Reference Nvidia 980ti bios mod

[Turretgaming]

I have a reference Nvidia GeForce gtx 980ti but it has a nzxt kraken x62 on it with custom vrm cooling fins and a fan right above the vrms. Im currently +280 core +440 mem +31v but I can't push anymore even though I'm at 45°c on the core with fans at 50% so there's room for more. I'm thinking of putting a new bios on it but I can only find them for evga cards and stuff. Will those work or can someone point me to one for the Nvidia reference model cause I'm dieing for that 1,500+ MHz core clock. Thanks.

 

 

Edit: will probably just make a copy of my current bios and mod the power targets to make sure it's compatible.

[Br3tt96]

My 980ti hits 1500mhz, but it can't do anything really at all on memory, which saddens me.. Sounds to me like your maxed on what yours can do friend

[Turretgaming]

2 minutes ago, Br3tt96 said:

My 980ti hits 1500mhz, but it can't do anything really at all on memory, which saddens me.. Sounds to me like your maxed on what yours can do friend

Maxed with the current power limit. It's limit is 110% = 250w but again I've seen evga bios mods that go 120% = 450w and 100% = 300w soooo ya

[Skiiwee29]

With custom BIOS and flashing on cards its an "At your own risk" and really best for no one to really advise yes do it.. no dont do it type of situation as it could brick the card on you. 

[Br3tt96]

2 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

Maxed with the current power limit. It's limit is 110% = 250w but again I've seen evga bios mods that go 120% = 450w and 100% = 300w soooo ya

When I was overclocking my 1580mhz 980 and this the more volts I had the less stable it gets. These MAxwell cards don't like volts all that much IMO

[Turretgaming]

2 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

With custom BIOS and flashing on cards its an "At your own risk" and really best for no one to really advise yes do it.. no dont do it type of situation as it could brick the card on you. 

I don't care if it gets bricked I just want to know if they are compatible. I know the risk involved but is it a 100% incompatibility or like a 50/50 shot that the evga one works

[DildorTheDecent]

4 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

Maxed with the current power limit. It's limit is 110% = 250w but again I've seen evga bios mods that go 120% = 450w and 100% = 300w soooo ya

Shunt mod it is then. It lowers the reported power usage % but does not necessarily increase the power limit. It's a pretty neat way to trick the core into pulling more power, especially if the BIOS is configured for a greater power limit. It works pretty good for a stock BIOS too.

 

Those BIOS mods are also increasing the base power. Not just the additional power. For instance, my 980 KPE has a base power setting (100%) of 350W and maxes at 513W (171%).

[Turretgaming]

1 hour ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Shunt mod it is then. It lowers the reported power usage % but does not necessarily increase the power limit. It's a pretty neat way to trick the core into pulling more power, especially if the BIOS is configured for a greater power limit. It works pretty good for a stock BIOS too.

 

Those BIOS mods are also increasing the base power. Not just the additional power. For instance, my 980 KPE has a base power setting (100%) of 350W and maxes at 513W (171%).

Ya I want that cause liquid metal is a pain and I don't like it. A bios mod won't drip onto the board or destroy any SMD on it. Just easier for me plus if I do a shunt mod I'd bios mod anyway to get even more power. 

[Jurrunio]

7 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

Ya I want that cause liquid metal is a pain and I don't like it. A bios mod won't drip onto the board or destroy any SMD on it. Just easier for me plus if I do a shunt mod I'd bios mod anyway to get even more power. 

Brick the bios --> need bios program tool which is a piece of hardware. It's no better on the other way.

[DildorTheDecent]

14 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

Ya I want that cause liquid metal is a pain and I don't like it. A bios mod won't drip onto the board or destroy any SMD on it.

Liquid metal? Nobody uses liquid metal for a shunt mod on a pre-Pascal GPU. Solder is far superior.

 

Solder doesn't work well for Pascal though. It enters a low GPU clock mode because the reported power ends up being too low. But for Maxwell you can use solder just fine.

[Turretgaming]

On 4/17/2018 at 11:59 AM, DildorTheDecent said:

Liquid metal? Nobody uses liquid metal for a shunt mod on a pre-Pascal GPU. Solder is far superior.

