*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[KING19]

I bet some of you here are going to try this mod too some day😁. 

 

 

I know its not a new mod but its cool to see NVIDIA getting screwed by the consumer for once

[ryan]

Haven't checked in for awhile. Any news on RTX 6000 series? 

[Reciever]

5 hours ago, KING19 said:

I bet some of you here are going to try this mod too some day😁. 

 

 

I know its not a new mod but its cool to see NVIDIA getting screwed by the consumer for once

 

I actually REALLY want to do this...for my RX 5700 XT's. I still have 3 of them and last time I used one it immediately hit 8GB VRAM buffer in Sons of the Forest :( 

 

Sadly there are no success stories of anyone doing this for that card. I continue to hold out hope, maybe I need to setup a bounty for it to generate interest? Not sure how I would even go about it. Especially considering Lossless Scaling Dual GPU FG, just need one card that has the 16GB VRAM and the other could be left as is.

I keep revisiting the old reddit thread where one university student tried it, looks like it failed and/or lost interest due to lack of time.

Would be a lot of fun going from 8GB 14Gbps to 16GB 18Gbps + OC. I hold out hope but gotta admit its disheartening not seeing any progress made towards that end.

[Mr. Fox]

26 minutes ago, Reciever said:

 

I actually REALLY want to do this...for my RX 5700 XT's. I still have 3 of them and last time I used one it immediately hit 8GB VRAM buffer in Sons of the Forest 😞

 

Sadly there are no success stories of anyone doing this for that card. I continue to hold out hope, maybe I need to setup a bounty for it to generate interest? Not sure how I would even go about it. Especially considering Lossless Scaling Dual GPU FG, just need one card that has the 16GB VRAM and the other could be left as is.

I keep revisiting the old reddit thread where one university student tried it, looks like it failed and/or lost interest due to lack of time.

Would be a lot of fun going from 8GB 14Gbps to 16GB 18Gbps + OC. I hold out hope but gotta admit its disheartening not seeing any progress made towards that end.

I think the vBIOS has to support it. If it does not that might be why there are no examples of it having been done on numerous other video cards rather than just a select few.

[Reciever]

Just now, Mr. Fox said:

I think the vBIOS has to support it. If it does not that might be why there are no examples of it having been done on numerous other video cards rather than just a select few.

The vBIOS was modified and did report 16GB but failed any test plus didnt output any direct images from the GPU (guessing iGPU was used for trial and error)

I think, sadly, this is more of a Nvidia was entertaining the idea of 8GB and 16GB variants back then, deciding only to release 8GB variants versus AMD who never entertained 16GB consumer cards. In theory it the GPU is compatible since the workstation variant exists with 16GB but there may be significant differences in the PCB.

Since RTX 30xx continued its dominance, we lost innovation since AMD couldnt hold Nvidia to the fire. I really enjoy my 7900 XTX and how much I was able to extract out of it. 

Stock OC vbios: 2565
Aquas OC vbios: 3Ghz 24/7

Highest OC: 3300c

That being said it'll never beat a 4090 with the same amount of time put in.

 

[jaybee83]

On 2/27/2026 at 8:35 PM, electrosoft said:

Jay disappointed in the Lightning.....and also experiencing the disappointment of a 1000w BIOS meets a 1.030v bin......

 

1.030v stock

1.045v maxed

 

Crashes at 3200

Locks at +300 slider

 

Remember last year when I kept saying voltage and stock voltage was important early on here and over on the OCN forums?

 

As we've seen, they go hand in hand especially now that all these 800w/1000w/1200w/2000w BIOS are in the wild.

 

The fact MSI didn't even bin the chips for voltage to at least complement the 800w/1000w BIOS files for normies is crazy.

 

If you're needing EVC2 for a $5500 card after tax to try to even attempt to get your 800/1000w where it needs to be, something is wrong.

 

I'm fine with most FE cards being the baseline for its price and they can afford to be trash voltage bins for the most part, but $5500? Fail MSI. Fail.

 

Timestamped:

 

 

 

there was a follow-up from Jay in the comments that AB newest version added support for Lightning voltage control, so should be possible to push that limit up further. no idea if hes gonna do a follow-up video on this though...

and no, im not defending that 5k+ USD card LOL

 

On 3/1/2026 at 12:30 AM, Rage Set said:

Another reason why I want to live part time in Norway @Papusan besides the Snow and Cold.

 

When a government agency can produce an entertaining video that also points out a serious consumer issue, you got to give it to them.

