Quote Originally Posted by Barr3l Rid3r View Post
What about Gigabyte HD3870 512MB DDR3? It uses Qimonda DDR3 memory chips, and the bios should be a solution for locked 3850 512MB eighter.

I can post this bios very soon, just need to know if Qimonda is a thrusty brand of chips to go.
I already tried the Gigabyte 3870 bios on my Gigabyte 3850 512mb. Doesn't work though. The picture I got was all scrambled. Maybe I should have waited to load windows, but I didn't.
The cards have the same PCB, exept for one tiny chip on the back side. The 3850 has 2 of those chips, but the 3870 has 3. The spot of the third is empty on the 3850 board. And the DDR3 memory is also different. 3850 has hynix.