Unlock gt610 shaders?

[sphere478]

I read that the geforce 610 has 48 enabled cores but a total on chip of 96.

can I enable those? Or improve anything on this card with bios mods other than clocks?

btw, detail. This card I have(soon) is actually a pci card, not pci express from zotac. Not sure if it matters. Probably native pcie with bridge chip

 

[Rei]

That depends if the cores are locked by software or hardware. If it's by software, you could probably unlock it with vBIOS mod but wouldn't recommend it anyway. You could burn your GPU if it's pulling more thermal power than what the PCB limits, so don't bother.

 

[Flaky]

I read that the geforce 610 has 48 enabled cores but a total on chip of 96.

Most of the 610 cards seem to based off GF119 core, which only has 48 shaders.
It's the GF108 that has 96 shaders. Which one of those do you have?

 

[MrGRiMv25]

I haven't seen a cut down Nvidia card that was unlockable for over a decade since they started fusing it off in hardware, I doubt it would be do-able. I did have quick look around the web for you but couldn't find anything.

 

[sphere478]

Most of the 610 cards seem to based off GF119 core, which only has 48 shaders.
It's the GF108 that has 96 shaders. Which one of those do you have?

I don’t have the card yet. I can check with gpuz when I get it right?

I haven't seen a cut down Nvidia card that was unlockable for over a decade since they started fusing it off in hardware, I doubt it would be do-able. I did have quick look around the web for you but couldn't find anything.

Bummer

That depends if the cores are locked by software or hardware. If it's by software, you could probably unlock it with vBIOS mod but wouldn't recommend it anyway. You could burn your GPU if it's pulling more thermal power than what the PCB limits, so don't bother.

Yeah. How much power do the 96 cores take? How much power can a pci slot deliver?

That depends if the cores are locked by software or hardware. If it's by software, you could probably unlock it with vBIOS mod but wouldn't recommend it anyway. You could burn your GPU if it's pulling more thermal power than what the PCB limits, so don't bother.

Looks like a 610 is 29w, a 730 is 38, and a pci slot is 25
Which begs the question how the 610 works lol‍

 

[Rei]

Yeah. How much power do the 96 cores take? How much power can a pci slot deliver?

Looks like a 610 is 29w, a 730 is 38, and a pci slot is 25
Which begs the question how the 610 works lol‍

The thing is. the capacitor/VRMs on the PCB is unlikely able to supply necessary power to the unlocked GPU and forcing it could potentially damage the GPU.

 

[sphere478]

Never the less, I would still like to know if It’s possible because I would like to do it anyway. I can buy a new one if it bricks and give you guys the definitive answer of if it was a error. If power is a issue a soldered on power plug lead may be able to help. If it still doesn’t work then there we are with the definitive answer

so back to unlocking.

I guess next thing to find out is if it’s one core vs another.

I can answer that when I get the card.

btw, if I were to try a bios it would be a 730 bios correct?

I believe these cards run a native pci express bios yeah? And the bridge chip just does it’s thing?

 

[MrGRiMv25]

Yeah, they use a bridging chip a bit like they did with the tail end of the 7000 series GPU's. I don't think Nvidia has made anything that's natively PCI since the 7000 days, but could be wrong.

If it's the GF119 card then the unlocked equivalent is the GT520 OEM, I doubt the bios from that would flash and work properly though.

 

[agent_x007]

1) PCI is capable of powering 96SPs (there is Zotac PCI [non-e] version with 96SPs after all).
2) Shaders were cut, to make it cheaper.
2a) They were fused off/laser off (doesn't matter), you can't "unlock it" from software.
3) Since this is a PCI (non-e) version, having more SPs is 100% useless.
PCI port is 133MB/s (max.), WAY too slow to make a difference between 48SPs and 96SPs be seen in games.
4) Only thing you can do to "unlock it", is to replace core itself with one from GT 430/GT520 with 96SPs active.
Replacing vBIOS may be needed for additional SPs to be used though.

GT 520 PCIe (48SP) vs. GT 610 PCI (48SP) :
3DMark 03 : LINK, 3DMark 06 : LINK

PS. Are trying to make yourself a Vulkan/DX12* GPU on PCI non-e by any chance ?
*Let's be honest : GF119 doesn't truly support it
If so, here's a hint : Buying low profile GT 710 and PCI to PCI-e bridge on adapter, is easier to do.

 

[sphere478]

dono anything about the PS part just trying to get a nice gpu into a retro build