 

"The memories may be yours, but the photos are mine" WOW. The Norwegian gov took shots at all companies. 

 

 

 

LOL i saw that video yesterday via Louis Rossmann and thought of bro @Papusan right away 😄 

 

On 3/1/2026 at 1:14 AM, Papusan said:

 

 

Same can be said about MSI.

 

What are MSI affraid of? Nvidia? Or to try to prevent increased RMA requests?

 

MSI is actively taking down leaked 2500W Extreme OC BIOS files for GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning

 

MSI reportedly asked for the removal of a leaked 2500 W “XOC” BIOS file for the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, and the file no longer appears in TechPowerUp’s BIOS collection. 

 

That said, MSI taking down these BIOSes is unusual, because almost every XOC BIOS that I can think of has eventually been leaked, and no one has had an issue with it. 

 

So far, MSI has not published a public statement detailing its takedown requests. 

 

well THAT should be interesting... if theyre ever gonna do a public statement on this, that is. good that the community has surely made a gazillion local copies of that vBios (myself included), so we dont really care about any takedowns 😛 

 

15 hours ago, electrosoft said:

Ended on a sad note, though. His sister was murdered in Washington State. 😞

It was good to see the large outpouring of support though via his sister's gofundme and messaging. ♥️

 

 

say wut....what was that about? armed robbery or smth? any details available? thats crazy! altho i must say i dont know how i feel about starting a frigging gofundme after a family member was murdered....dunno if its just me but that leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth....

[Mr. Fox]

52 minutes ago, jaybee83 said:

 

there was a follow-up from Jay in the comments that AB newest version added support for Lightning voltage control, so should be possible to push that limit up further. no idea if hes gonna do a follow-up video on this though...

and no, im not defending that 5k+ USD card LOL

 

 

LOL i saw that video yesterday via Louis Rossmann and thought of bro @Papusan right away 😄 

 

 

well THAT should be interesting... if theyre ever gonna do a public statement on this, that is. good that the community has surely made a gazillion local copies of that vBios (myself included), so we dont really care about any takedowns 😛 

 

 

say wut....what was that about? armed robbery or smth? any details available? thats crazy! altho i must say i dont know how i feel about starting a frigging gofundme after a family member was murdered....dunno if its just me but that leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth....

The petite arson connector will always be the weakest link. Two is better than one, but not as good as none. Two places for disaster to strike. The only way to fix the problem is to get rid of the engineering defect and stop tempting fate. The higher the performance limit goes, the more likely it becomes that disaster will strike. MSI will always be MSI, which is less than ideal. But, I can see the logic in their concern about a $5000+ GPU becoming a financial liability under warranty. If they were intelligent they would have never released the 5090 Lightning because of the defective 12V-2x6 specification standard. They're not intelligent, just dishonest.

[electrosoft]

Well look at @Talon making the TPU and YT news!

 

TPU: Intel "Bartlett Lake-S" Flagship Appears, Won't Boot on Consumer Motherboards | TechPowerUp

 

 

 

 

Hopefully more subscribe to your YT channel and get to hear Bill Hader discuss tech! 🤣

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

5 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

 

there was a follow-up from Jay in the comments that AB newest version added support for Lightning voltage control, so should be possible to push that limit up further. no idea if hes gonna do a follow-up video on this though...

and no, im not defending that 5k+ USD card LOL

 

 

That would definitely help! If, with the 800w and 1000w vBIOS we can just adjust them up manually like with the other Asus 2000w XOC vBIOS (down in this case from 1.15), that rocks.

 

My main issue now are the new drivers from Nvidia purposefully capping voltages when you overclock.

 

The problem looks like the newest drivers might override even native vBIOS relaxing. In the OCN forums, someone running the XOC found they suddenly were limited to 1.025 vs ~1.1450

 

If this and future drivers put a hard lock on voltages based on certain criteria when overclocking regardless of BIOS limits, that is going to suck.

 

4 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

The petite arson connector will always be the weakest link. Two is better than one, but not as good as none. Two places for disaster to strike. The only way to fix the problem is to get rid of the engineering defect and stop tempting fate. The higher the performance limit goes, the more likely it becomes that disaster will strike. MSI will always be MSI, which is less than ideal. But, I can see the logic in their concern about a $5000+ GPU becoming a financial liability under warranty. If they were intelligent they would have never released the 5090 Lightning because of the defective 12V-2x6 specification standard. They're not intelligent, just dishonest.

