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How To Flash A Different BIOS On Your 1080 Ti.

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#1 · (Edited)
Important note: After flashing your BIOS or reinstalling your video card driver unzip the file below and right click it, Edit it using NotePad, change the '-pl 3**' to your max TDP on your card, Save As the file, choose 'All Files', not '.txt', save the powerlimit.bat file, than right click it and 'Run As Adminstrator'

.bat files for setting the power limit in the BestBiosCollection.zip file attached in this OP.

Note: Top display port will be disabled if you flash a BIOS on the FE other then one of the stock BIOS's.

I've found after flashing a BIOS or installing Nvidia drivers the max power limit is much lower than it should be and this is the fix.

You can find your max TDP in the official BIOS's link.


Link to XOC no power limit BIOS. You don't need to run the power limit .bat file with this BIOS.

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=169488

Direct link To XOC BIOS from the forum post.

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=...d=FABF1EAAEEBFA9D9!148675&action=defaultclick

Afterburner 4.6 has been released.

http://download.msi.com/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup.zip




Driver Uninstall Tool, (DDU)do this after flashing a BIOS, then reinstall the latest driver. Choose the Boot Into Safe Mode Option. You HAVE to know your login email or password, a four number pin won't work.

http://www.wagnardsoft.com/

BIOS's to flash.

Best BIOS Collection are the all the BIOS's I tested that give decent results. XOC is power limit free BIOS developed for L2N, still working on our FE's and other cards though.

Renamed by card they come from for clarification with power limit wattage of each one in the name.

Added the .bat files needed to run as Admin after each flash.


View attachment BestBiosCollectionAndPowerLimitBatFiles.zip

Important! Don't flash the HOF or MSI Lightning Z BIOS's or any BIOS that uses three power connectors.
They'll brick your card and unless you have a spare card or iGPU you won't be able to flash it back. Also two eight pin power connector Kingpin BIOS will brick your card.



https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios...X+1080+Ti&interface=&memType=&memSize=&since=

Here's how to do it


Video How To Below By Request

Right click on all zip files, choose Properties and Unblock before unzipping them, might be an issue if you don't.

View attachment nvflash_5.370.0.zip

Unzip NVFlash to a folder.

Run an admin command prompt and cd to the folder you made.

Do in command prompt:

To turn protection off so you can flash the BIOS.

nvflash64 --protectoff

Then to backup original bios.

nvflash64 --save filename.rom

To flash bios.

nvflash64 -6 biosfilename.rom

If screen goes black just hit the 'y' key twice, it'll flash and screen will come back on.

Reboot, reinstall Nvidia driver, reboot again.

For more than one card.

nvflash64 --protectoff

Turn protection off. Choose the number of card you want to turn protection off, 0 or 1 for example with two GPUs.



To backup original BIOS.

nvflash64 --save filename.rom

nvflash64 --save filename2.rom


Choose the number of card you want to save the BIOS, 0 or 1 for example with two GPUs.


To flash BIOS.

nvflash64 --list

nvflash64 -6 --index=0 BIOSfilename.rom

nvflash64 -6 --index=1 BIOSfilename.rom


If screen goes black just hit the 'y' key twice for each flash, it'll flash and screen will come back on.
 
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#2 ·
Just tried this and while the BIOS has defo helped it has confirmed my card is a ****e clocked as I can't even add 13 to the core without it locking up and crashing the drivers
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#3 ·
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Originally Posted by trawetSluaP View Post

Just tried this and while the BIOS has defo helped it has confirmed my card is a ****e clocked as I can't even add 13 to the core without it locking up and crashing the drivers
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Oh man, sorry. I'd try reflashing it making sure you did the --protectoff etc.
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Like I said I 2100 core, 2162 memory with this BIOS on my Gigabyte FE.
 
#4 ·
It def worked, the base and boost clocks changed! Just a shame my card is a poop Oc'er. Oh well, it's not like the performance at stock is bad now is it haha.
 
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#6 ·
Thanks again. I'm going to retest with 100% fan speed to keep temperatures at 48C.
 
#8 ·
Well it's not working for me and now and i cant even flash back to original bios or try the gaming x one? NVflash not supported it say's?
 
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Originally Posted by lilchronic View Post

Well it's not working for me and now and i cant even flash back to original bios or try the gaming x one? NVflash not supported it say's?
You need to use nvflash64, not nvflash.

nvflash64 -6 biosfilename.rom
 
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Originally Posted by lilchronic View Post

Well it's not working for me and now and i cant even flash back to original bios or try the gaming x one? NVflash not supported it say's?
Don't forget to right click zip files, BIOS zip too, Properties, Unblock. Coming from the Interwebs Windows does that now.
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#11 ·
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Originally Posted by KedarWolf View Post

You need to use nvflash64, not nvflash.

nvflash64 -6 biosfilename.rom
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Originally Posted by KedarWolf View Post

Don't forget to right click zip files, BIOS zip too, Properties, Unblock. Coming from the Interwebs Windows does that now.
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i forgot the 64
 
#12 ·
But yeah the strix bios did not work for me. Power limit was only at 100% even thou i had 120 set in AB and precision x. Also every time i changed memory clock's my screen would flash black.
 
