As the title reads, i got bored and......................
It worked!
Everything remains the same as the 480 was, however it now has the GTX 580's power regulation, and standard clock speeds, aswell as better idle states :D
Yes i am lucky it is not bricked i suppose.
So... EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SSC flashed into stock EVGA GeForce GTX 580 xD (almost)
So with that out of the way, i now want to see the difference the extra shaders make in the GTX 580.....
If this card will run a game now..... (not tested that yet) *gulp*
thats like slapping a turbo sticker on your 1995 Civic and thinking it will run like a GT-R
My 480 already does run like a GTR.......
Just got bored is all....
Anyway, here is the result using Metro 2033 with GURU 3D's settings:
My result:
So only 1.4fps difference those CUDA cores make.....
HAHAHAHAHA
Oh shit, i forgot to turn PhysX off, re-running now :/
OK, will post a 3D Mark 11 run next :D
It doesn't surprise me tbh, as though the cards are from different generations they are both quite similar.
The 580 has only 32 more SPUs and 4 more TAUs than the 480 and both have 48ROPs
So a decent overclock on the 480 will produce similar results to the 580.
Although the 580 uses less power producing those results.
WTF????????
I have just out scored the standard GTX 580 with this bios flash!!
My result:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6039965
The card that keeps giving.
This is really beginning to make me wonder......
Did the flash do something to the actual GPU core?
Strange it is basically showing 580 scores, at the exact same clocks...
Now by right, it should still be slower, but it out scored it????????????
DAFUQ!
Ok, this is pointing to a shader unlock, or something else....
Before i flashed my card, it ran perfectly stable at 850mhz core at 1075MV...
I tried it, and crashed almost immediately under 3D Mark 11...
I will now re-flash this 480 back into the GTX 480 it once was.
Then retest using the same clocks above...
You didn't do anything to the GPU core; the 480 and 580 are probably very similar cards in structure and architecture, so you simply are running an overclocked "575" instead of a 580, which coincidentally, is beating a 580 :)
Well here is my result with it flashed back to it's proper bios...
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6040112
The result is fully consistent, and seems like i have a 480 that has some extra special silicon....
Saying that, EVGA SSC is cherry picked and binned.....
I love silicon lottery, it is so sexy :)
