somejoshdude Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 *IMPORTANT THIS POST IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY** *FILES LISTED HERE ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL REFERENCE ONLY** Hello all! I have recently purchased a Dell AW17 with the Nvidia GTS 970m 3GB and Intel i7 4710HQ. After countless testing and some annoyances due to the 180W PSU I have found VBios Settings that I like and provide a much needed performance boost to this GTX Nvidia 970M. I utilized NVFlash to backup the VBIOS while having the 970m disabled in the Device Manager. Using that Backup I made a custom VBIOS using the Maxwell II Tweak application to modify the Core Clock, Boost Clock to stay at P0 for the 1203 Core Clock and 2850 Memory Clock. I tweaked a few additional settings. If anyone is interested in reviewing my custom VBIOS, you can find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qjeym1a05st6gh/arom2.rom?dl=0 Thank you in advance all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somejoshdude Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Here is a 3dMark 11 performance reference::NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4710HQ,Alienware Alienware 17 R2G 11090 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I admire your effort, please don't take it the wrong way but we can't just use a software to make good (v)BIOS...Dell has 3 levels of throttle in BIOS alone...Got to play with an AW17 R2 (v)BIOS couple days ago:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4980HQ Processor,Alienware Alienware 17 R2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4980HQ Processor,Alienware Alienware 17 R2If you want upload a stock version and I'll look into it when I find time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somejoshdude Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Thank you for the heads up Prema!No offense taken. My understanding is VERY limited with the Maxwell series of cards.Yes, I will get a copy of the original Bios up later today.Thank you,-JoshIf you want upload a stock version and I'll look into it when I find time...Absolutely, please review (at your convenience) the following link for the Stock VBIOS for Nvidia GTX 970m 3GB from AW 17 r2 (2015):https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6wd9u8myudrwo9/original.rom?dl=0Thank you in advance!~Best WishesJoshua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galmar Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 This is my 4gb 980m Alienware 17 R2 vbios 2015I hope that it will help PremaI admire the work you're doing thankshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/kd4ejoi8igyz89c/980M4GB.rom?dl=0Excuse me if I have meddled in this post this way, but the desire to resolve this matter of vbios doesn't make me think.Thank you for your understanding and I apologize again for my EnglishP.s. I hope that my file posted above can help you Prema (vbios Alienware 4gn 980m R2 stock 2015)If I can do anything you askHello somejoshdudeI read that you have modified the vbios your 970m 3gb with Maxwell II Tweak.I tried myself to open my file my 980m 4gb vbios with Maxwell II Tweak (did you notice their size equal to "109kb"),but the program gives me error unsupported device.How did you do to read the vbios on the program.Thanks in advance for the help.I fixed it I was using version 1.31 instead of 1.36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somejoshdude Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 I am glad that you found the correct version.I have found limited success in using that application as there are power restrictions in the SYSTEM Bios it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galmar Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I admire your effort, please don't take it the wrong way but we can't just use a software to make good (v)BIOS...Dell has 3 levels of throttle in BIOS alone...Got to play with an AW17 R2 (v)BIOS couple days ago:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4980HQ Processor,Alienware Alienware 17 R2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-4980HQ Processor,Alienware Alienware 17 R2If you want upload a stock version and I'll look into it when I find time...Hi, any news for the vbios?Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hi, any news for the vbios?Thanks in advanceI made vBIOS Mods for AW 15/17 R2 for GTX970M & GTX980M, just need finish up some Clevo stuff first...http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6952203 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galmar Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 You are a great, thanks again for your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniegu Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Hi Prema, have u made VBIOS for 980m away 15 with same cpu? Thanks! Wysłane z mojego SM-N9005 przy użyciu Tapatalka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I have uploaded the vBIOS Mods for AW15/AW17 R2 GTX980M & GTX970M for everyone on the blog (click my signature). ENJOY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecomputershop Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 This is excellent news!! thankyou so muchThis is excellent news!!! Hope you had a good time in your travels :-)I don't know why that it posted so many times??? my internet is playing up maybe haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Just dropped some stuff today as I am hitting the road again next week... If anyone wants an GTX965M or AW13 - GTX960M version, simply drop me a clean stock dump into my PM. ENJOY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeneline Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Wow these are awesome results Prema. What are you doing about the power limit? I'm working with an MSI gt72 and a 970m and I can't seem to find a way out of hitting this limit every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I disable it and left only the temp limit in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kioharumi Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I disable it and left only the temp limit in there.Hye Pro Prema, could U please unlock my vBios too? The GPU is GTX970M 3072MB... the one that u had unlocked is the 6GB version... here is my original vBios :https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7haSexhwjCkSTFjd0dRZlNZVkkTQ !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 This still active by any chance? Would love to give my alienware a bit more grunt. Its the 15 R2 with the 6700hq and 970m. GM204.rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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