Ask GN 11: Flashing GPUs, Buying in the Face of Pascal

By Published December 03, 2015 at 8:00 am
Ask GN 11: Flashing GPUs, Buying in the Face of Pascal
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This week's Ask GN episode – continued after a pause for an endless amount of game benchmarking content – visits the topic of GPU BIOS flashing, overclocking, and buying video cards in the face of new architectures.

The first question talks overclocking and load-line calibration on the 6700K, particularly relating to clock stability exceeding 4.4GHz. The second dives into R9 290 GPU flashing to R9 290X firmware, then OCing on liquid. The third viewer asked us how we felt about buying cards like the GTX 980 Ti, considering next year's GPUs will inevitably supersede performance of the current generation. That's all discussed in the video below.

0:47 – obzen33: “I need some help overclocking my 6700K. I'm using the ASRock Extreme6 motherboard with the Corsair H105 cooler. I'm currently at 4.4GHz on auto voltage, but once I go above 4.4GHz, it crashes even with more voltage. Should I mess with Load-Line Calibration?

4:15 – Kaffi: “Have you been following my search history?? Just got an R9 290 reference card, and am hoping to water cool so I can overclock/flash it to R9 290X. Do you know if there are any concerns with overclocking a reference r9 290 (if I can't get a water block soon)?”

7:24 – RoyalPredator: Right now, how smart is it to buy a GTX 980 Ti?

- Steve "Lelldorianx" Burke.

Steve Burke

Steve started GamersNexus back when it was just a cool name, and now it's grown into an expansive website with an overwhelming amount of features. He recalls his first difficult decision with GN's direction: "I didn't know whether or not I wanted 'Gamers' to have a possessive apostrophe -- I mean, grammatically it should, but I didn't like it in the name. It was ugly. I also had people who were typing apostrophes into the address bar - sigh. It made sense to just leave it as 'Gamers.'"

First world problems, Steve. First world problems.

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