 

Solder doesn't work well for Pascal though. It enters a low GPU clock mode because the reported power ends up being too low. But for Maxwell you can use solder just fine.

Wait I thought you couldn't use solder on it. If I can I'll either solder it or solder in a wire or get a solder pen(easier than solder so I don't destroy it with heat) 

 

On 4/17/2018 at 11:41 AM, Jurrunio said:

Brick the bios --> need bios program tool which is a piece of hardware. It's no better on the other way.

Ya I have one of them. You can find them on eBay. They are really popular recently cause of all the fake gpus needing it to put the correct bios back on them.

[DildorTheDecent]

17 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

Wait I thought you couldn't use solder on it. If I can I'll either solder it or solder in a wire or get a solder pen(easier than solder so I don't destroy it with heat) 

Just don't use solder with anything Pascal based. Kepler and Maxwell is fine.

 

Also you're only really going to need to solder the current sense resistor near the power plug. I don't think shunting the memory or PLL (PCI-E) resistor has much if an effect. Maybe it does on extreme cooling.

[Turretgaming]

On 4/17/2018 at 1:43 PM, DildorTheDecent said:

Just don't use solder with anything Pascal based. Kepler and Maxwell is fine.

 

Also you're only really going to need to solder the current sense resistor near the power plug. I don't think shunting the memory or PLL (PCI-E) resistor has much if an effect. Maybe it does on extreme cooling.

Already soldered them all and modded the bios. New max power target it 450w but the only problem is I'm limited to a Max voltage of 1.24 and if I try to bios mod that it flashes fine but windows won't work right saying it can't use drivers or that the device is reporting problems. 

[DildorTheDecent]

7 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

Already soldered them all and modded the bios. New max power target it 450w but the only problem is I'm limited to a Max voltage of 1.24 and if I try to bios mod that it flashes fine but

Don't bother with additional volts. On Maxwell more volts does not mean more clock unlike Kepler. The limit is cooling. The colder you're card gets, the faster it goes.

 

7 minutes ago, Turretgaming said:

windows won't work right saying it can't use drivers or that the device is reporting problems. 

You're flashing it correctly right?

 

Disable GPU > flash > reboot > re-enable GPU > install drivers if need be.

[Turretgaming]

On 4/19/2018 at 9:40 AM, DildorTheDecent said:

Don't bother with additional volts. On Maxwell more volts does not mean more clock unlike Kepler. The limit is cooling. The colder you're card gets, the faster it goes.

 

You're flashing it correctly right?

 

Disable GPU > flash > reboot > re-enable GPU > install drivers if need be.

Flashes fine. Works great on one condition, any voltage over that limit freaks the card out. GPU-z cant find half the things about it. When I reflash to a voltage below the limit its fine even with a power target of 450w and with the pcie power target at 75w all the time and the 6 and 8 pin connectors maxed out for there rated spec. Either way i broke 1,586mhz on the core and 4,002mhz memory so im happy with that.

 

On 4/17/2018 at 10:06 AM, Br3tt96 said:

My 980ti hits 1500mhz, but it can't do anything really at all on memory, which saddens me.. Sounds to me like your maxed on what yours can do friend

Do you have Samsung or sk-hynix chips. Samsungs are known to clock further but sk-hynix chips where more power efficient at the trade of poor clocks. That was one of the reasons why Nvidia went to using Samsung chips as a preferred for the 980ti's and titan x's in the later batches. pays to be a late adopter sometimes. let all the bugs get worked out.

[Br3tt96]

13 hours ago, Turretgaming said:

Do you have Samsung or sk-hynix chips. Samsungs are known to clock further but sk-hynix chips where more power efficient at the trade of poor clocks. That was one of the reasons why Nvidia went to using Samsung chips as a preferred for the 980ti's and titan x's in the later batches. pays to be a late adopter sometimes. let all the bugs get worked out.

Yeah I have Samsung...

[Turretgaming]

On 4/22/2018 at 9:26 AM, Br3tt96 said:

Yeah I have Samsung...

Then you got really unlucky bins. RIP....f