Fancy A GTX 770 Early (GTX 680 Required)

[Damien c]

Seems like according to news around the old interwebs, that you can have a GTX 770 early with a Bios Flash.

Source

Yes, Nvidia is one upping themselves, or as the case may be lowering the bar for consumer honesty once again. Currently the low point in GPUs is the 9800+/GTS250 re-branding scam, but the new GK104/GTX770 does manage to get a bit more unethical. How? The GTS250 did change the memory a bit on some models, the GTX770 doesn’t manage to do even that, it is simply a BIOS flash.

http://semiaccurate.com/2013/05/13/...-gtx680-to-a-gtx770-with-a-simple-bios-flash/


For me I won't be doing it or trying it, but some may be interested in doing it.

Rather a shame though that it does appear that it's simply just going to be, a change to the bios and cooler for the new GTX 770 card.

So what do you all think?

 

[SieB]

Oh wow, if this is true, in the words of Nelson from the Simpsons "HA HA!!!!" to Nvidia.

 

[Willzzz]

I don't recall people complaining about the 7950 Boost?

And let's bear in mind that the sole source for this is "some guy from reddit".

 

[SieB]

I don't recall people complaining about the 7950 Boost?

And let's bear in mind that the sole source for this is "some guy from reddit".

7950 boost? You mean the GHZ bios? Thats a totally different story, that was a BIOS update to raise the clocks.

The 770 is supposed to be one of the next series of GPUs from Nvidia, not a BIOS update to raise clocks.

If this is true, and i'm not saying it is, Nvidia are charging more money for the same cards and just slapping a different sticker on them.

update/
Turns out it's just a modded 680 BIOS

http://www.techpowerup.com/183936/geforce-gtx-680-can-be-flashed-to-gtx-770.html

One guy tried it and it didn't work for him here

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/flash_a_geforce_gtx_680_to_gtx_770.html

 

[Damien c]

Turns out it's just a modded 680 BIOShttp://

Looking in to it, it seems quite easy to do but still if the GTX 770 is basically the same with a slight speed bump it's pretty poor from Nvidia, just the same as it would be from AMD or Intel.

 

[FTLN]

I guess we shall see soon enough when one gets dissected , I always base my bios flashes on pcb, if there the same then I flash, if there not then I don't ..

 

[Willzzz]

If this is true, and i'm not saying it is, Nvidia are charging more money for the same cards and just slapping a different sticker on them.

Well hang on, Nvidia are supposed to be charging less.

The 770 is supposed to be priced the same as the 670, yet it gives performance slightly ahead of the 680.

So it's more performance for the same price.

It may not be a new architecture, we'll have to wait for 2014 for that, but surely it's better than nothing?

 

[SieB]

Well hang on, Nvidia are supposed to be charging less.

The 770 is supposed to be priced the same as the 670, yet it gives performance slightly ahead of the 680.

So it's more performance for the same price.

It may not be a new architecture, we'll have to wait for 2014 for that, but surely it's better than nothing?

There is next to no difference in performance between the 670 and 680 anyway, the only real difference is price. You are talking around 5-10% more performance.

Anything is better than nothing, but what is the point in buying something that offers no real benefit? Why not just wait till the next new architecture when there will be a performance increase.

The only real advantage of the 7xx series is the higher Vram which only really matters if you use a high res monitor or multiple monitors.

If you are buying new or upgrading from an older GPU, depending on the prices of the 7xx series being lower than the 6xx, then it's worth grabbing a 7xx series card, otherwise stick with what you have.

 

[Willzzz]

Absolutely, just as those on Sandy Bridge didn't bother with Ivy, those on 6xx probably shouldn't bother with 7xx.

If you upgrade every generation then you probably have more money than sense. Although I'm still pretty intrigued by AMDs volcanic islands..

 

[Silver Sparrow]

Absolutely, just as those on Sandy Bridge didn't bother with Ivy, those on 6xx probably shouldn't bother with 7xx.

If you upgrade every generation then you probably have more money than sense. Although I'm still pretty intrigued by AMDs volcanic islands..

