Need Help with OC - Overclocking Nvidia GTX 1060

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Hello guys,

i have here an NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB from Zotac AMP! Edition.
I found a BIOS from other vendors with much higher values.

My PowerSupply is a MSI MAG 750W with PCIe 5.0 Support

So i planned to bring up my:

Zotac GTX 1060 VBIOS

6 GB GDDR5, 1557 MHz GPU, 2002 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Memory Size: 6144 MB
GPU Clock: 1557 MHz
Boost Clock: 1772 MHz
Memory Clock: 2002 MHz
Memory Type: GDDR5


Board power limit
Target: 120.0 W
Limit: 140.0 W


up to THAT

Gigabyte GTX 1060 VBIOS

6 GB GDDR5, 1620 MHz GPU, 2256 MHz Memory

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Memory Size: 6144 MB
GPU Clock: 1620 MHz
Boost Clock: 1848 MHz
Memory Clock: 2256 MHz


Board power limit
Target: 200.0 W
Limit: 225.0 W


Should be doable or ? Hope that you guys can help me.


The AMP Cooler is strong enough
My Power Supply is strong enough
My PCIe 4.0 is strong enough

So first i planned to test these settings with MSI Afterburner + 3DMark. After that i planned to flash the BIOS.


My question now is what is the better way ?

Backup my old BIOS and flash it back with edited OC values ?

(thats the way i did it in the past)

or

Download a compatible BIOS (more recent one 2017/2018) from a different Vendor ?

Spoiler

btw. Zotac itself has a extreme oc card:

Zotac GTX 1060 VBIOS

6 GB GDDR5, 1570 MHz GPU, 2002 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Memory Size: 6144 MB
GPU Clock: 1570 MHz
Boost Clock: 1785 MHz
Memory Clock: 2002 MHz


Board power limit
Target: 130.0 W
Limit: 152.0 W