flashing a GPU bios
How relatively safe is it to flash a GPU bios with a higher power limit?

i'd like to flash a 4060 with one with a 120-140% power limit, to my understanding there's programs to do this and all i have to do is use that and flash it.

How risky is this?
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Xuild 11 月 7 日 上午 12:28 
引用自 Bing Chilling
How relatively safe is it to flash a GPU bios with a higher power limit?

i'd like to flash a 4060 with one with a 120-140% power limit, to my understanding there's programs to do this and all i have to do is use that and flash it.

How risky is this?
i'd say that'd be risky to do, haven't done it before but wouldn't recommend as overclocks (which is basically what you are doing) can get dangerous quite quickly and just flush money down the drain
Bing Chilling 11 月 7 日 上午 12:32 
引用自 Xuild
引用自 Bing Chilling
How relatively safe is it to flash a GPU bios with a higher power limit?

i'd like to flash a 4060 with one with a 120-140% power limit, to my understanding there's programs to do this and all i have to do is use that and flash it.

How risky is this?
i'd say that'd be risky to do, haven't done it before but wouldn't recommend as overclocks (which is basically what you are doing) can get dangerous quite quickly and just flush money down the drain
i mean thanks for the input
more looking for people who've done it before.
Xuild 11 月 7 日 上午 12:39 
引用自 Bing Chilling
引用自 Xuild
i'd say that'd be risky to do, haven't done it before but wouldn't recommend as overclocks (which is basically what you are doing) can get dangerous quite quickly and just flush money down the drain
i mean thanks for the input
more looking for people who've done it before.
don't think people on steam forums would've done it so you'd be better off asking on reddit or just not doing it as the 4060 is discontinued and not worth ruining as you could get a good resale price for it later down the line

plus if you are wiling to overpower/overclock it that much you may as well spend the money on a better GPU and get that performance without dealing with a dead card later down the line
smokerob79 11 月 8 日 上午 11:10 
to be blunt right now most are seeing real increases in performance from under volt over clock then a straight over clock.....

in simple terms finding the lowest voltage you can keep the GPU stable the better performance comes from keeping boost clocks constant or as high as it can until temp start making it back off
Monk 11 月 8 日 上午 11:31 
Well, I've physically power modded cards and ran xoc bios' on 1080ti, 2080ti, 3090 and 4090's (I cannot get hold of the astral 5090 one).

If your card has dual bios' it's much safer, for, obvious reasons that you have a backup.
I've not done it with a bios not designed for the card, but, in theory the worst you'll have is some odd fan behaviour and rgb may stop working (I ran them on custom water cooled cards), so, make sure the bios atleast is for the same number of fans I'd say.

Wouldn't hurt to renew and upgrade thermal paste / pads or maybe even look into liquid metal depending how temperatures go, thermal putty can also help to some extent (though unlikely to be needed too much on a 4060 and it's not the cheapest approach once you go to LM and putty).

As long as you keep an eye on temperatures and power draw you should be fine, the odds of a power cut during the flash is the biggest risk and i find the time it takes to be a bit nerve wracking.

But really, as long as you watch your temps and power you should be fine, you can always go back or dial down the power in afterburner (unlike if you power mod).

The real thing you need to ask yourself is, IF it goes pear shaped, are you OK with losing the card, the risk is pretty low, but if you are not OK with burning the card, don't do it.
If you are OK, go for it.

Oh and make sure you have a decent psu with good cables that will be happy to take the extra draw, that's more general advise, I can't see a 4060 stressing any cables.
Guydodge 11 月 8 日 下午 12:31 
from what ive read the 4060 should have a dual bios so you have a built in backup whether
you should do it or not.that you can only answer.theres a little switch on the card facing you
right under the heat plate.on my 4090 its more toward the back of the case goodluck.and
one setting is performance mode one is normal
最后由 Guydodge 编辑于; 11 月 8 日 下午 12:33
引用自 Xuild
i'd say that'd be risky to do, haven't done it before but wouldn't recommend as overclocks (which is basically what you are doing) can get dangerous quite quickly and just flush money down the drain

引用自 Xuild
don't think people on steam forums would've done it so you'd be better off asking on reddit or just not doing it as the 4060 is discontinued and not worth ruining as you could get a good resale price for it later down the line.
plus if you are wiling to overpower/overclock it that much you may as well spend the money on a better GPU and get that performance without dealing with a dead card later down the line

Dude, you literally just admitted you’ve never flashed a GPU BIOS or overclocked your hardware, yet you’re giving advice on something you clearly have no first-hand experience with.

