Increase Your Laptop GPU Wattage With a vBIOS Flash - Asus Zephyrus G15 vBIOS Swap
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Learn how to flash a new vBIOS to your low-wattage gaming laptop GPU to increase its wattage, using nvflash. In this video, we're taking a look at how this vBIOS swap affects performance and temperatures. A higher TDP can lead to higher FPS, but at what cost? And just how much performance are we talking? I hope you find this video informative! Please subscribe for more content like this!
Links:
Link to ZIP folder of all of the mentioned vbios files plus patched nvflash: drive.google.com/file/d/1HDXl...
Best vbios guide (Reddit thread with links) www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG15/...
Individual Files from TechPowerUp:
Strix G15 115-130 watt vbios: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
Razer 130 watt (110 watt actual) vbios: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
MSI “Shunt Mod” 130+ watt vbios: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
MSI 140w 3070: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
Clevo 90-105W: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
If you have the 3060 model or 3080, you can try one of these:
MSI GP66 135W 3080: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
Asus Strix G15 3080 130W vbios: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
RTX 3060 Strix G15 (115-130W) vbios: www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/2...
NVFlash: www.techpowerup.com/download/...
Patched NVflash: www.techpowerup.com/download/...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:15 What is a vBIOS and Why Flash
02:28 Picking Out a vBIOS
07:29 Using NVflash
09:39 Gaming Benchmarks
16:16 Is It Worth It? Conclusion - Наука та технологія
I agree so hard with last statement. I have been so much happier turning off the performance tracker. If the game runs smooth and feels smooth while looking great isn't that the whole point?
Same , looking at your framerates consistently is just not satisfying , you should be able to look once to see you're getting the best possible and then never look again unless needed
Thanks for your detailed reviews, keep up with good work 👍
On the lastest build & version of Windows 11, nearly nothing in this video worked as it should have but still managed to get it done through my own research. However, thks for the introduction to NVflash and providing the 130W Strix G15 3060 VBIOS link. Flashed my brand new OMEN 15 3060 from 100 to 130W. Time spy total score was below average, now well above average. Graphics score @ 8850 ish up from low 8000s.
I actually had no idea how to flash vbios or do anything like that and I literally thought you needed to flash your actual bios. I've been looking on Google trying to figure it out and somehow I found this video and managed to flash my vbios successfully and now am getting better performance. Couldn't thank you enough for making this video!
That’s amazing to hear, glad you found this video!
I was able to flash my 3060 mobile and went from 75 watts to 130w!
Thank you so much, keep up the great work!
my pc is 75w too which bios did you use?
@@yeetosh mine is 85w 3060 what do we use?
How much FPS you got increased?
please help
I think the last chapter of this video is the most important :D
but it's nice to know that I can change the vbios later down the line for a few extra fps, maybe for a future game that isn't quite hitting 60fps or something like that.
I wanted to share my results with everyone. Just finished flashing the Strix 3080 120w-130w. Gave me roughly a 12% increase!! for all the major games I'm playing currently. Increase of 800 points for fire strike, 500 point increase for time spy. And my temperature only increased by 1°!!! Super happy with the results. I was considering upgrading to the 2022 g15 but with these results I think I'm good. One thing to mention after I flash the BIOS only one of my USB type-c display ports works for video out. Still works for standard data. I freaked out for a little bit and thought I may have killed the port. But I looked up the strix 15 and noticed that it only has one USB type-c port. So I'm assuming it's just not configured with that bio.
GPU was around 88-90w. Now it's around 118-120w
Very happy with results. Thank you so much for the video brother.
That’s amazing! Glad to hear it worked well for you
@@JoshCravesTech Question for you does both of your USB type-c ports work for display out with your current bio you're running?
@@KL1VE no, only one works for me. Seems to be how most of them are
So does the port itself still work just not as a display out or does it kill the port altogether?
@@KL1VE Are you still using this vbios flash now? Encountered any issues at all?
Just used the tutorial, man, i was so worried of my tdp, and this worked too good (rog strix g15 rom) isn't too hot but yeah, really make more hot your laptop.
Thank you Josh, love u
This is great idea! I did nvflash on my GTX, in some games I see performance jump.
