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If I were you I would play it smart. Use rivatuner, clock it down to default 285 speeds, then benchmark for stability. If stable, then flash the card with a normal 285 bios. I wouldn't take it back unless it completely was not stable. Heck even if I had to go down a couple notches then stock, I would still keep it if it were stable. It would outperform the 275.if it were actually stable without having to underclock it down to OC levels, that might be the case, but it's not. Basically I'm going to have to take it back and pay $10 more to get a 275... which is sad. I guess the other option is to RMA it, but I would rather not have to mess with that unless they would send me a card first. I called their tech support (BFG) - soon as I described the clock speed being too high he was like "...Ohhhh ok let me setup an RMA for you" as if he knew of the issue. I asked if they could just send me a link to the right BIOS file and he said no.
Well if I could get a bios from someone I trusted to have the correct one I would consider that. I also considered editing the bios speeds myself but who knows what kind of memory tweaks they might have done for either bios (they may be different?)If I were you I would play it smart. Use rivatuner, clock it down to default 285 speeds, then benchmark for stability. If stable, then flash the card with a normal 285 bios. I wouldn't take it back unless it completely was not stable. Heck even if I had to go down a couple notches then stock, I would still keep it if it were stable. It would outperform the 275.
The problem is it's not stable unless underclocked to the speed is supposed to run at...Whats the problem?
I disagree. He said that he got a card with a DIFFERENT more advanced bios then what it should have arrived with. Meaning that if he downclocks the card to what it SHOULD have, he should be fine...and they would have no argument. You have to remember that he got the card for a steal. Again downclock the card before flashing...this is for your test purpose only and they have no way of telling you downclocked it. Bios should be easy to find...i'll help you out with a search of my own.Also, don't downclock to see if it's stable. I got a bad 7900GTX once and did that. It fixed the problem but when I tried to RMA and told BFG tech support I had downclocked, they voided my warranty. On a brand new card! Asked for the supervisor and the guy said that's who said to void my warranty.