Not sure, you get more speed at lower power on a custom rom with some tweaking.
No, you will not get 180MHs at 850-900W from the wall
Topic: [UPDATE] RX480 (Ref) 31+Mh, Custom Rom - VDDC OFFSET + Custom timing - page 26. (Read 231032 times)
September 24, 2016, 02:26:22 PM
No, you will not get 180MHs at 850-900W from the wall
September 24, 2016, 02:17:34 PM
My early 6x480 build (original bios):
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15849551
Got the powerdraw down to 950w after that.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15849551
Got the powerdraw down to 950w after that.
Exactly: 164MHs with power consumption of 990W from the wall - these numbers are believable
Not 180MHs with 850-900W
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Not sure, you get more speed at lower power on a custom rom with some tweaking.
September 24, 2016, 02:13:24 PM
My early 6x480 build (original bios):
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15849551
Got the powerdraw down to 950w after that.
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Exactly: 164MHs with power consumption of 990W from the wall - these numbers are believable
Not 180MHs with 850-900W
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15849551
Got the powerdraw down to 950w after that.
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Exactly: 164MHs with power consumption of 990W from the wall - these numbers are believable
Not 180MHs with 850-900W
September 24, 2016, 02:01:59 PM
From what others have told me and what I've seen and read elsewhere, 850~900w total power draw from the wall is common for a 6 x RX480, 180mh/s setup.
These numbers are too good to be true
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15849551
Got the powerdraw down to 950w after that.
September 24, 2016, 01:50:43 PM
From what others have told me and what I've seen and read elsewhere, 850~900w total power draw from the wall is common for a 6 x RX480, 180mh/s setup.
These numbers are too good to be true
September 24, 2016, 01:30:27 PM
Eliovp, I'm guessing this is where your secret comes in somehow....
Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
This is a known bug in amd new drivers. I you sure that when you change mem from 2200 to 2000 in MSI AB the actual memory speed becomes 2000?Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
Better use WattTool and restart miner after any frequency change.
I can't be sure it has changed, I only know that both MSI AB and GPUz are both saying 2000MHz.
Thanks for the info
EDIT: Bingo, this is exactly the issue. Is it a driver bug that also means core clock is locked at 1191? It won't budge either way it seems.
And whatever you do : let it work for half hour - than test...
This wasn't the issue. I only had to restart claymore miner for the new clocks to kick in. It wasn't that I hadn't restarted the PC. I've done hundreds of BIOS flashes before
Also just created my own BIOS based off the stock one that came with the card. Now I can change core clock speeds and I get Eliovp speeds, and my extra 4GB
Winning.With the modded bio on each one what is the watts poweer draw at wall and what is each card using would like to get some more details as to the gpu using wattage used on each bios. Is the wattage use less than a 390x GPU?
As am considering to do
right now get 30 to 32MH on 390x GPU with 168 to 170 in and 140w use.
Whats the power uses on the 480x with the modded bios would like some details to compare with to see if worth grabbing or just sticking to the 390s
With the image on your last one for RX480-32MhOTB and the picture showing gpu sensors showing: GPU onlu Power Draw is 120W its actual power use on full load? If so this is a nice amount to have considering am pushing close to 170w to 180w watt on 390. How long you had running at 30 to 32MH ?
As am considering to do
right now get 30 to 32MH on 390x GPU with 168 to 170 in and 140w use.
Whats the power uses on the 480x with the modded bios would like some details to compare with to see if worth grabbing or just sticking to the 390s
With the image on your last one for RX480-32MhOTB and the picture showing gpu sensors showing: GPU onlu Power Draw is 120W its actual power use on full load? If so this is a nice amount to have considering am pushing close to 170w to 180w watt on 390. How long you had running at 30 to 32MH ?
I'm running multiple 290x and a single RX480. I'm getting 7%~ more hash for half the power usage with the RX480 over the 290x (1000/1250mhz with -100~150mv on vcore).
