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Sapphire 4870 1gb toxic bios?

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Anyone have a Sapphire 4870 1gb toxic bios please

Hi, I have the non-Toxic 4870 1gb, but looking at the PCB it looks exact same as the Toxic version.
I was looking at a volt mod but none available for the card I have, and Rivatuner soft mod via registers in not possible on these cards.
So I'm thinking of a BIos flash to the 1GB Toxic bios, hoping that maybe the Toxic Bios has higher voltages. (though I imagine they're the same)

SO anyone have or know where I can get hold of the bios?
Also if anyone has seen a vcc volt mod, would be handy.

Many thanks!
 
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Thanks, I have checked, but my Bios has the voltages set at the highest it can go 1.268v IIRC.

Edit here's a pic or RBE

Just hoping that maybe the Toxic bios has somthing different, but I think it's a long shot.

Looking at a review of the Toxic, it didn't overclock at all.
I have used my old 3870 heatsink a HR-03, and temps never get about 49c. Although I cannot fit any RAM sinks at the Heatpipes get in the way. But the core should fly with a few extra volts.
It does 850 easy, but any more and the card resets via VPU Recover.
 
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Well got hold of the bios, but it's the same as mine, just higher clocks.
Attached if anyone else can use it
 

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I have the Sapphire non-Toxic 1GB 4870. Whilst I haven't tried, I understand that you can't do anything to alter the BIOS voltages in Rivatuner or RBE. Again, as far as I know, the only way to increase voltages at present is to hard mod the cards.

Though, I cling to a glimmer of hope that some genius will come up with a way to increase voltages by other means...

EDIT: ive just seen there is a new release of RBE now, would that have any benefit for people with previous unchangable voltages?
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1331/TechPowerUp_Radeon_Bios_Editor_v1.19.html
 
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