Amazing information amazing video brother !!!
great video keep up the good work you really helped me
Amazing video thanks
Thanks for the Tutorial. With my Asus G15 (5800HS and GeForce RTX 3080) connected to an external monitor I got 25500 on firestrike and 11200 on Timespy. Good results imo.
I used the Asus 120-130w strix vbios.
Great results!!
@@JoshCravesTech Update: Although the Performance in Futuremark was way better, this didn't translate to games. The performance interestingly got worse. In Lone Echo 2 (this game is poorly optimised) the performance with the Strix VBios was worse than with the original bios. I don't why, but the CPU wasn't working as hard as they should be. CPU was stuck to 1,8Ghz. After flashing back the to the original VBios everything ran fine as before. Very weird. Perhaps to much wattage use on the GPU could kinda downlock the CPU?!
I guess it's only due to the bad optimisation of Lone Echo 2.
@@gebirgskuchen5080 yeah that’s odd. They really do act differently on everyone’s machine. Might be the game is more CPU-bound so having the increased GPU wattage isn’t really helping. Weird that the CPU was running lower though!
@@gebirgskuchen5080 Did you only check one game? Maybe you just picked the one that doesnt benefit from a faster GPU? Did you went back to the original bios?
@@gebirgskuchen5080 can you share where you found the factory flash?
Hey Josh! been following you since I got my 2021 Zephyrus g15 and your videos have helped me so much.
so recently I've been trying to hit 60 fps mark with horizon forbidden west but wont exceed 50fps with 99% 30fps
I remembered watching this video way back and being too afraid of the risks at the time but now I've also repasted so I thought I'll give it a try.
Followed your guide and after a brief mini heart attack (laptop turned off and wouldn't turn on for a while) voila! I'm running 133 watts and fps is a lot stable now, still at around 50fps but 99% is close to 40 so I think it did improve stability and I don't notice stutters now.
So just wanted to say thanks for the helpful content man!
Btw I just noticed your channel name xD , i thought it was Josh Cravey Tech for the longest time.
That’s awesome to hear!! Glad you successfully boosted that wattage. And yeah actually I just recently changed the channel name, it was just my name before 🤣
You're a lifesaver mister!
Great video Josh! Very useful information, I myself was looking into this and it's quite hard to research alone.
Been eyeing this zephyrus g15 r9 5900hs but with rtx 3080, its on sale in my country with approximately 1670 usd. The vbios you provided should work with that one too, I suppose?
Yes, the 3080 vbios will work on it. Just make sure to only flash a 3080 vbios to it!
awesome video! were these testings, including the stock 80-100w vbios, in turbo mode? or were the testings in manual mode max fans?
Yes, unless I specified otherwise these were all done in turbo! You can sometimes squeeze out a few more fps in Manual with max fans.
Great video
I have a Zyphyrus G15 with 3060
The vbios you provide in the description is actually not an ideal one since it doesn't support UFEI, it will cause the entire laptop lose it's display if you ever switched to iGPU mode. I was luckily able to do a fallback by RDP into windows and adjust it back to hybrid mode.
Currently I'm using VBIOS Version:94.06.3C.00.57 (TUF Gaming A15 FA507RM), with max 140w. Haven't been able to do a detailed testing but it's likely working well.
How do you rdp? I dont want to lose my laptop cuz this guy linked a bad flash
Hi Josh! thank you very much for your contents, i think it's very detailed and awesome, keep the good work man!
and i was considering to purchase g15 as my main computer for 3d modeling and animation, do you think this machine will suits the work?
It would work great for that! The screen’s color are super vibrant and accurate which makes it nice for that. Plus it has a lot of power and portability
@@JoshCravesTech awesome! thank you very much!
Should you undervolt after you do a vbios swap? To control temps? Also thank you very much for your videos I've been living off them for the last couple days.
It's not 100% necessary but yes, I would recommend doing it to control temps a little bit if they're getting up there. Just remember that usually when you get a higher wattage vbios that your GPU will be using a higher clock and mem speed, so overclocking may not be as stable. So it's just like undervolting normally, it will take some trial and error at first.
@@JoshCravesTech bro can you show a undervolt video maybe ?
i know the majority of the video didn't apply to my situation, but I have two working p150em's from Clevo/Sager and need to flash the vbios on one of them, with the working rom on the other, the cards are 675mx, and notoriously stubborn to work with. Thanks for the info in the video.
Hey josh
Could you make an updated version of this video for the new zephyrus g16 (4080/4090 variants)
I’ve been following ur reddit posts and it seems that contrary to most other laptops the vbios flash really helps this laptop given the thermal headroom available.
Also it would be nice to see the performance gain benchmarks in video format along with all the benefits g-helper is bringing to that device.
Amazing stuff ur doing btw ❤
Awesome video
For those ones who have Batttery draining with this modification, even while being plugged, and want to keep your battery life longer, just disable the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Method Battery in the Device Manager Options.
This is interesting, good to know!
Nice
Does it help increase battery life without swaping vbios?
@@donatopirrod Of course as the battery will not be used. It is a way to bypass the battery, although if there is a power cut in your house for whatever reason, remember battery won't save nor avoid the laptop to be switched off, as the battery is not detected. Basically the laptop would be like a desktop pc.
@@xBehliwhat do you mean its help alot?? You make some of the user scratch thier head after doing that, its depend on your laptop if your GPU supported non ACPI-OFF or else your gpu will turn off and it will activate the cpu as your graphics card. Most of the laptop not supported or recommend to turn it off.
Love this channel !! Would this help with streaming and recording in obs?
Thank you! However I’m not sure if increasing GPU wattage would help with streaming/OBS. Maybe increasing ram would help there though since that has more to do with running multiple programs at once.
I been thinking on doing this but before that, how hot were your cpu/gpu temps?
Wow did not think this would work knowing my luck but i manged to go from 80w 3070 to 115w 3070 small change but was enough to gain roughly 20fps in spiderman and my gpu temps only increased a little and my vr games run a lot better thank you for easy and clean tutorial may even try a higher tdp but i know that the 115w works
Absolutely, glad it worked out!
Thanks again i just did asus stix 115-130W and that one work way better than the 115w rom so glad we can do this on laptops @@JoshCravesTech
Great video. What about usb-c ports? After flashing another vbios are they still functional? Because I remember I read somewhere on Reddit that after flash one of ports won't be passing displayport signal.
You’re absolutely correct! I just added a pinned comment. Each vbios affects outputs differently but you can always flash back to regain your outputs
Gigabyte G5 11400F with RTX 3060 105 TDP and now I'm running the vbios from MSI GP series 130w with new pads and custom curved on msi afterburner.
+7 FPS in games
I really liked the Eluktronic 3080 vbios that is 115-165 watt but unfortunately after gaming for a few minutes it gives me a BSOD on my Razer. I tried using DDU but it would not fix the issue so I just went back the 130 watt 3080 Razer vbios and all is well. I really liked the performance increase though and I wonder if there is a way to stop the BSOD and use a higher power vbios? I think you have to use a vbios from your same manufacturer.
does Eluktronic one support DGPU on Blade17?
I also whole heartedly recommend buying a 15 dollar soic 8 pin bios flasher. they can unbrick gpu's and laptops alike. Given you backed up the bios (using the bios flasher as it records essential identitifiers). Unlike with gpus though if you want to flash the actual bios chip do not flash a bios from the internet as it will overwrite those identifiers. Possibly permabricking your laptop.
Helo sir, very much thanks for this content🙏🏻✅
Im wondering a bit about whether you have read some Good/OK rumors of doing custom vBios for rtx2k mobile Gen?
Check all external image outputs, because sometimes they stop working if vbios is wrong. Especially in ASUS via usb-c.
Yeah I added that to my pinned comment! The Strix one makes you lose one USB-C output.
I flashed my razer blade 14 vbios from 100w to 140w MSI one. With the right settings it's running between 115 to 130watts and I can tell you it definitely makes a difference with a few games.
i’m planning to flash my blade 14’s vbios as well. May i ask you what are the thermal differences between the original vbios and MSI’s one? also what settings have you adjusted that grants you the most satisfying result?
@@TheDrakas thermal were around an extra 10c or so when it was running over 100 watts. So I'd say normally it's between 60/70 and now it's more like 70/80.
If left to its own devices it will go over 130 watts in some cases so I'm looking to mess around with the voltage later to lower than a bit. Synapse doesn't seem to make a difference whether it's on low, meduim or high for the GPU.
Just bare in mind, I don't use an external monitor but I think it disables the dedicated GPU option. Again I'm not bothered by this as I don't use an external monitor but just keep that in mind.
@@samhawkes6597 i see, so it actually worth giving a try. Appreciate the info
@@TheDrakas yes, games that are GPU limited definitely see an improvement
@@samhawkes6597 i see. One kore thing i’ve forgotten to ask before, If you choose “balance” profile in Synapse, does it still caps GPU power at around 90W?
One of the MSI vbios in your download folder ran stupid crazy on my Asus g15 3070. I had to mod the laptop to keep temps down and overheat shut off protection. would hit 83c on both gpu and cpu withing 2 mins. I believe its like 165w cause timespy CPU jumped to 11600 and graphics score a heavy 12500. In order for me to handle the temps i disassembled my laptop basically made a desktop out of it with bigger 280w power supply and two 120mm fans running at 5100rpm to maintain the heat. i dont know how long this laptop will last however; there is a stable 140w asus vbios called tuf dash fx15 that runs very very well with display ports working and will run between 120w -140w depending on temps.
Hi there, I know it was a while ago but did you end up using that TUF Dash fx15 140W vbios? How was it if I may ask, did you experience any issues?
@sebastianmaddigan3863 yes that one I used before too. It ran perfectly 👌.. only the left type C port won't display out anymore to a monitor but the right side type c port will. Not saying that the left one won't work anymore it still does. It still works perfect for transferring files for plugging up a controller or cell phone to transfer data
@@sebastianmaddigan3863 if you got good thermal paste for a good replace the temps run pretty good with aggressive boost on but it runs even cooler with it on disabled
I have the zephyrus g15 and just did the vbios flash and am very happy with the outcome. Mass affect andromeda went from 106fps 1440p high setting to 150fps witch is about 29 percent increase. One thing is i noticed that the 200 watt charger cant keep the battery charge when gaming at full load. But a ok trade off cause it is a slow discharge
Which vbios did you use and do you have the 3070 or 3080 g15?
You could get the M16 charger, it's 240 watts.
@@syshock2 i have the 3070
@@gildardo i do have the m16 240 watt charger first thing i thought would solve the problem it did not
@@adamreams715 Oh, I do not have it. I haven't done the flash mod yet.
GPU wattage matters for tuning potential. Max wattage means higher clocks when undervolting. When you disable dynamic boost, max wattage lets your GPU hit its max wattage all the time. AND you can have your CPU NOT share its wattage with the GPU. Kind of like how it was in pascal and largely turing. Max wattage laptops also have better components to handle those high wattages and temps, thus if you add even more wattage to them, they can likely handle it better.
My 3070ti 150w nitro 5 could likely handle another 10-15w more on the GPU provided I did a repaste and tuned it well. Already with heavy tuning (core clocks are up 150mhz to 200mhz more than stock and vram is +1300mhz), the 150w 3070ti is basically within 5% of a desktop 3070 stock/slightly OC'd one (and remember, stock desktop gpu's can still auto OC).
All in all, if you find your GPU doesn't use its max wattage, just disable nvidia dynamic boost. Its the safest way to ''increase'' wattage by letting your GPU use all its power budget without the CPU stealing some of it.
How do you disable dynamic boost?
@@Adolisy Get driver 528.49, go to device manager and disable nvidia platform tools and get msi afterburner and cranknpower slider to 130%
@@Adolisy it used to be a setting in Nvidia Control Panel but my new 4080 lappy doesn't show it. They prolly hid it because of all the Max-Q haters who would see "Max-Q Dynamic Boost" and think the machine was built with one of those severely power limited Max-Q GPUs (65w TDP) as seen in the G15 Zephyrus GA502. Those types of Max-q are not similar. I have not looked but maybe you can still find the Dynamic Boost setting with Nvidia Profile Inspector.
hey where did you get that live wallpaper? it's awesome
I mean the circle one
Oh that one is a stock Windows 11 wallpaper! Definitely my favorite of the ones they have
Hi Josh Cravey, so which vbios do you recommend for the g15 3080? the best heating/performance ratio?
Thank you
I would personally use the Strix one since it’s just a little less wattage than the MSI so it should run cooler
omg!!! just flashed my strix scar 15 3080 from 115w-130w to 150w-175w!
Nice! The Scar has great cooling, so that was a good choice.
thanks for the tutorial!
Do you think flashing the vbios of the RTX 3080 of the lenovo legion 7 on to the Legion 5 pros 3070 would work ?
No, it would have to be a 3070. A 3080 vbios will not work on a 3070 unfortunately, at least not that I’ve heard of
The clevo90w-105w vbios works good on MSI Katana GF66 rtx3070 (stock 80w). The msi125w vbios had too much heat and also too much power consumption that the battery emptied itself (it have only 180w 9a 20v power supply against the other laptops have like 230watt power supplies).
Nice! Glad you found one that worked for you
@@JoshCravesTech in the first time it didnt worked to flash the vbios... maybe its a Windows 11 thing or it was my problem. I just deactivated the nvidia GPU, but had to deactivate and uninstall the nvidia GPU then it was working.
Bro iam currently using katana gf66 rtx 3060 85 w can i change into 90 or 95 w ?
@@sangeofficial1679yes
Just flashed Asus Zephyrus M16 (2021) with Strix G15 115-130 watt and it works nice, 13% increase in blender benchmark. Strange think, M16 has two USB-C ports, looking from side the one on the right was a display port, now after vflash left one is working as display port.
Yeah it’ll do weird things like that sometimes with the ports. But that’s an awesome increase!
It's not all about the if you have enough thermal headroom,I had a msi gf63 rtx 3050 40 watt I flashed a 60 watt vbios but then still it was using 40 watts later I came to know the vrms couldn't handle the 60 watt rtx 3050 and there was a vrm bottleneck
It worked!!! really need this, IDK what happen to bios, recently I can draw 115w, but these days it stuck at 80w, so I'm very mad about it, so yeah when I found this! its back 15% + more performance.
Its pretty hot, from 70c to 79c but I didnt replace my thermal paste yet (still the manufactured paste), so this is a win for me!
but I have a problem, when I switch to my discrete graphics card, my laptop monitor doesnt show up? any fixed to this?
Hey posh Josh, so after about 2 weeks I found myself just going back The the "new stock" vbios. Got a 9600 in timespy and I think I'm happy with that, it's not 10400 but
I found the fan noise to just be WAY too annoying with the 115w-130w bios and my question is.
Will you be updating this info in the future since you have the new 2022 model is it possible to get a copy of that Vbois ? The 120w seems more appealing and I'd like to try it out.
The strix vbios just ramps up the fans even though I'm not hitting high temps the system just wants the fans to run faster and I ain't down for all the noise.
Hi Josh, I have a omen 16.1 3050ti laptop with ryzen 7 5800h and have been getting lower performance in my usual games lately. I stumbled upon this video and was wondering is there a good vbios for my 3050ti gpu which maxes out on 80W. Thank you so much!
In the vbios i upgraded it stand from 90 A to 135 . Hope you can look at that.
I just got zephyrus g15 rtx 3060 but i kinda feel like strix g15 ryzen 9 5900hx and rtx 3060 could have been better.
Same specs but different feel, well which one is better according to u?
Btw i really appreciate your optimization video helped me a lot. Thanks bro
Between those two you really aren’t missing out on much at all. Maybe a few more fps, but nothing noticeable. Strix is a good bit heavier and thicker. Other than that they’re very similar.
Hello,
Very recently I bought Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Gaming that comes with RTX-3060(105W TGP) and an i7-12700H
Which one vBios do you recommend for that? Lenovo's Legions or MSI?
PS; the GPU temps stay around 90-95 on stock, is it still advisable to go ahead and flash? If yeah, how much should wattage should I aim for?
It would be safest to stick with Legion since they’re the same manufacturer. It’s worth a try to see and if it overheats just flash back to stock.
Yo dude, awesome video!
Quick question, I'm planning to get a used 2022 Razer Blade 15. It has an i9 and a 3080ti, but the gpu will only run at 80 to 90 watts when the CPU is active. What vbios would be best for this laptop?
It uses a 230w power brick, I'm hoping to bring it up to 130 watts for the gpu, if possible.
I just finished testing that exact laptop. Well with the i7. The GPU for me ran at like 100-110 watts actually in games. And in balanced mode it was like 80-90 watts and super quiet which was very impressive. I haven’t actually experimented with vbios upgrades on Ti GPU’s yet because last I heard it didn’t work but I’m going to try it on my 2022 G15 soon and see.
