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GTX 1080 to lower GTX 10XX (rename my GPU)

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Hello all,

I have a very specific need and I am looking for your help.

I currently have a GTX 1080 on my Windows 10 Home PC but I would like to make it appear as a lower card, like a GTX 1060 for instance.

I first tried to fool it by renaming the card in the registry (regedit) which is not working unfortunately, see the How-to video here :

So I came accross this excellent website where I see that I am able to use NVFlash to directly change the BIOS of the card.

According to you :

- Can I edit the current GTX 1080 BIOS to change its name?
or
- Can I subsitute my GTX 1080 BIOS for a GTX 1060 one?
- Will the card run as a GTX 1080 still or as a 1060?
- Is there anything risk for the card or the system?

I thank you for your help.

Regards.
 
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Quite simply, you cannot flash a 1060 Bios onto a 1080, NVFlash will not let you do it, if it did the card would not work, different PCB, different voltage regulation, different clock speeds, different memory amounts, different amounts of TMU's, ROP's etc etc, you get my drift.
 
Hi Tatty_One,

I thank you for your fast reply.

I see, it makes sense, okay.

So would it be possible to edit the current GTX 1080 BIOS in order to change just the name then so it is recognized as a lower card?

Regards.
 
Hi TheMadDutchDude,

I really think there is a possibility but I am not skilled enough to find by myself, this is why I am asking for help as it is something very specific as you guys can see lol.

I would like to measure the impact on some games and softwares.

If anyone can guide me to modify my GPU name you are more than welcome! :)

Regards.
 
heyitsme said:
I would like to measure the impact on some games and softwares.
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You probably won't see any Difference as it will still run on the supplied hardware irrespective of the name of the card
 
But why? it sounds like youre trying to dupe someone.

Someone like your parents. you told them you were gonna get a 1060 but ended up spending $200 more on a 1080 so you gotta cover your tracks to save getting hanged by your parents.
 
FreedomEclipse said:
But why? it sounds like youre trying to dupe someone.
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Don't understand it myself unless its a learning exercise that can then be used for nefarious reasons ( Oh not pointing any digits at anyone )
 
Devious.
 
Hi folks,

As said, I want to run some tests.

Let me know if you think of a software or any way that is able to do that.

You probably won't see any Difference as it will still run on the supplied hardware irrespective of the name of the card
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You got my point, this is exactly what I need to figure out in my specific case.

I thank you.

Regards.
 
I think you can rename it (only rename, no other else should change, i cant do it, but i cross my path of these long time ago)
If you messing with bios, it alawys risky, do it your responsibilty and bear with consequencies.
 
heyitsme said:
Hi TheMadDutchDude,

I really think there is a possibility but I am not skilled enough to find by myself, this is why I am asking for help as it is something very specific as you guys can see lol.

I would like to measure the impact on some games and softwares.

If anyone can guide me to modify my GPU name you are more than welcome! :)

Regards.
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That would not work even hypothetically since even if you could change just the name , which is not easy to do.
It actually still has way more memory bandwidth etc etc and wouldn't be representative.
 
Alright,

I think it will be hard to have informations on this specific need as it is not something common at all.

I underestimated the diffculty of it actually, I simply told myself it was a just matter of letters you know, which is true in a way, but when it comes to modify these letters to change the name, that's another story lol.

Regards.
 
@heyitsme

There are only a handful of people on these forums that know stuff like that. One would be @R-T-B

Maybe he may have a few words of wisdom. @OneMoar is kinda one guy as well but i dont think he's likely to be interested in helping.
 
Hi FreedomEclipse,

I appreciate your input and hope these members will be able to help me out.

Regards.
 
FreedomEclipse said:
But why? it sounds like youre trying to dupe someone.

Someone like your parents. you told them you were gonna get a 1060 but ended up spending $200 more on a 1080 so you gotta cover your tracks to save getting hanged by your parents.
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Great minds think alike? :D

You called it though.

Topic needs a lock TBH, this reeks of barely legal - and pretty pointless.

heyitsme said:
You got my point, this is exactly what I need to figure out in my specific case.

I thank you.

Regards.
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If that is what you need to figure out, then consult the hardware documentation or send Nvidia an email.

Devices are not identified on a system through their 'name'. They have a hardware ID. That pretty much answers it. It will either not run, or it will perform as it should.
 
FreedomEclipse said:
@heyitsme

There are only a handful of people on these forums that know stuff like that. One would be @R-T-B

Maybe he may have a few words of wisdom. @OneMoar is kinda one guy as well but i dont think he's likely to be interested in helping.
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The signed bioses are going to make this impossible on anything newer than maxwell.
 
@Vayra86 ,

What you think belongs to you, I have said why I have this specific need but if I you don't want to believe me it means that you indirectly say that I am a liar, which is not fair and correct to me.

Plus, who are you to tell that a topic is pointless? This totally goes against a forum purpose and is not respectful regarding the issue I am asking help and myself.

So I don't need your approval to ask for help.

I don't need to be judged and would appreciate help from people who are able to.

@R-T-B

Hi,

Alright, I will try to dig that then, thanks you.

Or is there a way to change the name in the device manager?

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Regards.
 
You could try force loading an alternative driver. That may hurt it's performance though.
 
@R-T-B

Alright, so according to you, I will not manage with regular (signed) bioses so I might go look for unofficial ones you think?

Regarding the drivers, for this example with the GTX 1060 it shares the exact same with the GTX 1080 if it helps maybe.

Regards.
 
heyitsme said:
Alright, so according to you, I will not manage with regular (signed) bioses so I might go look for unofficial ones you think?
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Neither will work. There are no unofficial ones because they must be signed, and 1060 bios would brick a common 1080.

The driver route is the only feasible route I know of, even if not ideal.
 
This is just full of "why."

There isn't a way unless you want a big ol' brick in your case. Either buy an actual 1060 and leave the 1080 alone or go forth and break it.
 
well if you want to just change the name in windows.. you could just download and extract the drivers the to a folder, go into the display.driver folder. open and go to the bottom of the nv_dispi.inf file and try changing all the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 lines to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and then try installing it. always used to have fun doing that with drivers. not sure if it still works and it won't change anything else though.
 
About only thing I can think of as reason to do this is maybe to scam a refund. Make it say its 1060 so you can go back to who you bought it from and say this is what i got so you can say instead of sending it back, refund me the difference then they got a 1080 for 1060 price.

Not saying that is what you are doing but that is really only reason to do it as there is no other benefit from it.
 
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