ASUS UEFI vBIOS tool for Radeon 7000 series cards! It's Here!

[X-ROG]

Hi Everyone,

The tool is finally here. Please find your Radeon card from this link: http://support.asus.com/download/ModelList.aspx?SLanguage=en&keyword=HD&type=1

This bit is critical:
* You will be UNABLE to flash back to the original legacy-only BIOS. HOWEVER, the new GOP UEFI BIOS is actually a Hybrid BIOS. It includes the legacy one as well as the UEFI one. But...
* We are only able to qualify its use ASUS motherboards: that includes those with UEFI BIOS' and those with older legacy BIOS' (we've checked on boards up to ~4 years ago). Other motherboards might work with our UEFI graphics cards but we cannot officially endorse compatibility as we don't have access to all BIOS and board revisions. The software checks if your motherboard is compatible.
* (If you intend to sell-on your card to fund a future upgrade, since you can't flash back, remember this decision affects the next person you sell to)

FAQ:

Do you need this GOP UEFI update?
If you want to use Win 8 Fast Boot, then yet, otherwise no. Do not upgrade if you don't need to. (If it works, don't fix it )

What factors do you need to get Win 8 Fast Boot running?
Only these motherboards listed below support Win 8 Fast Boot, due to a major, ground-up re-write to make the UEFI spec compatible with the Win function (this doesn't just affect ASUS motherboards FYI).

- All Intel 7 Series
- Upcoming Intel 8 Series
- Intel X79 Series updated to Win8 BIOS (3xxx)
- Intel H61 Series R2.0 or later
- All AMD R2.0 Series or later

THE SOFTWARE WILL CHECK IF YOUR BOARD IS COMPATIBLE.

Despite others being 'UEFI' boards (P67, Z68 etc) they are not compatible with Win 8 Fast Boot even after you update to GOP UEFI on your graphics card.

So, it's a Hybrid BIOS? Does that mean if I plan to upgrade my motherboard and OS to Win 8 later I can still update my GPU BIOS now?
As long as you own an ASUS board, sure. Upgrading the GPU now in preparation will still allow it to fall-back to legacy mode on your ASUS motherboard for the time being. You should see no change in the way it functions or performs. We still encourage the 'if it's not broke, don't fix it' though.

You will need:

Windows 8
UEFI compatible motherboard
GTX 600 or Radeon 7000 series graphics card
NOT OVERCLOCKED SYSTEM - DON'T RISK IT! Take normal BIOS flashing precautions.
If you run an CrossFire/SLI system, our advise is that you install 1 card at a time for this process.

Thanks for your patience everyone!

[SkaTT]

What's news for HD7950-DC2T-3GD5-V2?

[cortez]

Nobody cares obviously since even official boost bios wasn't released for it but everyone had to force flash v1 bios on it.

[SkaTT]

ASUS HD7870-DC2TG-2GD5-V2 DOES NOT Support Windows 8 UEFI GOP BOOT!

Do not buy it!

[Mad_noob]

Hi all!

I've an MSI Z77A GD65 mobo and this tool doesn't let me flash my HD7970... Says my mobo isn't uefi capable. As far as i know it is UEFI capable and it supports GOP function as well. There is a dedicated section on GOP in bios... For now it says unknow gop firmware and unknow gop driver.

Will one of the ASUS Staff member releasing a patched version of that tool like they do with the one for n'vidia 6xx graphic cards?

Thanks

EDIT : Two pic's of GOP in MSI Bios :

[Praz]

Mad_noob wrote:
Will one of the ASUS Staff member releasing a patched version of that tool like they do with the one for n'vidia 6xx graphic cards?

This was not done by anyone employed by ASUS. Nodens was kind enough to do this on his own time to help other forum members. If he or any other forum member decides to do the same for AMD video cards is entirely up to them.

[Mad_noob]

No one?

[Mad_noob]

Ok no problem, i understand! So if no one did it the only way is to buy an ASUS mobo...

Thanks for replay 🙂

EDIT : I'll then ask Nodens for advice.

[Praz]

You're welcome. 🙂

[czeslaw]

Find your bios with gop partition on techpowerup and flash it with atiwinflash... My card was working with non ASUS mobo and fastboot on stock bios. Backup the bios first.
If it's still not working maybe think about upgrading your mobo bios.

[Mad_noob]

Thanks for reply! 🙂