Shader-deficient Radeon HD 4830 Could be in the Channels

davidletterboyz · Oct 24, 2008

wiak, you are right. I noticed that all the early reviews (that shows GPU-Z screenie) that received HD4830s from AMD have 560sp. If u google a bit for reviews with GPU-Z screenies, those HIS and Powercolor samples have 640sp.

Pixelated · Oct 24, 2008

BIOS Hack

Do you think it's possible to hack the 4830 BIOS into enabling all of the SIMD units? According to Anandtech this is all AMD did to reduce the number of shader units in the deficient 4830's that some reviewers received. A BIOS tweak and maybe we have a 4850 for $125. This would really kill the 9600GT and 9800GT if this were possible somehow.

Or maybe even flash a 4850 BIOS straight onto the 4830, provided that the timings are the same

You can see the AMD statement to Anandtech here at the very top of the page

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3437&cp=5#comments

eidairaman1 · Oct 25, 2008

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=74650

read

Pixelated · Oct 25, 2008

I see thanks. Too bad.

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