Second that.

9970 xfire + ivy-e = Playable 4k gaming (60fps) & decent to :drool: 1440p gaming

:yumyum:

*hoping it is the case with VI*

 

[Liarma]

One word: LOOOOOOOOOLLLL!!

 

[alienware]

It's a hard one to call this..

It could be true and that could be all there is to it. The people crying fake could possibly be wrong as Nvidia could have keep the Dev_ID the same so that you can SLI with a 680. I know all of this seems implausible and it could be fake but the way Nvidia have handled this does leave a lot to be desired.

 

[Damien c]

It's a hard one to call this..

It could be true and that could be all there is to it. The people crying fake could possibly be wrong as Nvidia could have keep the Dev_ID the same so that you can SLI with a 680. I know all of this seems implausible and it could be fake but the way Nvidia have handled this does leave a lot to be desired.

There is a member of another forum, who has changed the .ini file for the 560 to a GTX 770.

 

[alienware]

There is a member of another forum, who has changed the .ini file for the 560 to a GTX 770.

Well yeah that's been possible for ages.

 

[da axxxe]

well after reading all that info. it almost seams due to not been able to move down a scale with the die shrinks. both nvidia and amd are really just slapping the so called new series out .there will more then likely be a slight change in the there top end market butt from what i,ve seen around. nothing to major to make me go out and blow a good $900 on anyway . 2013 seems to be there the gpu world would like to forget

 

[alienware]

well after reading all that info. it almost seams due to not been able to move down a scale with the die shrinks. both nvidia and amd are really just slapping the so called new series out .there will more then likely be a slight change in the there top end market butt from what i,ve seen around. nothing to major to make me go out and blow a good $900 on anyway . 2013 seems to be there the gpu world would like to forget

I'm pretty sure Kepler was rushed out tbh. AMD beat them to the punch as Nvidia weren't going to release it until a lot later.

The improvements with Kepler were just massive. Among the biggest ever over the previous generation tbh. The 680 just absolutely spanked the 580 like there was no tomorrow. A success like that is hard to repeat, and, usually doesn't happen.

Nvidia 8 series was a complete success. 9 series were mostly rebadges and the few CUDA cores they had kept locked up for later. 2XX series were a complete flop. Huge great dies, uber heat and power usage with really poor performance gains over the 8800GTX. In fact, people were able to completely skip the 2 series.

Fermi? got off to a bad start but got there in the end. That was Nvidia's last mess around with huge great big dies.

It's very rare to get the success Nvidia got with Kepler so they will want to maximise their profits on it and use it for as long as they can.

This is good for me as my 670 is still worth what I paid for it on launch. That rarely happens so I'm very happy about that. With SLI I can completely skip the 7 series and possibly even the 8 series

 

[da axxxe]

and if this is the case i might have to follow your lead with the 670,s .from what ive read and seen i just cant justify spending those few extra dollar on the 680 .i would have to agree with you on the 8800gtx .i foolishly upgaded to a 9600gtx and was dissapointed with the results and heat .so went back to the 8800gtx wich is what i stuck with till the release of the ati 5870 . butt they where power hungery cards and noisey not as much as the 6970 but still loud .im currently running a gtx 660 ti from gigabyte (non refrence) witch i bought on a spending spurge wich i wish i had not . dont get me wrong there great cards but nothing on the 670 0r 680 i plan on giving away my 660 ti ounce i get my 2 670,s ,i think with two of the 670,s i should be fine until we see the next great leap foward

 

[Willzzz]

Well get two 760 Ti's which will be 670s but slightly faster and a fair bit cheaper.

 

[grassman]

Epic Fail

Show's what Nvidia think of there consumer. Looks like my premonition about Nvidia going bust / bought out is being fulfilled.

 

[Damien c]

Epic Fail

Show's what Nvidia think of there consumer. Looks like my premonition about Nvidia going bust / bought out is being fulfilled.

Nvidia won't go bust as for being bought out there are not many companies that would, actually be able to do it really and keep Nvidia as they are now so it's nearly safe to say they won't be bought out either.