Interesting indeed. i might have to buy one just to try it. i have a 6950 that I unlocked the shaders on. the 6950 had to have a wire soldered onto the card as it was hardware locked.
here is an interesting snippet from the article. notice the word 'brick'
Brush BIOS for the DIY veterans who've just come in handy living, but for the average user, but still a little difficulty, and brush the BIOS, although the step is not much, but have to step by step, step by step. a slight mistake, there may be graphics brush directly into a brick one. Encounter a character index is not high users, you may also brush BIOS graphics Depot Repair phenomenon, this is a tragedy. Here, I slightly remind netizens BIOS not very good at graphics brush user, it is best to find a skilled help do the job. Or, take a closer look at the author BIOS flash technology introduced.