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Nvidia GTX 980 Owners Thread

Neil79 said:
Any chance of modifying my bios for boost disabled at 1570/4000 : 1.275V

Power Limits and Temp Targets have already been done

(Fixed Link)
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=05400310764364241558

Questions :

Can I still raise the clocks if need be using MSI Afterburner? Or is MSI now pointless
Will the clocks downclock back to normal in windows? I don't want it clocked up 24/7 :p

Cheers fella
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Sure here you go:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00343662243365690702

You can still raise the clocks but the voltage is locked to 1.275v.

The card will downclock and undervolt back to stock in Windows. You can check this using AB.
 
Brilliant thank you, I'll try it tonight...

I can get 1570 at 1.256v but I get coloured flashes or Coloured Kaleidoscope problems, with previous bios voltage modified the volts drop causing the clocks to drop as well then the VREL happens. So I can't break the barrier ;p
 
Bluntwrapped said:
Just posted it above :)
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thanks for this .

sorry never done a flash before . a good step by step guide would be good . i have already saved my current bios to an external hard drive so if it goes wrong i can flash back to my default . but im pretty sure this bios will work fine and will have a SC bios ontop as mine is default reference clocks .

thanks in advance .
 
killswitch73 said:
thanks for this .

sorry never done a flash before . a good step by step guide would be good . i have already saved my current bios to an external hard drive so if it goes wrong i can flash back to my default . but im pretty sure this bios will work fine and will have a SC bios ontop as mine is default reference clocks .

thanks in advance .
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No worries :)

Flash guide taken from the Overclock.net forums. Download Nvflash, disable the card in device manager, if you only have one card just type nvflash -6 bios.rom. Replace bios.rom with the bios name you wish to use. Make sure you use the .rom extension at the end. Re-enable card when finished and restart your PC.

1. Unpack both zips to the same folder.
2. Right click "Computer" and to go Manage. Computer Manager opens.
3. Click Device Manager
4. Expand Display Adapters
5. Right click your GTX980/970 and Disable it(all of them if you have more than one).
6. Start -> run -> cmd (must be administrative, or you must have UAC disabled)
7. Navigate to your nvflash folder: cd\folder\path\here\
8. If you are flashing a BIOS intended for your card, simply type:
nvflash BIOSNAME.rom
9. If you need a PCI DeviceID Override, add -6 after nvflash and before your filename.
nvflash -6 BIOSNAME.rom

If you have more than one card and want to flash a specific one:
nvflash --list
Look at the index number (0, 1, 2, 3) and then
nvflash -6 --index <#> BIOSNAME.rom
 
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Neil79 said:
Brilliant thank you, I'll try it tonight...

I can get 1570 at 1.256v but I get coloured flashes or Coloured Kaleidoscope problems, with previous bios voltage modified the volts drop causing the clocks to drop as well then the VREL happens. So I can't break the barrier ;p
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Hopefully it helps Neil :) While boost is a good feature, it becomes a real pain while pushing for max clocks. This should see you past the perfcaps you're getting.
 
Strudders said:
Hello!

I am loving it.

It runs so cool even under stress has never been over 63c. With my case fans it is silent. Also clocks well. I am achieving a stable 1563 at stock voltage on Heaven, which give me a 1990's score.

Not confident to alter the bios but I suspect it could go higher.

What does yours boost to at stock? I am reporting 1392

But it does not like voltage above stock on Fire Strike and I have a fairly low reported boost of 1544 before driver crashes. However that is still 13400 range at a usable stable clock.

I am playing Skyrim at the moment with ful DSR and HD packs and it just sits at 60fps.
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Yeah mine boosts to 1392mhz too. I find it funny that the power slider in Afterburner is set to 100% and the max it goes to is 109% :) Pretty useless.

not really tried pushing it at the moment as I am stuck on a 20" monitor whilst I am waiting for mine to come back. With DSR it can do 1680 x 1200 which is the highest readable. It can go all the way upto 3000 something but its that blurred its pointless.

Agree great card with a really meaty cooler. Would really like another 980 but cant afford it.
 
