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have a kfa2 780 gtx now. (not hof) are ther unlockable goodies?

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Just wondering if there were ever unlockable extra stuff on these cards that made them more like the ti?
like a bios edit or something that unlocked extra shaders or some thing similar.
I have it over clocked reasonably well for now and did not need any voltage mods, but i am just wating on a water block for it so i may be doing that too.

So I guess my reall question is.
Can i flash this card with some 780 ti bios or a modded bios that will make it better.

its basically a reference 780gtx re branded i think.
 

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Just wondering if there were ever unlockable extra stuff on these cards that made them more like the ti?
like a bios edit or something that unlocked extra shaders or some thing similar.
I have it over clocked reasonably well for now and did not need any voltage mods, but i am just wating on a water block for it so i may be doing that too.

So I guess my reall question is.
Can i flash this card with some 780 ti bios or a modded bios that will make it better.

its basically a reference 780gtx re branded i think.

No. As far as I know: No. The Ti was not just a BIOS change. This is because the 780 was made by cutting down those Shaders from the Titan. On the 780 Ti, they didn't. Both cards began from Titan and worked down, so they are separate developments. The Ti has 576 more Shader units than the 780. That's 576 more Shaders that the 780 will NEVER have. This is why even at the same clocks, the 780 Ti will outperform a 780. Just enjoy your 780. There's always more overclocking you can do, as the GPU is still relevant in many games at 1440p and in nearly all at 1080p.
 
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That is a shame.
I just remember nvida saying that they would not be surprised if modders would be able to unlock things on the card after release.
BUT then again why would they not say that it would only ever help sales.
So a little disappointing i guess but its much faster than my old 7870 comparing max air stable oc to max stable air cooled oc. it seems to be around the 70-85% faster mark. probably 1gb ram and faster bus speeds help a lot with that.
 

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That is a shame.
I just remember nvida saying that they would not be surprised if modders would be able to unlock things on the card after release.
BUT then again why would they not say that it would only ever help sales.
So a little disappointing i guess but its much faster than my old 7870 comparing max air stable oc to max stable air cooled oc. it seems to be around the 70-85% faster mark. probably 1gb ram and faster bus speeds help a lot with that.

When GK110 was first being manufactured TSMC had problems with yields. Nvidia had to buy the chips by the wafer so they were stuck with some partially defective chips that they had already paid for so they came up with the idea of the GTX 780 to get rid of them at a profit. You can't unlock a 780 to a 780 Ti for this reason. By the time the yields were good we got the full chip GK110 (2880 cores) gaming version called the 780 Ti and the full chip GK110 (2880 cores) Titan Black.
 
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well no big deal. Like i said its quite a bit faster than my 7870, its to a point where my cpu may be the limitation for most games at 1080p now any way.
Would have been nice to get some extra goodies out of it but it is still pretty powerfull as is.
il just hook it up to the loop when the block gets here and be happy with it for the next couple of years.
 
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i did end up editing the bios a bit mostly to remove "well adjust" the tdp limit.

This let me get the card up to 1.3ghz "its now on a xspc water block so it keeps really surprisingly cool.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/7827386
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/15/07/20/ht5.png

I was not that happy about having to edit the bios my self, but i could not find one for this card in particular. Felt like i was taking a pretty big risk, but when it all booted up and it actually did exactly what i expected to happen i was really happy..

So no you cant unlock it to be a TI.. But with some bios fiddle you can make it perform at the same levels. (pretty happy with it)


http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/15/07/20/ht5.png
 
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