I can't speak for all cards, but my KFA you can flash any BIOS you want to but it doesn't seem to "apply" the BIOS properly.. could just be nvflash not being quite up to speed yet.
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I can't speak for all cards, but my KFA you can flash any BIOS you want to but it doesn't seem to "apply" the BIOS properly.. could just be nvflash not being quite up to speed yet.
nice one for this ket. I will try the zotac bios :)
Let us know if it worked Jabski
@Ket - m8 can u please update the 1st post with all the bioses in this thread i think u already did that 1nce, i cannot differenciate b/w 1gb and 768 bios out there.
also can u tell me what changes you are making with all these bioses or ur putting all these as original without any change or just with the change in voltage limit from 1087 to 1212?
here m confused a lil....:| :P
btw .....i just bought POV 1gb normal card when i comes i will provide u mine :D hope it comes out a golden 1 :p
EDIT1 : -- 2D / blueray voltage 1v (for those who want to set their own clocks)
how one will set their own clock?? i mean yea afterburner will do but it will change the 3d voltage only naa not the 2d? if i want to lower down the 2d voltage then what all i have to so? here i guess the base is 1.1v as u already crossed the 1087 limit as per my understanding. again m confues lol care to explain please :rolleyes: :shrug:
I just downloaded the files on Firefox everything its OK.
I think IE es corrupting the files.
Thanks
2D will be 1.000v, 3D will be 1.1v. It will only change between those 2 voltages depending on what you are doing. You can set clocks through afterburner, precision etc, however voltages will be as depicted above for 2D/3D. Voltage limit is also raised meaning you can go higher through software if you like, however, not lower.
First post edited with a summary of commands to use to ensure a successful EEPROM update.
Have a Palit GTX460 Sonic Platinum on the way, should get it monday, will post the bios. Saw one Sonic bios posted but wasnt sure if it was the platinum.
Ket,
Did you get my colorful GTX460 1GB ?
I will post it again
I renamed the .bin file to .zip, so this is NOT a compressed file.
Could you unlock it for me ??
Ket - EVGA GTX 460 1GB Superclocked EE BIOS
Has anyone had any experience with different bios producing different overclocking results or are they all too similar in timings and revisions?
hello
sorry for my bad English
have somebody bios for Palit gtx460 /768mb ?
NOW i put on this mk-13 and i get 940/1880.4400 stable with 1,087V but i think maye by if i can set more voltage i can hit 1ghz
Just tested it now. Works fine. Many thanks for your work Ket :):up:Quote:
Originally Posted by StefanZ
I tried to flash my GTX460 1G card with the Zotac GTX460 1G bios with nvflash 5.95 for windows, and got a warning.
WARNING: FIRMWARE IMAGE PCI SUBSYSTEM ID (19DA.2166) DOES NOT MATCH ADAPTER PCI SUBSYSTEM ID (7377.0000).
PLEASE PRESS Y TO CONFIRM TE OVERRIDE OF PCI SUBSYSTEM ID'S.
Is this correct ???
If i want to use the dos version of nvflash...which one should i use.
The latest one i found was version 5.77.
Hey Ket gigabyte has released a new bios for their GTX460 1GBOC which has the unlocked fan controller so you can choose from 40% to 100%.
Its called the F2 bios and the Gigabyte card owners(like me) can flash the bios with their tool @BIOS and this bios:
http://www.2shared.com/file/riOUOFm6/GV-N460OC-1GI.html
So we don't have to flash in dos.
A little side note on this bios the fan speed is the fastest at 93%, at all the percentages above this it goes a little bit slower.
Hey guys , what are you guys using to consider stable please? You have to really torture your cards to be 100% stable , I perfer Vantage ;) . You can download the program and get a free run to see how stable you really are . There should be no tearing or artifacts when running the test .