#13 ·
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Originally Posted by trawetSluaP View Post

It def worked, the base and boost clocks changed! Just a shame my card is a poop Oc'er. Oh well, it's not like the performance at stock is bad now is it haha.
Some peeps having trouble with Strix BIOS.

Download the original NVidia
BIOS, try flashing back, or if you're really brave try the MSI Gaming X BIOS.

Then try OCing the card.

Right click the zip file, 'Properties', 'Unblock' it.

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/?architecture=&manufacturer=&model=GTX+1080+Ti&interface=&memType=&memSize=&since=
 
#14 ·
So, with this BIOS, is it still worth doing the shunt mod? I'll be under water, 2 x 1080ti.. mix of gaming and gpu rendering/3d work.

Also I can't for the life of me get the voltage bar to unlock in Afterburner, tried your methods from the other thread, it's still greyed out.
 
#16 ·
once I get the hybrid cooler for my ti I'm in, thanks KedarWolf for blazing the trail!!
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#18 ·
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Originally Posted by KedarWolf View Post

I'm getting 2100 core at 1.075v 6132 memory, Power Limit never goes over 111% an entire Heaven run, and as you can see by my GPU-Z file it never throttled or lowered core or voltages once the entire Heaven run, no shunt mod.
Can you please show you voltage curve.

What ever I try my Gigabyte 1080Ti is start to freez in Heaven Benchmark if core clock is over 2062...
 
#21 ·
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Originally Posted by NitrousX1 View Post

Would this would on EVGA GTX 1080Ti FE too?
Should work, just know some have had issues with Strix BIOS although for myself best thing that ever happened to my card. It won't brick your card or anything, but some not getting the results I am.

They might not have fully followed the instructions in the OP though, nvflash 64 --protectoff is absolutely essential.
 
#22 ·
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Originally Posted by OneCosmic View Post

Did you try if flashing Gigabyte Extreme Gaming bios with 375W TDP limit? That would be even much more interesting than Strix's 330W TDP BIOS.
No, getting such good results with the Strix don't want to try anything else.
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#23 ·
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Originally Posted by Steven467 View Post

I'm very interested in this, what's the worst that could go wrong?
Worse can go wrong is the power limit is at 100% and card throttling, some people say it happens to them.
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Best thing that happened to my card though, getting 2100 with zero throttling in Heaven and in four games I tested, let me find the posts with GPU-Z logs.
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Had to up the voltage to 1.093 for 2100 due to higher ambient temps.

Diablo 3: Reaper Of Souls, never goes below 2100 core, 1.093v.

GPU-ZSensorLog.txt 38k .txt file


Rise of The Tomb Raider DirectX 12. Only dipped between cut scenes.

GPU-ZSensorLog.txt 131k .txt file


Black OPs 3, 2100 substained.

GPU-ZSensorLog.txt 14k .txt file


Ghost Recon: Wildlands, same.

GPU-ZSensorLog.txt 114k .txt file


I'm really liking this Strix BIOS, see no need to try others.
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#25 ·
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Originally Posted by OneCosmic View Post

Any throttling during 3DMark Time Spy benchmark? Can you show gpuz log or msi ab log from it also?
Yeah, it throttles a bit in test 1 and CPU Physics test but not at all in test 2.

The 1569 is it between the tests while they are at the loading screens.

GPU-ZSensorLog.txt 51k .txt file


Still, if there is zero throttling in the four games I tested including a DirectX 12 game then that what really counts.
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Oh, and I got it stable at 2100 1.075v again, the issue was it was unstable after a DDU clean uninstall and clean reinstall of the Nvidia drivers. I found a second clean reinstall of drivers without DDU fixed benches and games crashing. DDU clean reinstall causes issues I found.
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#26 ·
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Originally Posted by KedarWolf View Post

Yeah, it throttles a bit in test 1 and CPU Physics test but not at all in test 2.

The 1569 is it between the tests while they are at the loading screens.

GPU-ZSensorLog.txt 51k .txt file


Still, if there is zero throttling in the four games I tested including a DirectX 12 game then that what really counts.
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Oh, and I got it stable at 2100 1.075v again, the issue was it was unstable after a DDU clean uninstall and clean reinstall of the Nvidia drivers. I found a second clean reinstall of drivers without DDU fixed benches and games crashing. DDU clean reinstall causes issues I found.
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Can hitting 120% powerlimit on ASUS bios while flashed on a FE card be dangerous for it? Thats like way above 300W?
 
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