 

@Mr. Fox any chance you can try the new drivers with your EVC2 and a >+190 core offset  to see if it keeps your voltages and clocks suppressed even in the face of a hardware control mod? Those running stock vBIOS and try to OC are getting capped when overclocking and even those running the XOC are suddenly neutered down to 1.025 when overclocking.

 

The good news (?), is if you're not overclocking or doing a mild OC (sub +190), the drivers are decent.

 

5 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

 

 

well THAT should be interesting... if theyre ever gonna do a public statement on this, that is. good that the community has surely made a gazillion local copies of that vBios (myself included), so we dont really care about any takedowns 😛 

 

 

say wut....what was that about? armed robbery or smth? any details available? thats crazy! altho i must say i dont know how i feel about starting a frigging gofundme after a family member was murdered....dunno if its just me but that leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth....

 

Yeah, I slurped the 2500w for my collection as soon as it appeared. 🤣

 

Seems to be her son murdered her and a few others in the same location before officers put him down. Mental health issues.

 

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article314852958.html

 

He didn't start it. Someone else did to help out with funeral and other costs with a cap. I'm ok with GoFundMe requests but I've seen some truly wacky ones.   Heck, you could throw one up for a "need" for a Lightning MSI 5090 or RTX 6000 and Threadripper and attach a need/sob story to it or a Kickstarter about how you want to, "Research AI via daily immersion in simulated battlefields" aka play BF6/COD! 🤣

 

 

I always have a soft spot for medical GoFundMe because we shouldn't be in a place in this country where people are routinely driven to bankruptcy or financial straights over medical issues. Seeing a few "big name" hollywood stars who had to start one and digging into the hundreds of thousands of dollars they had to spend if not millions for medical treatments is a pretty disgusting statement on the state of our healthcare system in this country while big pharma and insurance companies continue to rake in the profits.

 

On a personal note, I have a very close family member that is having to rip through whatever they have for medical treatments for a variety of ailments that in any other country would be covered and that's with insurance here in the US. It's pretty disgusting.

 

The fact we are one of the few, if only, first world countries without universal health care is pathetic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, electrosoft said:

@Mr. Fox any chance you can try the new drivers with your EVC2 and a >+190 core offset  to see if it keeps your voltages and clocks suppressed even in the face of a hardware control mod? Those running stock vBIOS and try to OC are getting capped when overclocking and even those running the XOC are suddenly neutered down to 1.025 when overclocking.

 

The good news (?), is if you're not overclocking or doing a mild OC (sub +190), the drivers are decent.

I will give it a go after work.

[Mr. Fox]

5 hours ago, electrosoft said:

@Mr. Fox any chance you can try the new drivers with your EVC2 and a >+190 core offset  to see if it keeps your voltages and clocks suppressed even in the face of a hardware control mod? Those running stock vBIOS and try to OC are getting capped when overclocking and even those running the XOC are suddenly neutered down to 1.025 when overclocking.

 

The good news (?), is if you're not overclocking or doing a mild OC (sub +190), the drivers are decent.

 

4 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I will give it a go after work.

As best I can tell it does not seem to be. My stock default voltage is 1.070V and I was able to use the EVC2 to set a 50mV offset to get it to about 1.130V and the core offset of +190 seems to hold. This was bumping up to just under 800W with a moderate load Vulkan stress test.

 

The first image is with the EVC2 connected, so HWiNFO64 cannot "see" the WireView. The second image is with the EVC2 USB cable unplugged after applying the voltage offset so that the WireView sensor show data in the OSD. GPU-Z doesn't show much of anything accurately in terms of voltage, power or PerfCap reasons at this point. The second image shows WireView Pro II sensors in RTSS overlay.

 

 

Edit 1: the way the new Imgur UI is made totally sucks. Changing to the old style only fixes the look and feel, but not the degraded functionality. Very lame, and the way it is nearly impossible to post direct image links that skip their ugly sucky crap landing page really is super annoying. Seems like every time you find something awesome, some idiot (or group of idiots) find a way to screw it up. I may have to start looking for an alternative that isn't a piece of trash, but I am not sure there is one.

 

Edit 2: I'm trying Image Chest now. Hopefully it will be what Imgur used to be. Updated images and links.

 

[Mr. Fox]

17 hours ago, ryan said:

Haven't checked in for awhile. Any news on RTX 6000 series? 

Hey stranger. Where you been? Welcome back. You were missed.

 

No idea on the RTX 6000. It's not a product that fits into a sane person's discretionary hobby budget so I've not given it even a glance. Curiosity killed the cat fox, so I just don't want to subject myself to temptation for nonsense like that.