Hey guys!
I'm new to these forums so forgive any ignorant questions or mistakes I may transgress you with.
I'm definitely very new to GPU BIOS modding but have done some reading here and there and did a bit of tweaking myself on my two reference model 970's BIOS, even getting higher than normal overclocks with some stability. But when it came to making adjustments to TDP limit, I never quite understood what I was doing; I was just comparing my stock BIOS to the changes I was targeting. There are multiple fields regarding TDP in the BIOS editor and I have a hard time determining which ones directly affect my card's limit.
First, I'll briefly explain what I'd like to achieve and then I'll ask some advice or guidance. I've had two reference 970's that I've actually just sold to someone because I found a refurbished 980 Ti SC+ on Amazon for $379 (no tax, NO LIE!!!! Still not sure how I managed this). Anyways, I'd like to get the most out of this 980 Ti SC+, even though it already offers quite a bit out of the box. Instead of manually setting my highest achievable clock speeds statically in the BIOS, my goal is to still be able to make changes on the fly using Afterburner or PrecisionX as needed for what I'm doing at the time since it's so quick and simple instead of having to flash BIOS every time I want to make changes, but to increase the available TDP for when I need more than average overclocks. So, for example, I'm fine with it running at the SC+ factory speeds without changes in PrecisionX, but when I overclock I want to be able to add my clock and memory offsets on the fly with PrecisionX and be able to achieve a higher power target than 106% (I believe 125% was the limit on my 970's). So to reiterate once more, I want modify my BIOS ONLY to increase my power limit without changes to frequency, so that I can handle the clock speeds all with an application like PrecisionX, just having a higher power limit to work with.
So does anyone have any advice for exactly what fields on Maxwell BIOS editor I want to edit and what I want to leave alone for just increasing my power limit to the max with one BIOS flash and then being able to manage everything from PrecisionX thereafter? I'm comfortable enough taking my own stock BIOS as the reference and editing the needed fields and flashing. I just would like some guidance from some of you guys who CLEARLY know what you're doing. Anyone who would offer to make these changes for me and upload a BIOS would be appreciated, and I'd be willing to compensate for such kindness, but I want to know exactly what was changed and understand the process, rather than just having someone do it for me.
I look forward to hearing what any of you have to say!