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    AW 17 R5 GTX-1070 OC and AW 17 R4 GTX-1070: Vbios compatibility?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by CptXabaras, Sep 17, 2018.

  1. CptXabaras

    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    Hello Guys & Gals,

    Is my understanding that on Pascal card is not possible to flash a modded vbios the same way it was possible on previous generation cards but it is however possible to flash OEM vbios, and i was wondering if a Vbios coming from an AW 17 R5 gtx-1070 OC can be flashed over an AW 17 R4 gtx-1070, to increase the card TDP. Has anyone attempted this? It is doable? can anyone share the Vbios from an R5 model with samsung Vram?

    regards,
     
    CptXabaras, Sep 17, 2018
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  2. rinneh

    rinneh Notebook Prophet

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    The AW17R4 already has the OC firmware.

    It touches 140/145watts under loads isntead of the stock 115/125watts.
     
    rinneh, Sep 17, 2018
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  3. CptXabaras

    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    Thanks for the info rinneh, didn't know about that and it actually might explain why I'm able to push the gpu +235mhz with about 133w (reported by hwinfo64 at least). I believe I'm voltage limited to go any further since the card isn't stable above 235mhz
     
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    darknessrise13 Newbie

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    What if we don't have the OC firmware? Mine only hits 125w.
     
    darknessrise13, Jan 19, 2019
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