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GPU schematics

Companies have published schematics of their architectures. I don't see them asking for money for them. Of course, probably to a resolution that isn't so deep as to reveal company secrets. Wherever different sites offer deep diving, it's all paid. I have no way of knowing if they are actually not collecting in one document all the free publications scattered on different pages, saving some time and effort for the user to do it himself, or if they really go deeper?
 
is this correct or not its from google search
 

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klaus23 said:
is this correct or not its from google search
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TPU = TechPowerUp = this website

What are you even googling mate

Count von Schwalbe said:
Board schematics?

Good luck, AFAIK those are generally considered trade secrets. Your best bet is high-resolution images from reviewers like TPU.
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Board schematics are rather hard to find, so I'm guessing this is the case. I actually have a pdf for one certain small Turing board schematic, every page has a disclaimer which says:

ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, REFERENCE SPECIFICATIONS, REFERENCE BOARDS, FILES, DRAWINGS, DIAGNOSTICS, LISTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OR INFORMATION (TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY, 'MATERIALS') ARE BEING PROVIDED 'AS IS'. THE MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN KNOWN AND UNKNOWN VIOLATIONS OR DEVIATIONS OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS. NVIDIA MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS OR OTHERWISE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, TRADE USAGE, TRADE PRACTICE, OR INDUSTRY STANDARDS
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Nothing about distribution being expressly forbidden, but I don't know where it was originally sourced from: someone posted it on a tech discord a while back and I saved it because it looked interesting, kind of like those old PCB schematics for vintage electronics only much much more complex.
 
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Dr. Dro said:
TPU = TechPowerUp = this website

What are you even googling mate



Board schematics are rather hard to find, so I'm guessing this is the case. I actually have a pdf for one certain small Turing board schematic, every page has a disclaimer which says:



Nothing about distribution being expressly forbidden, but I don't know where it was originally sourced from: someone posted it on a tech discord a while back and I saved it because it looked interesting, kind of like those old PCB schematics for vintage electronics only much much more complex.
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nothing i can say for schematics that contain till this day of usage for drivers and programs,if you share schematics for outdated graphics cards like those 8800 gt from 2008 it'll be good for me
write me in basic words which i can understand you will make my day easier.
 
klaus23 said:
nothing i can say for schematics that contain till this day of usage for drivers and programs,if you share schematics for outdated graphics cards like those 8800 gt from 2008 it'll be good for me
write me in basic words which i can understand you will make my day easier.
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I get the feeling you don't understand what these schematics are for. They are basically blueprints to the circuit board that the GPU core is connected to. They are not useful to end users.
 
Dr. Dro said:
I get the feeling you don't understand what these schematics are for. They are basically blueprints to the circuit board that the GPU core is connected to. They are not useful to end users.
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They are not useful to end users.<<<<- i dont understand this?
 
i've been reading you through my monitor enither you have nerves or patience teaching newbies or w/e is it till you write it here for it and explain it on basic needs to me
 
klaus23 said:
They are not useful to end users.<<<<- i dont understand this?
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The only thing a consumer, such as you or I, can do with a schematic is as an asssistance in replacing board components. If you are looking at doing this, a high-resolution image (from a review or someone that has a similar card) does just as well. You can find most components by the lables either on the component or beside it on the board.

If you are not trying to repair, I do not see what you need a schematic for. Most of these are not widely available due to counterfeiting concerns.
 
Companies don't provide board schematics for regular people to tinker. What's so hard to understand?
 
klaus23 said:
i've been reading you through my monitor enither you have nerves or patience teaching newbies or w/e is it till you write it here for it and explain it on basic needs to me
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Here is an example of a basic die schematic for an old GPU. Is something like this what you are looking for? As the other commenters said, schematics are not readily available to the public
 
klaus23 said:
i've been reading you through my monitor enither you have nerves or patience teaching newbies or w/e is it till you write it here for it and explain it on basic needs to me
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We aren't telling you off, just saying that these board schematics are very difficult to find, if available at all, you may see a few leaked into places like videocardz or maybe some Discord servers, but that's about it.

These blueprints are very very technical and the kind of thing that if you have to ask at all, it's definitely not for you.

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Here is an example of a basic die schematic for an old GPU. Is something like this what you are looking for? As the other commenters said, schematics are not readily available to the public
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This is a basic architectural block diagram, I believe OP was talking about the detailed circuit board schematics which show the technical aspects of each and every component on the PCB.
 
klaus23 said:
what is fb L2 L1 and SP
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If you have to ask this, it means such diagrams aren't meant for you.

SP is stream processor, aka the equivalent of a combined pixel and vertex shader, L1 and L2 are caches and FB is the memory controller.
 
I watch a channel on Youtube called NorthWest repair. Maybe you could reach out to him. Schematics are one of the reasons he prefers attempting to repair Nvidia cards vs AMD (his words).
 
I'm pretty sure the OP doesn't know what he actually wants
 
AusWolf said:
Companies don't provide board schematics for regular people to tinker. What's so hard to understand?
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Back when I had a P55-UD6 I wanted to add a switch to BD-PROCHOT so the board would boot with lowest CPU ratio when set and basically got that answer when asking Gigabyte support where the signal came out. Understandable answer but annoying. Had to teardown the cooling, remove the CPU and connect to the socket pin with one end of a meter while using the other one on likely components. Found it and switch worked beautifully. They could have saved me the trouble to look for but I guess it wasn't worth their time. That was just asking about a specific point, not for a full blown schematic.

Schematics is not just about repairs.

On my GTX1050Ti I was also able to calculate and add just one surface mount resistor to achieve a 20% boost in GPU voltage, so at 1.000V set it would actually be 1.200V, just a little over 1.3V on max. Well it actually measured on a meter at +18%, good enough.

On my x99 I was able to see there were 2 free inputs to the super IO so was able to add my own temperature sensor used to measure Tcase and have the reading read in software and be in sync with all other readings.

'Boardview' can be really helpful too.
 
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