Bios version question on new cards (have a look please)

So, today i got both my 5870's swapped for new ones by dell technician.

Afaik the latest bios (A-01) from dell is 012.020.000.027.037640 (dated 2010/05/13) as per GPU-z, is that correct?

well on gpu-z my bios v. is 012.020.000.029.037460, bios date is 2010/05/18 (as per CCC also)

can someone please have a look either with gpu-z or CCC and confirm this?

i'm on 10.11 with cap2 and the lap is running as a champ.

Looks like my bios is 5 days newer than first release of A-01?!? how come?

 

Reference this post from the 8.763 driver / VBIOS sticky - if your system is running 'like a champ', why worry about it? As long as you aren't having compatibility or stability issues which are known to be resolved with the current 5870 VBIOS patch (again, reference sticky), then don't worry about it.

 

Batboy, i already read through that post and didn't find a reference to the bios number i'm reading on my lap. That's why i'm asking.

 

Hi

My master GPU just got replaced today

and i have this

I got a rev A01 card.

My guess is they have new VBIOS on development but not released as it doesnt bring anything new?? not sure.

I havent had any stability issue till now even though the versions are not exactly the same

 

Could it be possible for you to upload a copy of your new Firmware?(Using GPU-Z or Radeon Bios editor)

I had got my laptop just a few days back and i had flashed with a0-1 for repairing the sleep issue but turned out something else was causing the problem.

 

many might be interested in those since they are newer probably musch more stable,you might want to upload them!

 

Its 5 days newer, how much more "stable" could it be?

BIOS Version 012.020.000.029
BIOS Part Number 113-B96101-104
BIOS Date 2010/05/18

attached (from GPU-Z)

 

Just 48Kb ? It must be around 2mb or something. Afaik, the flashing tool's bios was around 2mb. Could you dump it from Rabit or any newer tool from DOS ?

Thanks.