eVGA GTX 280 Flashing Bios

[Jingato]

Hi, I just purchased an eVGA GTX 280. I heard that you can flash the bios to the same as the superclocked edition and it would be the same as if you bought the superclocked card. IS that true? I downloaded the bios for the SC edition from another site, but how do I flash it. Also, does it void the warranty by doing so? How much gain do you really get between the regular and the SC version? Is it really noticeable?

Thanks

 

[masteryoda34]

You would be much better off by just overclocking the card through windows with a program like rivatuner.

If you flash the card you have a much higher chance of killing it.

 

[evilbix]

Only real reason to flash cards, IMO, was to softmod older nvidia cards from geforce to quads.

In your secenario the best way to go is using rivatuner. I honestly wouldn't really overclock video cards too much though, generally the cooling solutions are just enough. If you get aftermarket cooling then you can look at getting a good bit more out of the card.

 

[OCGuy]

Just use EVGA's precision tuner. You can download it from thier website, and clock it all the way past the FTW clocks. Thats what I do.

 

[Jingato]

Thanks guys. I guess I won't flash the bios then. I'll try the precision tuner if anything.

 

[FalseChristian]

I flashed my 2 Asus 512MB 8800GTs with an EVGA BIOS for a permanent overclock of 650/1620/950 from the stock 600/1500/900. Everything is stable as the overclock is quite reasonable.:thumbsup: