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My Precision M6700 workstation has a Kepler Quadro K4000M graphics card with an ample 4GB of VRAM, but its low clock speed limits how well the card can perform. 

I know I can flash a BIOS to overclock the card - however, as far as I know, these mobile workstations are finnicky about booting with non-DELL-certified vBIOS on the dGPU.

Is there a tool that can simply remove the overclocking prevention measures in place in the Quadro BIOS but leave the rest of the factory vBIOS intact? I would hope the laptop would still recognize the card then.

The system does have integrated graphics, so that makes flashing far easier.

Running driver version 382.16 if that matters. 

Any pointers would be appreciated!

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14 minutes ago, danalog said:

My Precision M6700 workstation has a Kepler Quadro K4000M graphics card with an ample 4GB of VRAM, but its low clock speed limits how well the card can perform. 

I know I can flash a BIOS to overclock the card - however, as far as I know, these mobile workstations are finnicky about booting with non-DELL-certified vBIOS on the dGPU.

Is there a tool that can simply remove the overclocking prevention measures in place in the Quadro BIOS but leave the rest of the factory vBIOS intact? I would hope the laptop would still recognize the card then.

The system does have integrated graphics, so that makes flashing far easier.

Running driver version 382.16 if that matters. 

Any pointers would be appreciated!

You could try using tools like Intel Tuning or Nvidia Control panel instead of using BIOS at first.

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Just now, KidKid said:

You could try using tools like Intel Tuning or Nvidia Control panel instead of using BIOS at first.

Well older Quadros are locked from overclocking. Using software that would work on a GeForce card doesn't work, the clocks reset to the default

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