STRIX RX 480 to RX 580 BIOS MOD

[beret21]

So i recently purchased a Strix RX 480 OC (Used) (First time ever bought such expensive card)
The card was overheating (It was told by the seller) So i got it in pretty fair price. First day i tested it for any other issue then heating.

Next Day i did this

DO AT YOUR OWN RISK

As i dont mind loud Fans i thought why not MOD it to RX 580.
So got the original Strix RX 580 OC BIOS from ASUS site, downloaded AMD/ATI ATIFlash tool.

Followed these step (How To: Flash Your RX 480 to an RX 580 In Easy Steps!By Brendan van Varik
)

1. 1. Download ATIFlash and extract it;
   2. Create a folder on your C:/ drive and call it ‘ati’ and copy the ATIFlash files into the folder;
   3. Open ATIFlash (from C:/) and save your BIOS with the appropriate button, call it stock or something you can recognise;
   4. Download the RX 580 BIOS for your card and place it in the ‘ati’ folder and name it appropriately;
   5. Click on the Start button, and type in ‘cmd’, right click and run with admin rights;
   6. If you have more than one card, replace the ‘0’ with ‘1’ for the second GPU, ‘2’ for the third etc. – note that the primary GPU is 0 and not 1;
   7. cd c:/ati
   8. atiwinflash -f -p 0 580.rom
   9. Wait and restart PC when asked

I Recommend DDU Clean and new drivers ( 18.9.1 are my fav)

IS IT WORTH IT ?
You can overclock your RX480 even higher and get more score
But it was satisfying to me so i did it

Some things to consider ! (Strix RX 480 is the best candidate due to OVERKILL VRMs)
Will It will fry your GPU : Strix RX 480 has the best PCB and Strix RX 580 has the same PCB as that of RX 480 so u cant fry it. VRMs are overkill so u will not be overloading anything at all
Temps : Will be higher for sure as RX 580 requires more voltage and the fact that Strix RX 480 Cooler suck due to the issue mentioned in my video ( Useless Heat-pipes )
Brick : You can brick your card but its repairable, all u need is another working i-GPU or another GPU and board with more PCIE slots.
PSU : 500W minimum with 80 Plus. You are changing the GPU Watts usage from almost 130 Watts to 160 Watts (Gaming)
Furmark : No it still doesnt fry GPU after BIOS Flash

 

[hamidkhatri]

So, how's your GPU's temps after flashing bios and all?

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[beret21]

So, how's your GPU's temps after flashing bios and all?

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Havent seen 70 with the fan settings shown in the first pic

I have old LCD that give screen tearing if i dont use Vsync so my FPS are capped at 60FPS. During gaming i am around 62-64 max
During fire strike or benches is see max around 65-66

 

[nafu]

Havent seen 70 with the fan settings shown in the first pic

I have old LCD that give screen tearing if i dont use Vsync so my FPS are capped at 60FPS. During gaming i am around 62-64 max
During fire strike or benches is see max around 65-66

Good working on bringing down the temp. Those are excellent temperatures.
I got Sapphire 580 and gaming temperatures are around 66C-68C (custom fan profile enabled in MSI AB)

 

[beret21]

Good working on bringing down the temp. Those are excellent temperatures.
I got Sapphire 580 and gaming temperatures are around 66C-68C (custom fan profile enabled in MSI AB)

Can go even lower if i let the fan max out. Currently i limited it to 3000rpm.

M missing the NVIDIA Fast sync. It was perfect for my screen. AMD doesnt have things that good in this area.
I managed to get it to 1400MHZ @1.25V but the gains were not worth the extra stress.

 

[iampasha]

Not bad! For the reference my GTX 1060 goes max up to 60c in heavy gaming. It's a Msi gaming X version.

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[hamidkhatri]

Havent seen 70 with the fan settings shown in the first pic

I have old LCD that give screen tearing if i dont use Vsync so my FPS are capped at 60FPS. During gaming i am around 62-64 max
During fire strike or benches is see max around 65-66

So did u make this video?

I also had same gpu design asus rog strix 1060, i had to open hsf once to apply thermal paste coz factory installed one was little bit short, temp was normal after that.

My question is which sand paper you used? And why did u not use same thermal pad? Coz well it looked dusty but it was original.

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[frac]

Thermal pads are pretty generic, you don't need to use the original ones. The dusty one might just be the thing causing issues.

Also, are you doing the regular Tech Yes cleanup? As in, CRC? Or do you use something else?

 

[hamidkhatri]

Thermal pads are pretty generic, you don't need to use the original ones. The dusty one might just be the thing causing issues.

Also, are you doing the regular Tech Yes cleanup? As in, CRC? Or do you use something else?

I am not doing anything right now, that was 2 yrs ago when i reapplied thermal paste.

I am just asking for knowledge.

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[beret21]

So did u make this video?

I also had same gpu design asus rog strix 1060, i had to open hsf once to apply thermal paste coz factory installed one was little bit short, temp was normal after that.

My question is which sand paper you used? And why did u not use same thermal pad? Coz well it looked dusty but it was original.

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I used new thermal pads. Luckily i bought them for another project but these were a lil more thick than required for that so i kept em and after a year i found their use. RX 480 requires 1.5mm the stock are 1.5mm. The thickness matters as if used thin they will not conduct heat and if used thick u will be forcing it hard onto the components when screws will be tighten.

I didnt used the same because there was dust on the area that was touching the VRMs. If rest was dirty but the VRMs points were clean i would have used the same. DUst will act as an insulator resulting in much higher temps if reused
For sand paper i used sand paper grit 300 and then 1000. Grit here is used to denote how fine its is i think. In short bigger the number more fine is the finish and it takes more time to sand too.

And yes i made that video