram amount?
>>55432445
Not really considering the first 4GB versions were a small run that are out of stock almost everywhere.
>>55432523
>2 year old meme card literally destroying 8gb amd shit
this is sad
>>55432523
>implying I'm not agree with you
Custom RX 480 in babbysize when? This is the perfect GPU for my HTPC.
>>55432819
Probably when the aftermarket versions launch.
ITX 970s are also a thing.
Or you could shell out some more cash for Gigabyte's ITX 1070 or a Nano or something.
>>55429108
>a 2 year old game wont use 8gb vram
Nigga games where starting to use 8gb of vram back in 2013 and alot of games use between 4-8gb vram+ now
Have fun with your low vram card
>>55432775
Dont forget it destroyed stock 980's which the 390 and rx480 are struggling to reach
it doesnt matter once vulkan and dx12 games become commonplace though dx11 is dead an maxwell kepler cant into async
Friendly reminder.
They did this before with the 6950, you could unlock it to a full 6970, or just unlock the shaders.
I unlocked my shaders on it.
So far I've only seen XFX cards do this, hopefully the Sapphire ones do as well
>>55432997
All are the same. They are made by AMD and the distributer(XFX,Sap.,MSI..) just put their sticker on it.
>>55433079
cool, i look forward to undervolting and flashing the bios
>People praising AMD for this when it's clear that they planned to just unlock it and try to sell it as a different card like the 6950/6970
>>55433141
>being surprised people who got the 4gb are praising amd
>>55433141
amd has literally been doing this for years
>make a card
>hafl the memory is defective because we cut costs
>fuck it rebrand it and sell that shit
>make paypah
>>55429108
3 GB 780 Ti is still almost 980 level in benchmarks. 8 or even 6 GB is overkill for mid range cards.
>>55431234
But they did. $199 was for the 4 GB card, and 4 GB cards don't exist, so the real starting price is much higher. Just like $379 GTX 1070s don't exist.
>>55432854
lol, there were no cards with 8 GB in 2013. The highest was the unaffordable Titan with 6 GB. Even most high end cards had 2-3.
>>55433141
It's like no one ever remembers the corner cutting meme, literally.
>>55432204
axaxax cyka )))
>>55431575
That's right, I flashed my 6950 to a 6970, forgot about that
>>55433141
And early 290s, and early Furys...
>>55432854
They weren't though
>>55431002
I love this shit.
This release has been absolutely crazy.
>people fail to realize that the people who bought the 8GB VRAM are basically getting fucked over.
my god
>Conveniently don't address AMD jewing people extra for 8GB when they could have had it for cheaper
It's okay when AMD does it.
Free VRAM for the price of your PCIE slot, good trade.
I don't understand why you're masturbating over this, it's only proof that AMD never intended for the 4gb to anything other than a paper launch that is constantly "out of stock".
>>55426073
wouldn't be the first time this happened,
I '''upgraded'' once via bios overwrite my gtx465 to gtx470
that was a great day
>>55426997
>tested
AMD has literally released triple cores that could be unlocked into a quad core in the past, some would work, some wouldn't. It's definitely binning, but they managed to make it a marketing scheme.
>>55430652
Not with a bunch of components, it's much cheaper to just use a few working chips than twice the chips with half working dies
Binning doesn't scale to multiple components, specially if you don't manufacture/design said components
>>55431694
They won't laser them off, they will just not mount them or mount dummies
>professional reviewers "review" new GPU, almost all of them don't even look at the PCB
>notice a few days later that the RAM amount doesn't match reality
kek
>>55433915
Professional reviewers weren't sent retail copies, they got 8GB cards with a switchable 4GB and 8GB BIOS.
Can you even recover AMD cards after a broken bios flash
>>55433989
Some cards used to have dual bios
Yess, let the goyim flash their bios, so that when the card destroys their PCI-express slot they have already voided the warranty.
>>55434048
Sure, this one however doesnt
the entire reason why they got 8gb card bios limited to 4gb is because the costs to produce a 2 different cards is higher than just limiting it via bios
the rx480 is so fucking mass manufacteured it's unbelievable.
it will get in laptops, consoles and of course desktop computers all over the course.
they make millions of those pcb's and have the focus on the more logical variant, the 8gb version
>>55431575
>Fury that unlocked to Fury X
Sometimes, the Fury only unlocks to a full Fury X in reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally rare cases, as those chips were specifically set aside for the sole purpose of being a Fury, since most of the time, Fury chips are disabled because they're lower-binned versions that didn't make the cut to become a Fury X and are disabled for a reason, and the average user will only unlock 75% of the disabled shaders, but it's still one hell of an unlock, since a basic Fury starts to outrun a 980 with 3840 of the 4096 shaders
>>55434064
Yeah, the desktop PCB will totally be put into laptops and consoles
>>55426282
It's cheaper to make a single PCB with a single RAM configuration that two different PCB's with two different RAM configurations
>>55434100
just wait for this external graphics meme they just put up
>>55433915
Reviewers didn't get 4GB cards. They got a run of 8GB cards and were given 2 BIOs to switch between 4 and 8 for testing.
>>55434060
I think you're on to something my Jewish friend.
>>55426514
>Not comparing to 1000-series
Shill detected.
>>55434718
Bait has really declined these past few years.
I refuse to believe that some of you are this stupid.
>>55434757
I'm not sure what you mean. Of course the newer card performs better than the older ones. It is just also the case with the 1080 and 1070, which the image doesn't address.
>>55426073
>Disabling perfectly good components
I hate this bullshit. It's just so wasteful. Just let people have the free upgrade.
>>55427424
This card looks so fucking sexy. 10/10.
Bravo nvidia. At least the can make the reference card look appealing and not a shitty black rectangle with little dots.
>>55435252
I know man, it so sexy
POO RAJEEEEEESH YOU CANNOT KEEP POOING ON NVIDIA SNAJAY CHINMAY
>>55436264
>Poo memes never stop
It's like people just now learned about Raja. The man's a legend. Poos only think about pooing everywhere that isn't the loo. Raja wants Radeon to succeed and the customers to win.
>>55436380
that's why he keeps pooing on 2701 san tomas expressway santa clara
>>55436053
That design is as edgy as it can be
>>55426410
Holy shit AMD is turning into INTEL.
>>55429108
>Why?
4K
>>55436639
AMD has a history of doing this. well, maybe not this exactly, usually it comes down to binning.
Fury can be flashed to Fury X, 6950 could be flashed to 6970, Phenom II/Athlon II dual/tri-core chips (and quad core thuban) could be unlocked to 3/4 (5/6 for thuban) cores. in this case it's probably just cheaper for AMD to have them all made on one line instead of having separate 4GB/8GB production lines.
>>55426073
I remember this being a thing way back in the Geforce 6 series I think?
You could buy a stock 6800 with 12 pipelines and 5 vertex processors, and potentially unlock a disabled quad, making it essentially a 6800 GT with 16 pipelines and 6 vertex processors.
The problem is, the extra quad was disabled for a very good reason, the lower spec cards usually use lower binned chips that had manufacturing faults found, these chips were clocked lower and the extra quad was disabled.
Some people had success doing it, it never worked properly on my card, but that's because the chips were all physically the same NV40 based chips, and the faults that caused them to be binned lower may not have been show-stoppers for everyone.
I haven't read anything saying that the 4GB RX480 cards physically have 8GB of memory on the board, it seems absolutely crazy for AMD to actually put 8GB of memory on the board and disable half of it for no good reason and sell it at a lower price.
>>55431575
>tfw flashed my 6950 to 6970
>tfw couldn't unlock my 290 to 290x
I'll wait to see if 490 is any good and might get one of those, if not I'll just wait till next gen
>>55426228
>all 480s ship with 8gb
I don't think we can really confirm that from the article.
It seems to me that AMD have been providing reviewers with a single card, that can be switched between configurations (4GB/8GB) for reviewers to test, without having to send multiple cards out to everybody.
It's pretty disingenuous for AMD to do this for review units, and I sincerely doubt that actual shipping cards will have this "feature".
>>55426153
They would. This is only temporary until they start producing the 4GB models in numbers to meet demand. This isn't unprecedented either, it has happened before. Like for example, a large batch of GTX 465s (shitty card) were actually full GTX 470s (decent card) with the 2 extra VRAM chips that the 465 was not supposed to have. All you had to do is flash a 470 bios and you had a that card like 100 bucks cheaper or around that.
It only lasted until they started producing actual crippled 465s in adequate numbers.
>>55437660
>It seems to me that AMD have been providing reviewers with a single card, that can be switched between configurations (4GB/8GB) for reviewers to test, without having to send multiple cards out to everybody.
Read the fucking thread.
>>55430181
>>55430505
>>55430521
>>55437681
>Read the fucking thread.
No.
>>55426073
You've never worked in IT have you? This has been a thing for decades...
>>55426073
It's standard when you have low QC, test cards ones that fail gimp to 4GB.
>>55433141
And what is the problem with this exactly? It is no secret that manufacturing is all about getting the development cost back in. If they would actually do those cards in completely different production lines then it would not only be more expensive it would probably cost even more because of it.
>>55437984
>it would not only be more expensive it would probably cost even more because of it
Please don't mind this brainfart.
>>55437359
>Fury can be flashed to Fury X
Is this with all cards? Any downside to upgrading your cards like this?
>>55426073
This is some early 2000s era computing shit. I can't believe it's still happening.
>>55426073
http://imgur.com/a/ABB4l
>>55438511
>http://imgur.com/a/ABB4l
>still using imgur even after the exploit
you have to go back
>>55435252
>>55436053
I agree. I will buy one for my wife's son as well.
>>55438089
>Is this with all cards?
No, most of them will only unlock up to 3840 shaders, if you bought your Fury around launch, the chances of unlocking to a full 4096 are higher, but it's rare as fuck
>Any downside to upgrading your cards like this?
No, any unlock gives a decent performance bump, and they're all dual-BIOS cards, so if you fuck it up, you just switch to the other, switch back after booting, and reflash
>>55432204
import one from russia they are $270 here from proper shops
>>55438750
isn't that shit expensive in russia because of the ruble?
>>55438775
not beyond acceptable yet, at least for me, I still can afford 980ti once 4 years
1080= 52000
1070=35000(they are sold out everywhere already, I couldn't even begin to consider one before it was sold out everywhere)
390/970=25000-30000 depending on brand
480 = 21000
960 = 20000
USD as of now equal 64RUB, so at least for russia this card is ideal
fuck software devs though, they can't into regional pricing, even steam is stupid expensive now