Wow! Thanks for the massive tip on the fan speed. I never would have thought highest would actually be slower than lower. I immediately loaded up Afterburner after reading your post and sure enough, 93-94% has the fan tachometer reading at 3690-3720rpm. Setting it higher had the rpms go sligher slower until 100% was in the 3500rpm range. Very strange but great to know! Thanks again!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormad
Hello Guys,
When i tried to flash my GTX460 with NVFLASH 5.95 for windows, i got a warning message.
WARNING: FIRMWARE IMAGE PCI SUBSYSTEM ID (19DA.2166) DOES NOT MATCH ADAPTER PCI SUBSYSTEM ID (7377.0000).
PLEASE PRESS Y TO CONFIRM TE OVERRIDE OF PCI SUBSYSTEM ID'S.
Is this a problem, or can i just press Y to flash the bios.
What version of NVFLASH should i use to flash.... 5.95 for windows or 5.93 for dos ?
MSI? ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Aedubber
hitting 1ghz needs more than 1.2v?
new vBIOSes uploaded. Check first post.
Thanks Ket !! My waterblocks are coming in this Thursday , hopefully I can get them underwater and then flash the cards :)
What blocks did you go for in the end?
Ek waterblocks ;) I use all their waterblocks for my whole setup . I have everything in a custom tj07 case , but I change parts so often that I'm doing a custom techbench , so much easier to swap things out lol .
Has anyone tried which bios gives the best overclock, or is there no difference between the bioses ???
Gigabyte 768mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XTW8TZ8V
Also your link in the first post doesn't seem to work. I was going to try the Asus bios but alas it don't work :(
True, the link is not longer workingQuote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Ket, Can you please upload the file somewhere else? Tks :up:
And an eVGA Superclocked 768MB bios
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XTXZYW1R
Thanks for fixing the link
Anyone have a modded bios for eVGA GTX460 1GB (01G-P3-1365-TR) ??? Thanks
new bios for the gigabyte 1gb - fixing the 70% fan speed issue.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4UJQ1NN
will u plz edit it for me ?
Hello Ket.
I really appreciate your work. Signed up to take part and ask for your help too. I see you have already unlocked a few asus bioses, dunno if they are different to mine though, I got the 1GB DCU-TOP version. (core 775MHz on default)
If you have time, I will be happy if you will unlock it for me.
Congrats Ket and all the ppl supporting this bios mod i will soon use it for my SLI of MSI Cyclones
a question for all
All guys runing more than 1.1vgpu are using some kinf of cooling for VRM's on this cards ?
Cheers all :toast:
Sergio
I'm using stock bios of MSI Cylone 1GB and MSI afterburner 2.0 lets me set the fan to 100% 3450rpm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaul
I tried the POV 768MB BIOS on my Gigabyte GV-N460OC-768I (768MB/192-bit). Voltage works fine, but the fan only goes up to 70%.
The fan works to 100% on the stock Giga BIOS, can you mod this one for 1.21V and then post it? Thanks :)
Hey i wonder if some one can help me edit my bios on my ASUS GEFORCE GTX 460 DIRECT CU TOP 768MB ? I just want the core clock speed up to 800mhz and memory up to 4000mhz (1000mhz) and shader clock to 1600mhz! And no changes to voltage just the clock speeds.
Heres a cpy from gpu-z of my bios
Very Sincerely Steve
See first post for updated vBIOSes.
@Stev3
Attachment 107441
I cant unzip the file it says its corrupted file bla bla. pls upload a new one kelso
I have just flashed my card and its working perfectly! Thank you very much Kelso!
Missed the Gigabyte 768MB I posted in #134 yesterday Ket?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Nah, just at work so didn't have time to mod that as well. Figured I'd get the bulk done so people stop bugging me just because they can't run 100% fanspeed. Most people don't even go beyond 50% anyway :p:
No problem, I'll keep an eye out for it later and will just keep working with the 70% limit in the meantime :) Thanks for doing all of these :up:
Its cool. I don't mind modding them but I don't have 10 sets of hands to custom mod each and every vBIOS submitted :p: Hence the generic files that gives everybody a performance boost as well as increases voltages and fanspeeds.
