Ethrem

How's the performance of the new driver? My Comcast just went out so I can't check. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

We all know this but nVidia is now shipping new cards with a locked vbios. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

14 points is well within the margin of error. Curious. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Did you try changing the driver yet? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Those wipes are likely to cause the die to get scratched. What helps the most is just getting the alcohol puddled on there to start breaking it down and gently removing it. That's the end result of me using those alcohol pads on my $1000 4940MX... That scratch that goes all the way across... I thought I cracked the die or something at first. It looks much worse in reality. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Seems odd to release drivers with older numbers. I wouldn't trust nVidia right now. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Have you already taken off the heatsink? If so you need to replace the paste for optimal temperatures as you inevitably introduced air bubbles in there and air keeps the heat trapped. The easiest way to remove IC Diamond is with 90+% rubbing alcohol and qtips, gently roll the qtip soaked with the alcohol across the die, do the same thing with the other end of the qtip and it should start coming off without scratching the die, just keep using qtips until they no longer turn gray at all then take a micro fiber cloth and gently rub the die to get any residue left by the alcohol off and apply your new paste. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

No way in hell. ASUS would get slammed with a lawsuit. They provide software to overclock the GPU. They advertise overclocking as a feature. The real culprits would most likely be Dell. I doubt Clevo would have a hand in it but it's possible. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Keep in mind that how high you can clock your RAM depends on your CPU's IMC. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Well since this is an overclocking vbios, I can almost guarantee you that he will tell you to go to 344.75 as overclocking is completely disabled in 347 series. These cards can likely go even lower than 1v at stock frequencies as evidenced by how high they clock at stock voltage. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Well nVidia tweaked the 347 series for roughly 20% better performance, it seems it may be overclocking the card. Downgrade to 344.75 and see if the clock goes down. Svl7 knows not all cards are created equal, I doubt he would overclock the vbios while dropping the voltage. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Good to know. I doubt these sticks will even do 1866 though so it's probably not worth it. I want the Ripjaws kit but can't stomach 300 bucks for memory. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Raise the voltage 25mv and see if it continues. Some cards can't handle an undervolt. And 1200MHz? Are you running 347 series drivers or did svl7 set it at that? That's a good boost over the stock 1100 something. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Are you sure that is the case for memory? On every machine I've ever owned, if I pushed the memory too far the machine wouldn't POST for the watch dog to reset the settings. Otherwise I would have tried to tweak my Wintec memory I have right now. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Was wondering if he set it to 1v, I'm running Prema's and its running 1065mv. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

The settings stick. I believe the Intel Management Engine that is hooked into the BIOS is responsible for saving that info. Sticks in Linux just fine. At least CPU overclocking does. I would assume memory would as well. I haven't tried to overclock my memory because I don't want to have to pull my CMOS battery if I push the settings too far. Last time I had to pull that I broke the clip and the pins came out, took me about 10 minutes to push the pins back in. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Too bad those are 4GB but they are quite cheap for sure. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Vbios has to be done in Windows, not DOS. It needs the hacked nvflash that comes in the archive which is a Windows executable file and you have to go into device manager and right-click and hit disable on your video card(s) As for booting from your USB I imagine you'll have to do what I have to do and enable hybrid mode under boot by changing UEFI from Windows 8.x to others and making sure EFI boot is enabled. When you F7, it will offer you the chance to boot your USB drive by name. Edit: ninja'd by Prema lol Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

I think that the makers of the turd notebooks that will never perform to spec should be sued but the people that would notice these things already know if they see HQ on a processor to stay the hell away so it will never happen. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

I just find it highly suspect that the 2015 Alienware line comes and overclocking goes poof right after. I really hope that class actions start forming and anti-trust in the EU. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Its obvious it's Dell behind this. All the signs are there. 180W power supply, soldered chips, and the fact that the lockout didn't start til Dell launched the new Alienware line. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

There's a way around everything. I personally would get around such a block by switching to AMD. They would be killing themselves if they did that. The enthusiast market is bigger than people think, especially since they would probably roll out such a thing universally meaning the desktop users would get screwed too. Now that AMD isn't competitive, nVidia is getting what they want... Hopefully nVidia doesn't become a repeat of the AMD and Intel story... AMD came out with their Intel smashing Athlon 64 and slowed the innovation and just sat there laughing as Intel struggled to catch them... We all know how that story ended. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Agreed on the pastes. GC Extreme doesn't scratch the dies either unlike IC Diamond which can leave some crazy scratches. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Its getting bad. Windows 10 doesn't look all that fantastic either besides the price (free) and directx 12. But good luck getting SLI to work properly on Linux - last time I tried I was told it is not supported on notebooks and its hard enough to enable on a desktop. Really it's apple and ms. Linux fills a small niche but it's not good enough for gamers. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Its up to the OEMs if they want overclocking or not. Like it or not, nVidia has covered their asses here on the legal front is all I'm saying, not that I support the decision itself. But I can tell you that Dell is the most likely culprit behind this mess. All of the other OEMs besides Clevo actually advertise overclocking for their machines and likely will leave their bioses unlocked (MSI, ASUS, and Gigabyte for example, no idea what Clevo would do, probably just use what nVidia gives them). Your car analogy is a perfect example... My Focus had a limit of 140MPH until they updated the computer and locked it at 125. I shouldn't have been driving those speeds anyway but when I inquired about it, they said it was never meant to go faster than 125 before being throttled. Gave me some garbage about street legal cars and said if I hack the computer my 5 year warranty would be void with no refund of the last 4 years I didn't get to use. My V6 Fusion had a 120 cap from the factory. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk