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2017/06/20 12:48:45 (permalink)
Hi guys,
 
is there anyway to verify if the bios I've got on my card is the latest one and, if so, is there anyway to upload updated bios a load it on the card?
 
I'm asking as apparently I've got 2 Hydrocopper with different bioses....just wondering if one is better than the other one.
 
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    JosephL
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    Re: 980 ti Hydrocopper BIOS 2017/06/20 12:55:53 (permalink)
    Hello hooch31280 and welcome to the Forums!
     
    The vBIOS updates are only used to address specific issues or expand compatibility. If you are not experiencing issues then an update is not needed. I do not see any updates for the 4999 model in our system so you should be fine! 

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    Re: 980 ti Hydrocopper BIOS 2017/06/20 13:12:15 (permalink)
    I see...still, I have 2 different Bioses on my cards?
     
     
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    Re: 980 ti Hydrocopper BIOS 2017/06/20 13:26:37 (permalink)
    I do not see the attached image. Could you provide me with the version numbers so I can check for you?

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    Re: 980 ti Hydrocopper BIOS 2017/06/20 13:28:45 (permalink)
    Sure and thanks for it:
     
    • Card 1: 84.00.41.00.90
    • Card 2: 84.00.32.00.90
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    Re: 980 ti Hydrocopper BIOS 2017/06/20 14:04:41 (permalink)
    This is normal, the card BIOS versions are non-sequential. There are sometimes small revisions made to the cards in different production runs. Each one of these numbers you provided are revisions specifically for those cards and the firmware should not be swapped or updated.
     
    There are no updates for the 980 Ti Hydro Copper cards as these are only used to address specific issues. In general the only updates for the 900 series was a DisplayPort fix which was already resolved by the time Hydro Coppers were being produced.

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    Re: 980 ti Hydrocopper BIOS 2017/06/22 18:52:24 (permalink)
    These cards are slightly different in production ages the earlier produced one also is running on PCIe X 16 3.0 @16 using the earlier version 1.1 of this standard, the more newly produced one is PCIe X 16 3.0 @16 using the later version 3.0 of this standard, this is not of any real-world significance. The older one uses Hynix GDDR5 while the newer one uses Samsung GDDR5 memory.  I suspect the differences in bios are only due to the differences in the production age as noted above.  The differences in your cards performance should be essentially nonexistent except for the luck of the draw in silicone, and unless you are planning some very very serious over-clocking in SLI use you will never need to worry.  If a bios update is ever issued you could flash both cards and then they would have the same bios numbers, but you really shouldn't unless you are having specific issues addressed by the bios revision. 
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