CAN WE CONVERT A 1070 TO A 1080??

[VEXICUS]

Hey guys,

 

I've read the 1070 is exactly the same chip as the 1080 with some of the cores and features locked, so is it possible to unlock them with software or a bios flash??

I hv heard that 1070 manufacturers disable those extra cores by cutting off it's wiring using lazer...is it possible to connect those wires and put a custom 1080 bios on it??

[dionkoffie]

Where did you read this?

 

tbh I wouldn't be surprised, but I think Nvidia would lock the board up so good that conversion wouldn't be possible. 

[VEXICUS]

Just now, dionkoffie said:

Where did you read this?

 

tbh I wouldn't be surprised, but I think Nvidia would lock the board up so good that conversion wouldn't be possible. 

Google it..  1070 nd 1080 share the same board..

1070 just has a few cores disabled and has a comparitively slower memory

 

[Jurrunio]

Nvidia disable them with a beam of laser, good luck reversing that.

[SupaKomputa]

Ryzen 1600 is essentially a Ryzen 1800 with 2 core disabled, still you can't enabled them.

Long gone the days of phenom 2 core unlocking.

No way we can unlock today's cpu with only software or firmware hack as far as i know.

 

Same goes with pascal gpu, the cutout happened inside the die, i don't think you can reach it.

coming from a 1050ti user, a 1070 is already great.

[IAcKI]

Probably doable. You'll just need equipment that will cost more than a family home and will not have very high success rates.

[iiNNeX]

Yeah you can. You sell your 1070 and buy a 1080. That's how you unlock them. 

 

[VEXICUS]

1 hour ago, iiNNeX said:

Yeah you can. You sell your 1070 and buy a 1080. That's how you unlock them. 

 

I already hv a Titan Xp....dnt need 1080..

I was just thinking of trying that out...just fr fun

[VEXICUS]

ALL GTX 1070's are either BIOS or Hardware voltage locked to not go beyond 1.0930v; as a result CORE clocks are limited regardless of whether you're on water or air cooling within a certain region (between 2000MHz and 2150MHz in most cases), preventing those with any GTX 1070 to achieve results similar to a non-overclocked GTX 1080.

[dcgreen2k]

If you can figure out how to reconnect wires smaller than a human hair without destroying anything, then go ahead.

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

3 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

Hey guys,

 

I've read the 1070 is exactly the same chip as the 1080 with some of the cores and features locked, so is it possible to unlock them with software or a bios flash??

I hv heard that 1070 manufacturers disable those extra cores by cutting off it's wiring using lazer...is it possible to connect those wires and put a custom 1080 bios on it??

NO, A MILLION TIMES NO

 

The GTX 1080 uses GDDR5X and the 1070 uses GDDR5, even if you did rewire the cores you'd still brick the card.

42 minutes ago, vexicus365 said:

I already hv a Titan Xp....dnt need 1080..

I was just thinking of trying that out...just fr fun

Yeah, well don't think about it, you'll have more fun not being disappointed by the answer permanantly being "no".

 

Even if you managed to transfer the soldered core using a reball machine there's absolutely no guarantee the card would recognize the extra cores even with a proper BIOS.

 

Now, let's say you unsoldered the core, memory chips, and required ICs from a salvage eBay 1080 and moved them to a 1070 board. It wouldn't work.

[iiNNeX]

3 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

I already hv a Titan Xp....dnt need 1080..

I was just thinking of trying that out...just fr fun

Well that's good, in that case you should just stick with it and be happy.

 

I couldn't think of anything less fun than trying to convert a GPU to another model which isn't designed to be... seriously, there are better hobbies