As a temporary measure, set your GPU vcore to -100mv in MSI AB or similar and drop memory clock to 1250. You should see no drop in performance but a big drop in VDDC power draw. Some of my 290x will do 1GHz core at almost 1v VDDC! But the worst ones still need about 1.06v.
From what others have told me and what I've seen and read elsewhere, 850~900w total power draw from the wall is common for a 6 x RX480, 180mh/s setup.
September 24, 2016, 01:14:12 PM
With the modded bio on each one what is the watts poweer draw at wall and what is each card using would like to get some more details as to the gpu using wattage used on each bios. Is the wattage use less than a 390x GPU?
As am considering to do
right now get 30 to 32MH on 390x GPU with 168 to 170 in and 140w use.
Whats the power uses on the 480x with the modded bios would like some details to compare with to see if worth grabbing or just sticking to the 390s
With the image on your last one for RX480-32MhOTB and the picture showing gpu sensors showing: GPU onlu Power Draw is 120W its actual power use on full load? If so this is a nice amount to have considering am pushing close to 170w to 180w watt on 390. How long you had running at 30 to 32MH ?
As am considering to do
right now get 30 to 32MH on 390x GPU with 168 to 170 in and 140w use.
Whats the power uses on the 480x with the modded bios would like some details to compare with to see if worth grabbing or just sticking to the 390s
With the image on your last one for RX480-32MhOTB and the picture showing gpu sensors showing: GPU onlu Power Draw is 120W its actual power use on full load? If so this is a nice amount to have considering am pushing close to 170w to 180w watt on 390. How long you had running at 30 to 32MH ?
September 24, 2016, 01:04:53 PM
Eliovp, I'm guessing this is where your secret comes in somehow....
Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
This is a known bug in amd new drivers. I you sure that when you change mem from 2200 to 2000 in MSI AB the actual memory speed becomes 2000?Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
Better use WattTool and restart miner after any frequency change.
I can't be sure it has changed, I only know that both MSI AB and GPUz are both saying 2000MHz.
Thanks for the info
EDIT: Bingo, this is exactly the issue. Is it a driver bug that also means core clock is locked at 1191? It won't budge either way it seems.
And whatever you do : let it work for half hour - than test...
September 24, 2016, 12:44:25 PM
Eliovp, I'm guessing this is where your secret comes in somehow....
Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
This is a known bug in amd new drivers. I you sure that when you change mem from 2200 to 2000 in MSI AB the actual memory speed becomes 2000?Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
Better use WattTool and restart miner after any frequency change.
I can't be sure it has changed, I only know that both MSI AB and GPUz are both saying 2000MHz.
Thanks for the info
EDIT: Bingo, this is exactly the issue. Is it a driver bug that also means core clock is locked at 1191? It won't budge either way it seems.
September 24, 2016, 12:00:27 PM
Eliovp, I'm guessing this is where your secret comes in somehow....
Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
This is a known bug in amd new drivers. I you sure that when you change mem from 2200 to 2000 in MSI AB the actual memory speed becomes 2000?Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
Better use WattTool and restart miner after any frequency change.
September 24, 2016, 11:54:27 AM
Eliovp, I'm guessing this is where your secret comes in somehow....
Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
Using your 31 otb low power BIOS as it is, 1191/2200mhz, I get 30.6 mh/s.
When I tune it with MSI AB I set it to 1191/2000mhz and still get 30.6mh/s. Great.
So I mod your BIOS to default to 1191/2000mhz, suddenly I lose 2mh/s
I sure didn't expect that to happen.
September 24, 2016, 11:46:14 AM
guys need some advice, im making a 2nd rig, and im new to this bios modding stuff, so im looking for a card with dual bios, according to what i had read here the 470 nitro and 480 nitro are both good options right?
I can find the 470 4 gb nitro for 217$ and the 480 4 gb nitro for 229$ which should i choose?
I can find the 470 4 gb nitro for 217$ and the 480 4 gb nitro for 229$ which should i choose?
September 24, 2016, 11:39:56 AM
I have this card : MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming X 8GB (RX470GAMINGX8G)
Which can i use mod bios?