Bluntwrapped said:
Hopefully it helps Neil :) While boost is a good feature, it becomes a real pain while pushing for max clocks. This should see you past the perfcaps you're getting.
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Check this out!

Clocks 1580/4020
28kmrk4.jpg


Score (So far)
eqpkzs.jpg

I think it has more to give! But I'm going to play some games for a week and see how I get on. A card can be stable in benchmarks but gaming is a different ball game :D

- Thanks btw! At least it doesn't throttle any more
 
Just seen this pop up on Windows update, it's not an nVidia driver package but a WDDM driver? Anyone else get it?

nvidia_2.jpg


I'm on the 347.09 release btw.
 
Bluntwrapped said:
No worries :)

Flash guide taken from the Overclock.net forums. Download Nvflash, disable the card in device manager, if you only have one card just type nvflash -6 bios.rom. Replace bios.rom with the bios name you wish to use. Make sure you use the .rom extension at the end. Re-enable card when finished and restart your PC.

1. Unpack both zips to the same folder.
2. Right click "Computer" and to go Manage. Computer Manager opens.
3. Click Device Manager
4. Expand Display Adapters
5. Right click your GTX980/970 and Disable it(all of them if you have more than one).
6. Start -> run -> cmd (must be administrative, or you must have UAC disabled)
7. Navigate to your nvflash folder: cd\folder\path\here\
8. If you are flashing a BIOS intended for your card, simply type:
nvflash BIOSNAME.rom
9. If you need a PCI DeviceID Override, add -6 after nvflash and before your filename.
nvflash -6 BIOSNAME.rom

If you have more than one card and want to flash a specific one:
nvflash --list
Look at the index number (0, 1, 2, 3) and then
nvflash -6 --index <#> BIOSNAME.rom
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thanks for this ..I have 3 x cards .My cards clock to 1497 or there abouts with +280 on core and +400 on mem ..at the moment I'm 22nd on futuremark fire strike extreme with 3 cards and 3rd in the UK with my Alienware ..also to the guys who say there afterburner power meter only goes to 109 mine goes to full 125% ..wonder why this is ? something to do with voltages maybe ?
 
Neil79 said:
Check this out!

Clocks 1580/4020
28kmrk4.jpg


Score (So far)
eqpkzs.jpg

I think it has more to give! But I'm going to play some games for a week and see how I get on. A card can be stable in benchmarks but gaming is a different ball game :D

- Thanks btw! At least it doesn't throttle any more
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No problem at all man :) looking good there. Yeah that's a good shout, give yourself a week or so of gaming and see how you get on. Surprisingly my card will pass loops of heaven yet crashes midway through a run of valley. Was the other way around on my GTX 780 when I had that.
 
killswitch73 said:
also to the guys who say there afterburner power meter only goes to 109 mine goes to full 125% ..wonder why this is ? something to do with voltages maybe ?
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I think it will depend on the base stock clock speed for your card.

Mine is factory set 1266MHz/1367MHz

So I will only have 109% as this near the Power limit.

With a reference 1127MHz/1216MHz clock speed you will have 125%

At the end of the day we are all limited by the power limit set for the 980.
 
Strudders said:
I think it will depend on the base stock clock speed for your card.

Mine is factory set 1266MHz/1367MHz

So I will only have 109% as this near the Power limit.

With a reference 1127MHz/1216MHz clock speed you will have 125%

At the end of the day we are all limited by the power limit set for the 980.
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Just realised if you wack up the core voltage to max(+87mv) and then test it the boost clock goes from 1392mhz to 1417mhz with the max voltage reading 1.25v in GPU-Z/Afterburner. Be interesting to see how high a stable overclock runs at that volts on these cards!
 
varkanoid said:
Just realised if you wack up the core voltage to max(+87mv) and then test it the boost clock goes from 1392mhz to 1417mhz with the max voltage reading 1.25v in GPU-Z/Afterburner. Be interesting to see how high a stable overclock runs at that volts on these cards!
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Ye[ Just checked and exactly the same here.

However getting Perfcap of Vol, so recon that is capped in the Bios
 
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