This is an area where I have very little information/knowledge - however, I do have a query:-
Are you certain that any throttling, on the Dell Card is solely due to the Graphics BIOS - or could there be other proprietary changes made? If so, is there a possibility that using an ASUS BIOS, on a Dell Card, might be detrimental?
I have seen other forum guidance that states it is ok to use a higher power vbios to push a card, but not cross posting vbioses to different brands unfortunately. No proprietary things here afaik.
Correct. Dell branded. Just going to have to see how much power increase standard software like Afterburner gives vs a vbios flash and weight risk v reward v difficulty.
FWIW, while monitoring with GPU-z (easier sensor readout that Afterburner) it does seem that I was hitting power threshold limits fairly often at 220W (which would limit my card). Only once did I actually throttle due to Thermal reasons, but I rode the line close enough to be cool with the results.
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June 30th, 2020 14:00
Hi, @Derek_32999 ,
Interesting observation!
This is an area where I have very little information/knowledge - however, I do have a query:-
Are you certain that any throttling, on the Dell Card is solely due to the Graphics BIOS - or could there be other proprietary changes made? If so, is there a possibility that using an ASUS BIOS, on a Dell Card, might be detrimental?
Derek_32999
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June 30th, 2020 15:00
I have seen other forum guidance that states it is ok to use a higher power vbios to push a card, but not cross posting vbioses to different brands unfortunately. No proprietary things here afaik.
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June 30th, 2020 16:00
Just found this and will be investigating further https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/how-to-increase-power-limit-by-bios-crossflash.266213/
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July 1st, 2020 06:00
Correct. Dell branded. Just going to have to see how much power increase standard software like Afterburner gives vs a vbios flash and weight risk v reward v difficulty.
Derek_32999
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July 1st, 2020 08:00
FWIW, while monitoring with GPU-z (easier sensor readout that Afterburner) it does seem that I was hitting power threshold limits fairly often at 220W (which would limit my card). Only once did I actually throttle due to Thermal reasons, but I rode the line close enough to be cool with the results.
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July 1st, 2020 09:00
Hi, @Derek_32999 ,
"Only once did I actually throttle due to Thermal reasons, but I rode the line close enough to be cool with the results."
Sounds like Dell was trying to both limit Power & restrict Heating Issues!