Which can i use mod bios?
September 24, 2016, 06:35:19 AM
Well, maybe I'm totally wrong. But from my own testing it appears that setting the RAM up for 4GB instead of 8GB gives an extra 2mh/s.
Time for more testing....
What does it mean??? Not clear...Time for more testing....
Ignore me, totally duff info.... Something else was causing a 2mh/s drop. I've now got 8GB enabled and got back to 30.6mh/s.
September 24, 2016, 06:28:39 AM
Many thanks Eliovp, great work on the BIOS mods.
I currently have several 290x all with my own custom BIOS(mainly 1000/1250 and undervolted as much as possible). But just bought my first reference 4GB RX480 and thought I'd start off with one of your BIOS.
Turns out the card is actually an 8GB one! Just with a 4GB sticker stuck on the box.
Default BIOS gave me 24.5mh/s at 1288/2000
Your 31mhlowpower one gives me 30.6mh/s at 1191/2200.
I've now started tuning in software and found the card will still do 30.6mh/s with RAM set back to 2000. Just wondered if there was a particular reason you set it to 2200? Did it provide better performance for you over 2000?
Currently I've got MSI AB vcore offset set to -96mv, card has been rock solid for the last 20 hours still at 1191/2000. I think this vcore can go way down, time to do some further BIOS mods. GPUz reports about 85 GPU watts for 30.6mh/s at this setting, nice!
Thanks again for already doing most of the hard work
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings. Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.
I currently have several 290x all with my own custom BIOS(mainly 1000/1250 and undervolted as much as possible). But just bought my first reference 4GB RX480 and thought I'd start off with one of your BIOS.
Turns out the card is actually an 8GB one!
Just with a 4GB sticker stuck on the box.Default BIOS gave me 24.5mh/s at 1288/2000
Your 31mhlowpower one gives me 30.6mh/s at 1191/2200.
I've now started tuning in software and found the card will still do 30.6mh/s with RAM set back to 2000. Just wondered if there was a particular reason you set it to 2200? Did it provide better performance for you over 2000?
Currently I've got MSI AB vcore offset set to -96mv, card has been rock solid for the last 20 hours still at 1191/2000. I think this vcore can go way down, time to do some further BIOS mods. GPUz reports about 85 GPU watts for 30.6mh/s at this setting, nice!
Thanks again for already doing most of the hard work
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings.
Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.Hi Walrus - can you share your 290x mod, I have a few 290 and 290x "lying" around and I was not able to find nor know how to make Stilt BIOS work on the cards. I was thinking, you mod maybe able to help get my 2 x 290 and 2 x 290x (all reference cards). Thanks in advance.
There is no gain to made from changing memory timings on 290x. Only voltage/power reductions, but you need to know exactly what every single card is capable of clockspeed/voltage wise. I literally have a different BIOS for each of my 9 cards.
PM me, we can talk about 290x there so as we don't detract from the subject of this thread.
September 24, 2016, 06:26:49 AM
Well, maybe I'm totally wrong. But from my own testing it appears that setting the RAM up for 4GB instead of 8GB gives an extra 2mh/s.
Time for more testing....
What does it mean??? Not clear... Time for more testing....
September 24, 2016, 06:19:02 AM
Many thanks Eliovp, great work on the BIOS mods.
I currently have several 290x all with my own custom BIOS(mainly 1000/1250 and undervolted as much as possible). But just bought my first reference 4GB RX480 and thought I'd start off with one of your BIOS.
Turns out the card is actually an 8GB one! Just with a 4GB sticker stuck on the box.
Default BIOS gave me 24.5mh/s at 1288/2000
Your 31mhlowpower one gives me 30.6mh/s at 1191/2200.
I've now started tuning in software and found the card will still do 30.6mh/s with RAM set back to 2000. Just wondered if there was a particular reason you set it to 2200? Did it provide better performance for you over 2000?