Can anyone unlock my Gigabyte OC 1gb BIOS?
Only voltage to 1.2v. Nothing else.
TNX
FYI:
I just downloaded the newest version of nvflash 5.95.0.1 from http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...r_Windows.html
I couldn't run this version from dos. Even typing nvflash while on the boot disk said "this program cannot be run in dos mode".
So inside of Win7 x64 I loaded up command prompt and tried your "nvflash -j -4 -5 -6 filename.rom" but that returned an I/O error saying it couldn't read the file.
I got it to work by following these steps:
nvflash -r
let that finish
nvflash -6 modbios.rom
let that finish
nvflash -w
let that finish
nvflash -y
and that would reboot your computer.
INFO:
-r unlocks it
-6 flashes it
-w locks it
-y reboots
@cole2109
Attachment 107469
Erm..Quote:
Originally Posted by skankinred
1. You downloaded the Windows version of nvflash not the DOS version
2. "filename.rom" is a generic term everybody uses, you are supposed to replace it with the actual filename you are using
3. :p:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9&postcount=34Quote:
Originally Posted by boostedevo
Here ya go. CrazyNutz modded the bios for me in another thread a few days back.
Not sure about the fan speed though. I don't know if that has been resolved besides w/ eVGA bioses. My card is on water so I can not test it myself.
1. Nvflash 5.88 didn't work with my GTX460. It said it couldn't detect any Nvidia adapters. So I looked for the latest version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
2. Of course I didn't actually type "filename.rom".... C'mon now.
cole2109, there you go.
Thanks, I'll give it a try. The Asus DirectCU 768MB worked, 1.21V and 100% fan. 93% is highest RPM though :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelso
TNX :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Hopefully I can rejoin GTX460 owners soon. I sent both my KFA cards back in the end and am getting them replaced with a set of Asus DirectCu 1GB 460s instead. The main reason I decided to do this is because as much as I liked the KFA cards, dual BIOSes were a pain in the arse and the fans on them were LOUD. I never realised how loud until I stuck the 5830 back in.
Zotac GTX 460 1 GB BIOS
http://www.2shared.com/file/rL_eL3r5/ZDEF.html
make 100 % FAN and overvolt plzzzzz :)
Already done. Doesn't anybody read the first post?
You won't be disappointed with the DirectCU cards. They're cool and quiet and overclock well! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Ket,
The second DirectCU bios is 1GB. That was my one. :)
Is it the same as the dcu top version? I've got the dcu top and want to flash my bios, but since it is the first time for me, I am unsure about what could happen if there are differencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
The Top version has higher stock clocks.
I've just modded the TOP bios from earlier in this thread for you. :)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7M7NFH20
Thanks a million! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
Yep, same cards, one is just stock clocked higher and probably given slightly more default GPU voltage.
I never said nvflash 5.88 worked, pretty sure I've said in here it doesn't work and you need at least nvflash 5.91 :p: You deffo didn't do something quite right anyway, tis a simple step process;Quote:
Originally Posted by skankinred
nvflash --protectoff
nvflash --eraseeeprom
nvflash -j -4 -5 -6 filename.rom
;)
done,Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
already use u'r mod BIOS, but zotac 1 GB, still limit fan 70 %
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8255/12476370.jpg
I changed fanspeed to 100% in the last pack, I'll reupload it.
THANX, Tell me if done.....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
btw,I had request if u don't mine, here
Max voltage limit 1.2v
3D GPU voltage 1.000v def
2D GPU voltage 0.875 def ?
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1538/0875.th.jpg
3D GPU clockspeed 675MHz def
Memory speed 1800MHz def
Max fanspeed changed to 100%
I'm not doing millions of different personal custom BIOSes it'll take far too much time. Everybody gets the same treatment;
- 3D GPU 800MHz
- 3D Memory 2000MHz
- Voltage limit 1.2v
- 3D Voltage 1.1v
- 2D voltage 1v
- 100% fanspeed on applicable cards.
ic ic not a big deal, make sense and thanx 4 evertythingQuote:
Originally Posted by Ket
anyway already done upload 100% FAN SPEED ? for zotac GTX 460 1 GB ?
