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Flashing new bios settings into GPU?

grumpyboy

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Hi thanks for reading this post.

ive read that some people write a new BIOS for their GPU with their Overclock settings.



Why do this why not just use a software overclock ?

 
Usually, you do this just for convenience and so you don't have to rely on any third-party software to maintain the OC. The other reason people modify the BIOS is to adjust the voltage settings for the card. I.E. if you buy a card that is a model down from the top end model and want to OC it to the speed of the top-end card, you will likely need to increase the voltage going to the chip to at least that of the top-end model.

Same principle as OCing a CPU really. You just don't have a BIOS screen for the video card that lets you easily change such settings as you would on a motherboard. All the settings are hardcoded into the BIOS image.
 
I flash bios vs overclocking with 3rd party software for all the reasons from above and 1 more. You get a tiny bit higher score in 3DMark from flashing bios because none of that 3rd party software is running 😉
 
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