Currently I've got MSI AB vcore offset set to -96mv, card has been rock solid for the last 20 hours still at 1191/2000. I think this vcore can go way down, time to do some further BIOS mods. GPUz reports about 85 GPU watts for 30.6mh/s at this setting, nice!
Thanks again for already doing most of the hard work
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings. Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.
I currently have several 290x all with my own custom BIOS(mainly 1000/1250 and undervolted as much as possible). But just bought my first reference 4GB RX480 and thought I'd start off with one of your BIOS.
Turns out the card is actually an 8GB one!
Just with a 4GB sticker stuck on the box.Default BIOS gave me 24.5mh/s at 1288/2000
Your 31mhlowpower one gives me 30.6mh/s at 1191/2200.
I've now started tuning in software and found the card will still do 30.6mh/s with RAM set back to 2000. Just wondered if there was a particular reason you set it to 2200? Did it provide better performance for you over 2000?
Currently I've got MSI AB vcore offset set to -96mv, card has been rock solid for the last 20 hours still at 1191/2000. I think this vcore can go way down, time to do some further BIOS mods. GPUz reports about 85 GPU watts for 30.6mh/s at this setting, nice!
Thanks again for already doing most of the hard work
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings.
Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.Hi Walrus - can you share your 290x mod, I have a few 290 and 290x "lying" around and I was not able to find nor know how to make Stilt BIOS work on the cards. I was thinking, you mod maybe able to help get my 2 x 290 and 2 x 290x (all reference cards). Thanks in advance.
September 24, 2016, 06:14:54 AM
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings. Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.
Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.What about tell everyone the magic trick
?Well, maybe I'm totally wrong. But from my own testing it appears that setting the RAM up for 4GB instead of 8GB gives an extra 2mh/s.
Time for more testing....
EDIT: Think it might be something else totally.....
September 24, 2016, 06:11:28 AM
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings. Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.
Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.What about tell everyone the magic trick
? September 24, 2016, 03:41:44 AM
Many thanks Eliovp, great work on the BIOS mods.
I currently have several 290x all with my own custom BIOS(mainly 1000/1250 and undervolted as much as possible). But just bought my first reference 4GB RX480 and thought I'd start off with one of your BIOS.
Turns out the card is actually an 8GB one! Just with a 4GB sticker stuck on the box.
Default BIOS gave me 24.5mh/s at 1288/2000
Your 31mhlowpower one gives me 30.6mh/s at 1191/2200.
I've now started tuning in software and found the card will still do 30.6mh/s with RAM set back to 2000. Just wondered if there was a particular reason you set it to 2200? Did it provide better performance for you over 2000?
Currently I've got MSI AB vcore offset set to -96mv, card has been rock solid for the last 20 hours still at 1191/2000. I think this vcore can go way down, time to do some further BIOS mods. GPUz reports about 85 GPU watts for 30.6mh/s at this setting, nice!
Thanks again for already doing most of the hard work
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings. Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why.
I currently have several 290x all with my own custom BIOS(mainly 1000/1250 and undervolted as much as possible). But just bought my first reference 4GB RX480 and thought I'd start off with one of your BIOS.
Turns out the card is actually an 8GB one!
Just with a 4GB sticker stuck on the box.Default BIOS gave me 24.5mh/s at 1288/2000
Your 31mhlowpower one gives me 30.6mh/s at 1191/2200.
I've now started tuning in software and found the card will still do 30.6mh/s with RAM set back to 2000. Just wondered if there was a particular reason you set it to 2200? Did it provide better performance for you over 2000?
Currently I've got MSI AB vcore offset set to -96mv, card has been rock solid for the last 20 hours still at 1191/2000. I think this vcore can go way down, time to do some further BIOS mods. GPUz reports about 85 GPU watts for 30.6mh/s at this setting, nice!
Thanks again for already doing most of the hard work
EDIT: Found your secret sauce for the extra 2MH/s that doesn't come from memory timings.
Or clockspeeds for that matter.... Having read every page of this thread and having seen some people question a certain issue, I did wonder why no one had answered the reason why. Jump to: