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GTX 780 flashing bios

*Rich*

*Rich*

*Rich*

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Hi, i know this may have been covered, but i don't understand all of it.

I have this GTX 780
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Non-branded, just an Nvidia version.

I have just bought a EVGA SC reference card and would like to know if it's possible to flash the SC bios to the vanilla Nvidia card.

I have already overclocked the standard card and it reaches boosts over 1200 easily.

Can it be done?

Cheers, Rich.
 
It is, but I wouldn't do it :) As well as invalidating the warranty you could brick it, just run a profile on precision X or something :)

There was a guy spamming all forums under the planet not so long ago on how to do it, there's a clip he put on youtube as well. Google 'Flash GTX 780 to hydro copper'

The main reason I wouldn't do it is I would be scared of bricking my card :)
 
I've done it a lot and the only way you brick your card is if you turn your rig off during flashing or flash your card with a bios thats not on said cards i.e reference boards.
 
Well the card won't have warranty as i modified the outer part of the card, physically.

Would a profile be better then, to just oc the card like i currently have? I just wanted them to run at identical speeds really.

Thanks for your input so far guys. :)
 
True in most cases, but I would still be biting my nails while doing it, although I thought EVGA SC's came with reference boards anyway?

I'd still get scared that something was going to happen to my nice new cards, at least with mobo bios you normally have the manufacturers official process to follow and some come back (not to mention they are cheaper) :)

The only GFX card bios I have ever flashed was my old 7950 on my XPS laptop, I used nvflash to get some slightly higher clock speeds from a hacked bios someone made, that wasn't clever, but it did work and the laptop was way old by then anyway and I was contemplating getting shot so didn't have much to loose.

I've always used precision X, just unlink the cards, set a profile up and for it to run on start up and forget about it :)

Well that's what I would do anyway.
 
I feel this need to 'mess' though, i'll see if i can grow some, and have a go at flashing the standard card.
 
*Rich* said:
Well the card won't have warranty as i modified the outer part of the card, physically.

Would a profile be better then, to just oc the card like i currently have? I just wanted them to run at identical speeds really.

Thanks for your input so far guys. :)
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Just OC the card to the same speed using Precision X.

You do not need to run the cards at the same speed with SLi.
 
yes, you can, just use parameter -4-5-6 for nvflash. Besides, you have 2 cards now, even if you brick one, you still have a spare one. You can recover the dead one with that.
 
almighty15 said:
1.3Ghz @ 1.212v and loads at 53-54c with an Arctic Accelero Hybrid....

So still some room left in it temperature wise, seems to be a good clocker as most only hit around 1.25Ghz @ 1.212v
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That's really good, I am missing out with my SLI temp woes :(
 
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