Quote Originally Posted by tbone8ty View Post
wait so u can unlock the 290 to a full 290x?
Yes.

Seemed weird to me that not many people here are talking about it.
Current story is that some R290 got normal hawaii XT chips because of the demand, thus simple bios flashing restores the locked shaders.
Seems all reference R290`s have a possibility for unlock.
Currently Powercolor,XFX,VTX were unlocked.Overclock UK even sells the unlocked ones.
And i remember that time and time again people are saying that unlocking is a thing of the past