Yes.
WOW thanx again, DL NOW.........:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ket
work's 100% FAN but u forgot set the clock
- 3D GPU 800MHz
- 3D Memory 2000MHz
so it's still :
- 3D GPU 675MHz
- 3D Memory 1800MHz
for vgpu 1.1v, I think better if u set clock to :
- 3D GPU 850MHz
- 3D Memory 2000MHz
hey Ket>>>>> Heres my POV Gtx-460 1024MB A2 Reference Bios<<<<<
http://www.speedyshare.com/files/241...NON_Modded.bin
EDIT -- can u tell me how to calc. the values there in FBE ..... i makes me drool >>i can understand few of em but all the bios that u posted has different values so it confuses me? :p:
i found the values diff only in
rest all ok n same afaiuQuote:
- 3D GPU 800MHz
- 3D Memory 2000MHz
also afterburner changes only 3d voltages right?Quote:
- Voltage limit 1.2v
- 3D Voltage 1.1v
- 2D voltage 1v
- 100% fanspeed on applicable cards.
is there anyway to flash the BIOS in windows rather then going thru dos and boot up etc?
Clocks ARE changed to 800/2000. You may have a dual BIOS on your card which prevents the sticking of modified clocks. Or, you may simply just need to clean the drivers out and reinstall. GPU is set to 800 as its a safe value for everybody. People using these BIOSes are doing so at their own risk, but out of my own morals I still have a responsibility to try and ensure nobody gets any problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaul
There is, but I really don't recommend it. Much safer doing it in pure DOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aedubber
nvflash 5.95Quote:
Originally Posted by Aedubber
1. Look at the shader speed, the shader is tied with GPU clock so half shader speed is GPU speed. EG: 1600 shader is 800MHz GPU.Quote:
Originally Posted by vajm1234
2. Yeah, Afterburner only changes 3D GPU voltage.
3. Ta :D I have nothing better to do atm so I'll rebuild the BIOSes with some extra tweaks for people.
well, i will try clean install later :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
New vBIOSes uploaded. Check changelog for all details.
Very nice Ket. :) Thank you. :)
Do you have any knowledge on different bios providing better overclocks or are they all too similar to really make a difference?
The only thing that makes a difference is voltage on graphics cards. Its not like mainboard BIOSes where you can put different BIOS modules in to better match hardware configurations. There are exceptions to this rule though, particularly with ATI cards. My XFX HD4830s actually use a Asus vBIOS because the XFX vBIOS caused BSODs whenever I OC'd the cards in CF. The Sapphire HD5830 I have uses a Gigabyte vBIOS because it allows a bit more voltage, and hence a better OC. None of these are issues with nVidia cards though, so theres no need to use a different manufacturers vBIOS.
hey ket the link u upload says: THIS LINK IS TEMPORALY UNAVAIABLE..
edit: LINK IS NOW AVAIABLE.. don't know what happened.. anyway thank you 4 the excellent job KET!
Who wants to be a bit of a guinepig? Doesn't involve anything major just until I get my new GTX460 I can't do this myself. All someone has to do is use a modded vBIOS that I'll edit with lower 2D voltage for the new idle clocks. Looking to make it as power efficient as possible. 0.925v is probably enough voltage for 200MHz idle, but I need a tester.
Hello guys, I got another GTX 460 here. The brand is Twintech which I notice you don't have yet, and here's the bios (768mb version) :
http://www.mediafire.com/?x1ejhc6y8jh1c5l
I notice that the stock voltage is 1.012 which is weird, overvolted from factory? Anyway, I got a problem, that the card randomly throttles to 405 core. For example I might be stressing with furmark and then at some point it goes 405 core and all testing from there on is useless, and I need to restart in order to get it back to normal...
