sgogeta4 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I know that Quadro cards are not designed for gaming blahblahblah. But the fact is that I have a Quadro and I want to game. I just wanted to see what users here have found based on their real life experiences with Quadro cards and gaming. I have found that my Quadro card with workstation drivers can adequately game (SC2 on medium settings) but is there any way to increase performance without purchasing an external GPU or overclocking? I've read conflicting reports that GeForce equivalent cards perform "better" than their Quadro counterparts (though none of the comparisons I've seen have numbers specific for games with equal system specs, benchmarks don't mean a thing to me, also the equivalent GTX 460M has twice the render output units and GDDR5 memory). Also, if I softmod the Quadro INF to its GeForce equivalent and install the consumer drivers, would performance increase? If so, how much and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I know that the FirePro M8900 performed pretty well in gaming, but of course the drivers were never optimized for this... Not sure about the Nvidia professional cards though, but I guess it's similar. You won't be able to flash a 460m vbios since it uses different vram modules, but maybe you can somehow install the GeForce drivers, did you ever try this? Should give you a nice boost in recent games if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 @svl7BTW, I would like to ask, do you have a clevo K5000M vbios (OC/OV like MSI_GTX680m4gb_+_200MHz_OV_ver2 if posible)?I also want to OC/OV my (HP) K5000M QS. Can I flashign K5000M with vbios from GTX680M?Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgogeta4 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 I know that the FirePro M8900 performed pretty well in gaming, but of course the drivers were never optimized for this... Not sure about the Nvidia professional cards though, but I guess it's similar. You won't be able to flash a 460m vbios since it uses different vram modules, but maybe you can somehow install the GeForce drivers, did you ever try this? Should give you a nice boost in recent games if it works.Too bad AMD didn't have switchable graphics for my laptop. You don't need to flash the vbios to install GeForce drivers, just change the INF file so that your system thinks you have 'x' GPU in your system (soft-mod). I have yet to see drivers alone, significantly improve gameplay (maybe in the old days), and just wanted to know if anyone has similar/differing experiences. Interestingly, I've seen workstation software deliver better graphics (not sure why):Guide : How to use Quadro Drivers on GeForce CardsNot sure how it affects performance, but for SC2, I don't really care with increased graphics quality since there are so many units (as opposed to a FPS/RPG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 @svl7BTW, I would like to ask, do you have a clevo K5000M vbios (OC/OV like MSI_GTX680m4gb_+_200MHz_OV_ver2 if posible)?I also want to OC/OV my (HP) K5000M QS. Can I flashign K5000M with vbios from GTX680M?RegardsMissed this post, can you send me the vbios? Flashing the 680m with a K5000m vbios resulted in a brick for me... so I wouldn't try it. Though this might have been caused by the vbios version I flashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hi svl7, sorry for the delay, I had a hard drive crash after F/W upgrade. Here is the HP K5000M vbios. K5000M.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Yeah, that's a pretty early vbios, I'm curious whether it throttles or not. Test this version, I didn't change the clocks but slightly adjusted the voltage. Overclock it with MSI AB or similar and let me know how it goes. I'm curious about whether it throttles in 3dM11 or not, can you post some results? First GPU test at default settings (720p) would already be fine, just overclock the card to like 900MHz.K5000m_HP_OC.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Thanks a lot. This will take a little bit because I got a card without x-bracelet and I can not properly install the heatsink. I should get it at the end of next week.Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timrogerswert82 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It would be nice to try different vbios but have found that the vendor ID still remains. Have tried to flash MSI 560m with DELL 560m but the laptop still does not see it. I need to get the vendor ID in there some how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgogeta4 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Read the first sentence of my first msg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 K5000M QS A1 /P157HM/2630QM stock K5000M QS A2 /P157EM/3740QM@4,1-3,9 Both cards with vbios from svl7. Stock core operating frequency is 601MHz instead of 706MHz and does not change after the introduction of other values (for the current clock). I have a impression that over 60 deg C voltage drops from 1.012 V to 0.987 V (for P0 P-state). svl7, Could you please change the core clock to 706MHz+136 MHz, and 800MHz+136MHz, and stabilize the voltage P0 to 1.012 V or 1.025 V (if possible)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Which vbios version are you using? I got tons of K5000m vbios versions...The voltage sounds really high for those clocks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I use this one: http://forum.techinferno.com/attachments/general-notebook-discussions/5217d1350761159-k5000m_hp_oc.zip #7The slightly higher voltage will be ok. I have 63 deg C max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Well, the stock clock of a K5000m is 601MHz. I can increase the default clock, but if overclocking per software doesn't work for you with this vbios, I don't know whether I can fix that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 There is no harm to try for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volkov956 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I have a K5000M with 80.04.01.15.00 do you happen to have just a newer version of the bios I not looking for an OC bios just the newest one availible thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 svl7,Is there any chance to unlock the core clock in K50000M?http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5178802 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 YES, soon: NVIDIA Quadro K5000M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2960XM Processor,CLEVO P170HM3 score: P7654 3DMarksDid you really run the RAM @ 2600Mhz? DUDE that's awesome! Are yours Sammy or Hynix chips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Hi Prema,A perfect score. I thought K5000M has only Hynix memory, but apparently it does not matter. These are the 2500MHz memory chips, so there is no problem with the achievement of 2600-2700MHz. At 2600MHz the artifacts just begin to appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 They made Hynix & Sammy K5M versions...the chips are rated 9x0Mhz (1800/3600)@1.3v & 1250Mhz (2500/5000)@1.5v...afaik the board only gives them 1.3v so 2600Mhz is awesome and it is an 1000Mhz OC over the stock RAM speed... LOL;) I didn't try to go above 2300Mhz, yet...didn't want to fry anything What was your CPU speed at 2 cores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi Prema,Right. But these are the Hynix H5GQ2H24AFR T2C = 2000MHz (stock) at 1.35V (not MFR T2C). IMHO, it does not matter what is the memory chips speed. More important is memory controller voltage.The CPU was stock.Could you share your vbios please?Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 It is SVL7's work, we are still testing it...next thing is a little OV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Good luck and greetings for Saltius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 svl7 & Prema,Is there any chance to K5000M core unlock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Yeah, just waiting for some feedback from @Prema Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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