As the title says can you still do it? I have been watching some videos on youtube about it and read on different forums about it and made the test on my R9 290 to see if i could and i can. But is it still possible? Has AMD blocked it some how or? Thank you for your response!
Can you still BIOS flash your R9 290 into a R9 290x?
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If you're talking about just flashing the BIOS to make it look like the card is a 290X, that's useless. The 290X has the full Hawaii GPU active, whereas parts of the 290 are shut down.
Some of the times, the parts shut down don't work anyway, so it's useless to re-enable them. It could even hurt your card. On the other hand, sometimes they're just fine and were shut off for rebranding purposes.
If you're talking about enabling the parts of the GPU disabled on the R90 to make physically identical to an R90X, that's a different story. I haven't heard of this; it could very well be possible, but keep in mind that this obviously violates your card's warranty, and could damage it if something goes wrong.
Some of the times, the parts shut down don't work anyway, so it's useless to re-enable them. It could even hurt your card. On the other hand, sometimes they're just fine and were shut off for rebranding purposes.
If you're talking about enabling the parts of the GPU disabled on the R90 to make physically identical to an R90X, that's a different story. I haven't heard of this; it could very well be possible, but keep in mind that this obviously violates your card's warranty, and could damage it if something goes wrong.
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You could only do it for certain brands (just one, I think) and only for a limited time while stock was low. Suffice to say, it is extremely unlikely to do anything but brick your card.
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