I read something about dual displays causing that, but even though I have a projector hooked up (via audio-video receiver first) besides my screen, the receiver is off and is not visible in nvidia control panel and this throttling stil happens....so I don't think it's related...
The twintech seems reference design, is it safe to try aby of those bioses in your list KET as long as it's 768mb? Is there any of them recommended for a reference card?
Actually 1.025v is the real nvidia stock reference voltage, however manufacturers have choosen to undervolt, and all is well since the gf104 is such a efficient GPU. So your 1.012v is more than most, but its still under the real stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konny
And about your throttle issue, are you overclocked, or stock when this occurs?
If your overclocked the driver will throttle the card down when it detects problems, i.e. your overclock is not stable. This is the norm.
If this is happening on stock, you may want to RMA, or I hear nvidia will have forceware 260.xx out today, try that if your still throttling on stock you have problems. FYI the card will throttle on less intensive 3d apps/games to save power, but absolutly not on furmark, unless there is a problem, i.e overclock too high, temps too high, or defective.
Of course it is when overclocked...Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyNutz
OK great, now it makes sense.
One last thing, is there some way to figure out if the memory or the core has cause the problem when furmark fails or when you have this throttling?
Because I think my core is stable at 846 and my memory can pass Vantage at 2270, yet its not furmark stable there, so I was trying to lower it to find where I can pass furmark with 846/2xxx , and I keep getting errors after 2 hours for example and I have gone down to 2050 memory now which seems too far off from what vantage is stable at, so I wonder if maybe the core is not 100% stable but rather 98% and that brings the error after 2 hours and not the memory...
2h furmark is a real long time. I think if it passes for that duration, just about any game you play will be fine forever. Furmark puts an abnormally high load on the card, a completely unrealistic load to that of which a game would actually put on the card.
Even though you have a point, I disaggree.Quote:
Originally Posted by cantankerous
It's not about the stress, it's about the chance to crash, and yes furmark has a higher chance to crash during a given time than a game because it stresses more, but the fact that furmark crashes means the game can crash as well, it's just rarer.
It's all about the "chance to crash".
If you crash after 2h furmark, you can say this translates to a chance to crash during gaming of, let's say 3% per hour (totally random figure, just for argument's sake). This means that roughly every ~34 hours of gaming you will get 1 crash (you could of course get 3 in a row if really unlucky, or none for a few months), which might be totally fine for many people. 34 hours of gaming could be a week or a month for some people, so if they get 1 crash per this period, who cares?
But when I play starcraft online, this 1 time that it crashes and I get a loss, I will curse everything and everyone :P so I don't want even that to happen...
And generally I see OCing not as a way to get maximum performance, but as a way to get free performance without sacrifising anything. If I lose even 1% of stability then there is no point for me. I want to gain as much as I can while maintaining stability up to the stock level.
After all, let's face it, you get for example 40 fps with stock clocks, and then you OC and you get 45....big deal, in real-life do you notice those 5 more fps? Usually not...so getting something you won't really notice and in the same time getting a crash here and there that you WILL notice, is pointless...
Anyway, I don't consider my OC worthwhile unless it passes more than 10 hours of furmark/linx/whatever...and when I reach a final point, I test my PC for a whole 24h.
OCCT GPU test with error checking on. If it shows errors your not stable.
You will know it's stable when your up to max temp, and error free for at least 20-30 mins
Does the flashing procedure in the OP flash both cards in an SLI setup, or just the top one?
No. GF104 GPUs have a hardwired VID, which varies from 0.937v to 1.0??v.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyNutz
Thanks a lot for the advice!Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyNutz
And OMG, what a difference....
I had to go as low as 803 core to become error-free with stock voltage...
And I could pass 4 hours furmark with 846 core.... isn't that extreme?
