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

[Mr. Fox]

On 1/29/2026 at 1:52 PM, Mr. Fox said:

Brother @Papusan it looks like there is a solution to use the Matrix BIOS on your Astral. I am using it on my Solid OC and it is the best one.

 

https://www.overclock.net/posts/29553948/

Brother @johnksss I think this is it (above). turbogear figured it out

 

But, also have a look at my post here (below) when I asked for clarification on the Astral mod...

 

https://www.overclock.net/posts/29558012/

 

 

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So, if I am interpreting the photos correctly, you merely move the resistor from the pad marked #2 (where the resistor is present on the Black Astral) to the pad marked #5? (where the resistor is present on the white Astral) Is that correct?

 

You move one resistor over to another spot.

 

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Yes that is correct. You only need to move one resistor to position 5.

If you lose it after removing 😄 then you need new 0402 size 100k Ohm resistor.

 

 

[electrosoft]

30 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

I am using the Matrix vBIOS. I think there is an issue using any other vBIOS on the black Astral unless you move resistors on the PCB to match the white Astral due to a different fan controller arrangement. If you flash something else on the black Astral is causes the GPU to report problems in Device Manager even though it is only a fan issue. There is a post on OC.net showing how to move the resistors so you can use any 5090 vBIOS you want to use on the black Astral.

 

I think I posted a link to it in this thread and tagged Brother @Papusan about the Astral fan resistor mod.

 

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Found it...

  

Brother @johnksss I think this is it.

 

 

There is an issue. For some reason, I figured @johnksss opted for a white one when he went to Microcenter knowing of the issue.....don't ask me why. 🤣

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

1 minute ago, electrosoft said:

 

There is an issue. For some reason, I figured @johnksss opted for a white one when he went to Microcenter knowing of the issue.....don't ask me why. 🤣

 

 

I am not sure whether he got a white one or black one. If he got the white one then yeah, just flash the Matrix vBIOS and good to go.

[johnksss]

49 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

What was the top frequency your card was able to sustain with a +460 offset in GPU-Z render? 3400+ is good. 3500+ is god mode. Better bins fall somewhere between 3450-3500.

 

 

Some are untamed (Asus 2000w XOC), while others are actually good. Right now, the Matrix 800w vBIOS is the sweet spot overall for D2D unless you're going to shunt and/or slap on the 1500w+ variants floating around.

 

I know the Asus XOC gives you 1.15v and you will need to adjust down.

 

@Papusan was running the big boy Asus XOC before so he might be able to give you more insight.

 

I know @Mr. Fox is shunted with an EVC2, but not sure what vBIOS he is cooking with atm.

 

 

 

 

 

I would say it is hitting 3412 at 40C right now.

I was shunted with evc2 on my first card, but it didn't seem to be a very good overclocker.

18K

https://www.3dmark.com/sn/6448799

 

43 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

I am using the Matrix vBIOS. I think there is an issue using any other vBIOS on the black Astral unless you move resistors on the PCB to match the white Astral due to a different fan controller arrangement. If you flash something else on the black Astral is causes the GPU to report problems in Device Manager even though it is only a fan issue. There is a post on OC.net showing how to move the resistors so you can use any 5090 vBIOS you want to use on the black Astral.

 

I think I posted a link to it in this thread and tagged Brother @Papusan about the Astral fan resistor mod.

 

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Yep. Found it...

  

Brother @johnksss I think this is it.

 

I was using the gig vbios on my last Astral.

Hummm, now that does sound interesting. Any vbios. I'll read up on it.

 

12 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

There is an issue. For some reason, I figured @johnksss opted for a white one when he went to Microcenter knowing of the issue.....don't ask me why. 🤣

 

 

A few reasons why. A white card would have cost me roughly another $1200.

 

They did not have a white one instock.

 

My direct replacement was using my MC warranty claim instead of having Asus attempt to fix whatever the issue was. When I bought my card it was $3399.99 at the time. It is currently $3899.99. And that took me a few months to catch MC with an Astral instock. When they had like 25+ my card was still sort of working.

11 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

I am not sure whether he got a white one or black one. If he got the white one then yeah, just flash the Matrix vBIOS and good to go.

No white one at this time. Although I didn't even know about the resistor issue as I had not been keeping up on the overclocking for the last 6 months or so.