AMD RX 460 Unlocked with BIOS Update - Offers 1024 instead of 896 shaders

Good news.. free performance is always good thing.

I have unlocked nvidia 6800 12/5 to 16/6 and GTX465 to 470.

 

WARNING: This BIOS updater (eg: extra performances, stream processors unlocked...) may void warranty, if any videocard is 100% NORMAL - that's FAIR due to the unofficial.

Official BIOS updater is for fix issues/bug/abnormal (temperatures, fan, performances...) ONLY.

 

I had no idea the 460 was even cut down maybe they had a rx 465 or 560 planned on the refresh if yields where good.

 

I think no one was under the impression that one could unlock these cards. Big thanks to der8auer and his team for figuring this out. It's always nice to get free performance like this. This just makes the product even better for price vs. performance.

 

This is a second Polaris card that was can be unlocked (rx480 early branch ware).

But hey, nvidia cards can be unlocked too (or locked) :

 

Then... AMD planned a RX465/460X?

 

I'd have been more surprised if you couldn't unlock it. Both AMD and Nvidia are known to use software/firmware to disable hardware on these cheaper models. As stated by the article, this doesn't guarantee a successful upgrade because some of these chips could have faults in the silicon.

It's kind of like the days back when AMD made triple-core CPUs. Many (maybe most) of those CPUs were quad cores with a faulty core, but every once in a while there was a part that was fully functional and was only made into a triple core to meet the demand for them. I personally had one of these triple cores. I could unlock it as a quad core and it would run fully stable, but only with a 32-bit OS. If I did anything 64-bit, it would crash.

That being said, even if you unlock one of these GPUs, you could still encounter some sort of failure eventually.

 

The good old days indeed, here still running a amd 2core unclocked to 4 core and runs stable at original speeds and this already 4 years.

 

Ah you were one of the lucky ones. The really lucky ones also got the L3 cache. The lottery winners were the ones who unlocked 4 cores (so 6 cores total) and the L3 cache.

 

Nice... Unlocked 6950 here.

 

Sounds good. A friend of mine recently bought an RX460... Let's hope his model will get an unlocked BIOS as well!

 

there was insisting rumor about it...

the thing that NVidia release gtx1050 that do better for less money might have killed the chicken in the egg.

anyway any free boost is nice to have

 

Been a while since i've seen you ricardonuno1980, made another account again then?

http://forums.guru3d.com/member.php?u=137601

 

Nice gift for RX-460 owners ,free performance is always welcome. I still have a half dead AMD 6950 gpu unlocked to 6970 around somewhere in my bench room.

 

I do never understand him/her!

 

Ah yes, the leopard can never change his spots

 

First thing I thought.

 

I hope they fix the driver incompatibility thing without requiring workarounds.

Otherwise, unlocking isn't worth the effort required every time you have to upgrade your drivers.

 

Is the amd 460 worth it for 1080p gaming 60 fps in most modern titles ?