Anyway, since I am not going for extreme fps, but want 100% stability, this error check ability of OCCT is great. I will reach a point where I am error-free for hours and leave it there....
Wrong! VID is changable via bios mod I do it, and so do others. It can vary, or you can set the range low/high to the same VID and lock it to anything up to 1.21v.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelso
No prob:up: And here's a little more advice, set the mem to stock then try for more on your core/shader. when you get your core/shader clock at max stable, then start raising your mem clocks. you may not be able to get your mem clocks as high, but you may get your core/shaders up higher, which will benefit you more than the mem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konny
One more thing, OCCT, and furmark put EXTREME loads on your GPU way more than anything else. Running these things for hours is putting an unnecessary beating on your GPU/MEM/voltage regulators. You could damage your hardware. 1 hour OCCT is more than enough.
Yeah I knew about that, it's been this way for decades, always the core gives you a much bigger gain.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyNutz
I tested the core and memory individually and to reach 1hour error-free I ended up with
core 803
memory 2034
Now I am testing both of those at the same time to see if this is stable, and if so, I guess it's teh max my card can do error-free.
It's stil amazing however how much higher it can bench/pass furmark....I could play with 846/2260 for hours in furmark, so I wonder when everybody says their max OC what exactly do they mean....cause if they mean error-free, then my 803 core seems pretty low, not to mention the stock vid of my card is 1.012...
Anyway, if it passes a couple of hours at 803/2036 I'll consider that stable and then tomorow I'll start playing a bit with extra voltage to see how high it can go. But I doubt it would be worthwhile as I expect 1.087 to get me around 850, so IMHO it won't be worth the risk (added temperature and wear on the core)...
Yeah most people post their max OC's as it can run some furmark, and 3d mark passes. Not saying thats bad or anything, that's what it's mostly about here ;)
For me Im like you, I want it to be as stable OC'ed as If it was stock.
Top card only. You must tell nvflash which card to flash otherwise it will just flash the primary card.Quote:
Originally Posted by bhavv
No, they don't. You can set GPU voltage anywhere between 0.82v and 1.2v via vBIOS mod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelso
Furmark/Kombustor/OCCT are absolutely useless. In the case of Furmark it just puts a lot of stress on GPU and VRMs, Kombustor is just crap, never seen it take the GPU over 15% utilisation. OCCT is just a torture test, not a stability test. If you want to truely test your graphics card properly for stability (GPU and mem) use Unigine Heaven 2.1. Set max AA/AF and resolution and just let it loop. GPU stays over 90% usage basically always and Heaven gives the memory a proper workout so you can test for artifacts at the same time. Kill two birds with one stone, if you will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konny
I passed OCCT error test for 10 hours with 803/2034. Even 1mhz above those, gives errors pretty soon.
The Core real clock is 797.3 as reported by gpu-z sensor. I guess there are fixed frequences the gpu can take and you can't force exacly 800 for example. After 797.3 the next step is 810 (if you choose from 804 and above you get 810) in which it's not error free.
Kinda disappointing that I ended up lower than 800, but whatever...
I also tried adding voltage, I was expecting to hit around 850 with 1.087 and stil I wouldnt consider it worthwhile, but I was even more disappointed at that point. I couldn't even do 822 with 1.087v and I abandoned it completely, I don't really care to find if it can do 810/815....big deal...
Yeah I'm gonna blank that because I've seen real world utilisation. Heaven 2.1 puts extreme heavy load on GPU and memory and its based on a real game engine. To prove just how "good" OCCT is, I got lazy when OCing so used it to test CPU stability. Passed 2hrs, crashed in minutes in a real game.
I can't speak for GPUs, but on the cpu front I have to disaggree with you. If you use the Linpack mode, it's very picky, and as soon as I achieved 10 hours linpack stable on my i7 920 4ghz, it has never crashed for 8 months running 24/7...whatever I threw at it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
I was using linpack. Theres just no substitute for the real world environment.
Inno3D 768mb/1GB bios dumps missing from that list ;)