AMD Radeon RX 480 owners have discovered a trick that lets them upgrade their graphics cards to the RX 580. This is accomplished by flashing the BIOS of the newer graphics card onto the old hardware.
If you recently bought an AMD Radeon RX 480 or 470, only to now be feeling pangs of RX 500 series envy, you might be able apply a DIY solution. There are reports by several TechPowerUp forum members ...
There are reports going around of end users successfully flashing RX 480 boards with RX 580 BIOSes and picking up extra performance in the process. While it's an interesting idea, this is one project ...