I want your GTX460 vBIOSes!

[Leeghoofd]

lol why haven't I spotted this thread before lol... was wrestling with drivers and co to get fan speed up... already glad my ref card did 925GPU on 1087mVolts... impressive cards

Keep up the great work lads !!

[Kelso]

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.

I'm NOT wrong. And it's worrying that some people who mod the bios don't have a clue about what they're doing. Not to mention that all this VID thing is KNOWN since the GF100 cards came out.
Take 2 identical GTX460 cards with DIFFERENT default VIDs (I'm not talking about factory overclocked/overvolted cards). Save the bios from both cards and compare both files. The files will be 100% identical. Should I explain further why the bios files from cards with completely different default VIDs will be 100% identical?
By modding the bios you are overriding the default, hardwired VID, which varies from GPU to GPU.

[CrazyNutz]

I'm NOT wrong. And it's worrying that some people who mod the bios don't have a clue about what they're doing. Not to mention that all this VID thing is KNOWN since the GF100 cards came out.
Take 2 identical GTX460 cards with DIFFERENT default VIDs (I'm not talking about factory overclocked/overvolted cards). Save the bios from both cards and compare both files. The files will be 100% identical. Should I explain further why the bios files from cards with completely different default VIDs will be 100% identical?
By modding the bios you are overriding the default, hardwired VID, which varies from GPU to GPU.

Well kelso, perhaps some manufactures have hardwired the VID, however mine is not, I can change it and I can verify that it changed with my DMM.
Where have you got this information from?

[Kelso]

Well kelso, perhaps some manufactures have hardwired the VID, however mine is not, I can change it and I can verify that it changed with my DMM.
Where have you got this information from?

You got me all wrong. Of course, you can change the GPU voltage. I'm just saying that the *default* GPU VID is not 1.025v, it actually varies from GPU to GPU. You can always override the default VID with a bios mod.

[CrazyNutz]

Kelso dont make me hurt your eye (that 70's show reference).

[CrazyNutz]

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.

OCCT will check for errors, just like ATITool did, so it's not just a torture test.
Heaven does crash out pretty good if your not stable, however OCCT will help you dial it in perfectly. It shows you how many errors occur.
Perhaps you need to DL the latest version of OCCT hit the GPU test, and check "check for errors"

[Aedubber]

and dont forget to apply POWER DRAW lol , a lot of people dont do that and then your cards arent stressed @ 100% when the check box is left unchecked .. hehe

[Kelso]

Kelso dont make me hurt your eye (that 70's show reference).

Burn!

[Rasmus66]

Hey

Will someone please unlock this MSI GTX460 768 Cyclone bios so i can ajust the voltage?

[Ket]

OCCT will check for errors, just like ATITool did, so it's not just a torture test.
Heaven does crash out pretty good if your not stable, however OCCT will help you dial it in perfectly. It shows you how many errors occur.
Perhaps you need to DL the latest version of OCCT hit the GPU test, and check "check for errors"

No thanks. Others can die by OCCT and wonder why they get odd crashes. I'll keep using Heaven and know if my GPU loops 8hrs of that I'm good.

[Toolius]

here is my msi hawk gtx 460 1GB

[CrazyNutz]

here is my msi hawk gtx 460 1GB

Here you go modded, new cap is 1.2125v

[Toolius]

Wow !! thank you tons crazynutz
Much appreciated

[CrazyNutz]

Hey

Will someone please unlock this MSI GTX460 768 Cyclone bios so i can ajust the voltage?

Here it is. Use MSI afterburner, make sure you go to settings and "Unlock Voltage Control.

[CrazyNutz]

wow !! Thank you tons crazynutz
much appreciated

np

[Aedubber]

Damn Crazy ! You and Ket are on a roll here lol, make sure he adds these to his index over there.. Wish a MOD would sticky this thread :/

[IV0]

Hi guys! I have a liiiitle (lying...HUGE) problem
A few minutes ago I failed to flash my Sparkle GTX 460 768MB with unlocked bios (whitch i have found on some site...I know... IDIOT...). I erased previous (original and unsaved) bios and now (obviously) the card wont show the picture. I have old 9500GT in my case right now and i dont know the procedure on how to reflash the second card (broken GTX 460)...
Please Help!

[IV0]

Fixed... Flashed with POV GTX460 768MB and works like a charm...

[xdan]

Hi Ket, can you please make me a modded bios for Palit 768MB version( card of a friend)? But i have some preferences: 1.0v Gpu 3d, the other things the same, 800/1600/4000, unlock voltage limit etc. My friend has a poor PSU and the Palit cooler makes much noise(>50%) with more voltage( i mean the temperatures raise very much).
Just for me make this special, in the list you can put the bios with specifications same as others.
The card has some problems and my friend think that is because the default voltage is vey low, 0.975v.
So please very much do this.
Here is the bios:

[CrazyNutz]

Hi Ket, can you please make me a modded bios for Palit 768MB version( card of a friend)? But i have some preferences: 1.0v Gpu 3d, the other things the same, 800/1600/4000, unlock voltage limit etc. My friend has a poor PSU and the Palit cooler makes much noise(>50%) with more voltage( i mean the temperatures raise very much).
Just for me make this special, in the list you can put the bios with specifications same as others.
The card has some problems and my friend think that is because the default voltage is vey low, 0.975v.
So please very much do this.
Here is the bios:

Here you are. Also the default voltage was 1.0 not 0.975v

[xdan]

My friend told me that under load(FUR) Gpuz shows 0.975v so i don't know, may be the Gpuz doesn't show right? Or the vrm has a problem and vdroops the gpu voltage? It has problems with booting from the first time.
Hope that this will solve the problem. Thank you very much!

[Kelso]

@xdan
CrazyNutz (forgot??) to change the voltage in that bios. Here's the correct bios (800/4000/1.0v) - bios.zip

[CrazyNutz]

gpuz shows 1.0v on mine, and the bios is set to 0.95 - 1.0875, just like xdan's
orig bios. But locking it to 1.0 - 1.0 like you did should do the trick.

[xdan]

But Kelso's bios lower the voltage in 2d?

[CrazyNutz]

But Kelso's bios lower the voltage in 2d?

No. for each performance level you can select a voltage range i.e. 3d =0.95 - 1.0875, the gpu will select the one inbetween that it likes. if you set it 1.0 -1.0 it only has the one chioce 1.0v
Just use Kelso's bios it will be fine, it is set to 1.21 voltage cap (max) 1.0v 3d volts, 800/1600/4000.