Also, what does “flush the memory down the drain” even mean?
And why exactly would Reddit be a better place to ask than Steam? Steam has tech threads too, and if you actually wanted good info you’d point people to places like Overclockers, Tom’s Hardware, or TechPowerUp, communities where tens of thousands of people have been safely modding and overclocking their GPUs for decades without any issues.

Most modern GPUs can be pushed safely and gain 20–40 % more performance without “destroying” anything. You’d have to go really overboard or mess up voltages to cause actual damage. In fact, many overclocks these days are combined with undervolts, meaning lower temps, less power draw, and often even longer lifespan.

For example, my girlfriend’s 5070 Ti scores almost the same in 3DMark as a stock 5080, around $300 cheaper, and it took maybe ten minutes of tuning and watching a couple of guides.

So yeah, flashing a BIOS or raising a power limit isn’t something you do blindly, but it’s not some guaranteed GPU death sentence either. It just takes a bit of research and knowing what you’re doing which, respectfully, doesn’t sound like the case here.
It's no rocket science.......
Guydodge 11 月 8 日 下午 12:38 
引用自 smokerob79
to be blunt right now most are seeing real increases in performance from under volt over clock then a straight over clock.....

in simple terms finding the lowest voltage you can keep the GPU stable the better performance comes from keeping boost clocks constant or as high as it can until temp start making it back off

that only applies if your overheating the card and thermal throttling if thats happening you have bigger problems.like case / fans or improper airflow.
最后由 Guydodge 编辑于; 11 月 8 日 下午 12:45
AbedsBrother 11 月 8 日 下午 12:42 
The flashing part is easy if you're methodical.

Tho in my experience most of these "flash bios for more performance" upgrades don't move the needle that much, maybe 2-5 fps at most. Tangible but minor.
Guydodge 11 月 8 日 下午 12:48 
引用自 AbedsBrother
The flashing part is easy if you're methodical.

Tho in my experience most of these "flash bios for more performance" upgrades don't move the needle that much, maybe 2-5 fps at most. Tangible but minor.
100% agree i would use high performance mode in nvidia panel and switch bios on card
to performance mode as well and throw a stable overclock on gpu and see where your at.
最后由 Guydodge 编辑于; 11 月 8 日 下午 12:48
smokerob79 11 月 8 日 下午 2:06 
引用自 AbedsBrother
The flashing part is easy if you're methodical.

Tho in my experience most of these "flash bios for more performance" upgrades don't move the needle that much, maybe 2-5 fps at most. Tangible but minor.


had more then a few games jump by as much as 30 frames on a EVGA water cooled hybrid 3080 when undervolted to 0.98 volts and got the boost clock higher then factor
Bing Chilling 11 月 8 日 下午 8:03 
引用自 Monk

The real thing you need to ask yourself is, IF it goes pear shaped, are you OK with losing the card, the risk is pretty low, but if you are not OK with burning the card, don't do it.
If you are OK, go for it.

Oh and make sure you have a decent psu with good cables that will be happy to take the extra draw, that's more general advise, I can't see a 4060 stressing any cables.

yeah i'm not ok if the card does die and that's why i made this thread to see what others had to say on it. i do have a backup 1070 but i wouldn't want my 4060 to die. atleast not yet anyways lol i'v had the card for less then a year, but when i do upgrade or really wan performance and have the money to upgrade if the 4060 does die then i may go for it.
thanks for the input.
Monk 11 月 8 日 下午 8:13 
There is your answer then, while the risk is low, it's not zero and it's not something I would recommend others doing.

Just go for an undervolt or a standard overclock, you'll get 80 to 90% of the effect wit none of the risk.

Good luck.
smallcat 11 月 8 日 下午 8:15 
You ve got DLSS and frame gen , why should you risk your GPU
smallcat 11 月 8 日 下午 8:21 
i think NVidia app allows a mild overclocking for your card
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