5070 Ti power limit questions

[hiero]

I was able to compare the encrypted text in a lot of bios files on Techpowerup and found that there are essentially 2 bios file formats.

Unfortunately for me, my bios format is much less common. Of the 17 gigabyte 5070s ti bios files that increase max TDP, only one had the same bios file format as mine.

Luckily, its the 400w Aorus! So I'm finally unlocked and the card performs a little bit better (most importantly, I feel smart LOL). I might paste and pad the card, I'm unsure. Daily use at 3-3.1ghz is really dam nice already

If you have a Gigabyte card and are having issues finding a bios to flash your card with, try this bios file: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/276936/276936, all the other bios files that I checked had the same format as each other.

See the attached screenshots for how I compared these files. I circled the indicators that I used to find a compatible bios.

People can save a ton of time when flashing a new bios if they compare like this beforehand.

 

[Mystic1978]

The big problem with Gigabyte is the following: aside from the issue of the thermal gel spreading when the card is mounted vertically, there's an additional problem, which is that some VRM components and other parts aren’t fully covered by the stock thermal compound.


For example, this happened with my AORUS Master 5070 Ti. I opened it up to replace that sloppy mess with Grizzly’s Pro Putty and later applied Conductonaut Extreme on the die. The final result was 15°C lower on the core and 13°C lower on the memory compared to stock.

 

[io-waiter]

Ouch, that is spotty. I've repasted two MB and two GPUs this spring and none of them were 100%, but none where that spotty.

It looks to me from my small sample set as the application and alignment of pads is governed by ease (read cost) of application rather than precision, the method Gigabyte has if they get the viscosity right might be easier to get right once tuned, if they bother to tune...

 

[veeto]

Hi. Which BIOS will work 100% perfectly with Palit Gamerock 5070 Ti non OC? Just 100% confirmed ones.