But yes for you I would suggest a 130-140 watt vbios. However, the Blade 15 has Advanced Optimus which is tied to the vbios, so you might lose it if you don’t find the right one from another laptop that also has Advanced Optimus. The Blade 17 might be a good vbios to get.
@@JoshCravesTech copy that, thanks. That's really cool!
The config I'm getting doesn't have advanced optimus, the mux switch requires a reboot. Should I still go for the Blade 17 v bios? Where would be a good place to look?
Also which other 130-140 watt vbios do you recommend? My configuration has 16gb of Vram
@@MVGkaiser oh! Ok so you must be getting the 4k or FHD display? If you’re getting the OLED then I’m super jealous. But if there’s no advanced Optimus then yes the Blade 17’s should still work. That kinda opens up the door to more options since it won’t really matter if it has it or not. I think Alienware X15 is around that range also. Maybe the Asus Zephyrus Duo (that one might be 150w). Asus Zephyrus M16’s is like 125 watts. Finding them might be tricky because I’m not sure if many people have uploaded theirs yet.
@@JoshCravesTech Haha yeah, it's the 4k one, not OLED though. I found a used unit at a really good price.
Also noted, thanks man.
Just claimed myself the #1 spot on timespy with the 5800hs 3070 config with this :)
Yooo nice!!!
@@JoshCravesTech I btw really like the modified 115w bios but this disables both usb-c ports to work as display outputs. the 130w bios runs a little too hot for my liking and since the power slider doesnt work in msi afterburner I can't lower it.
do you have a vbios that is around 110-115w (the 100 watt bios makes it run it 85w max) that has working usbc ports by any chance?
@@stijnd5268 have you tried Nvidia driver 527? It enables the power slider in Afterburner
@@JoshCravesTech something else i've had a problem even with the original bios is that only one of the usb-c ports works for display output, the one closest to the usb-a port used to work for a little and then just stopped working (I dont have a way to properly test if there is something wrong with the port but I can still charge the laptop with it). Is this a known issue and is there a way to fix it?
@@stijnd5268 hold power button for 60+ seconds with the laptop on and it usually fixes things like that
Should I be in iGPU mode before I do the vBIOS flash or should I be using the laptop connected to an external display? Does it matter if I use the HDMI or USB-C for the display? I know that USB C bypasses Optimus but I am not sure about the HDMI port. Thanks!
its better to be on intel graphics just incase something goes wrong with vbios flashing atleast you can revert to orignal. i wouldnt have hesistated to flash my vbios if i had a igpu but sadly i tried everything to enable and i couldn't
Hello, i bought rog strix G713QR with 3070. And seems like myAsus app updated vBios and any game have low fps while clock seats on 210 Mhz. I tried to swap to a couple of vbios. I picked them by device id. But it didnt work. Anyone had this problem?
My MSI GP66 is 140W and its already undervolted CPU reaches 96 ,97C occasionally, so I underclocked gpu 5% and cpu 2% to get get rid off thermal throttling on CPU. there is an option to overclock the GPU and Vram inside the MSI center, but cant use it. what do you think about using liquid metal ? did you used any ? How often I have to repaste If I used LM?
i got gygabite g5 kc with 105w boost version. vbios it with clevo 115w version stock and boost and undervolt it. free fps boost and the cpu seems to push further. its overall equivalent to little upgrade. before i have drops under 60 fps in some games , now almost never. changed the stock ram also with kingston fury and it perfomce like dekstop
My card is showing but i can't open Nvidia control panel or do anything with it
Hello josh, can you please make a video on how to unlock a bios to undervolt a cpu ( I have a gigabyte aero 15 oled i7 11th rtx 3070)
Hey Josh. If you were to change the thermal paste on the G15 which would you recommend for a repasting?
I would stick with liquid metal: thermal grizzly
@@JoshCravesTech Thanks man. Will repaste with it. A repasting video will also be greatly appreciated haha
Can you undervolt your gpu with the strix vbios installed? would that yield better results and temperatures?
Want to know too
Managed to do it, timespy came at 11,080 and most games got a nice bump in fps, specially gpu intensive games, I noticed that after a while gaming my battery was draining while playing, any ideas on a fix for this? Maybe a higher wattage charger?
Hey i need help so i got this lenovo ideapad gaming 3i it has 3050ti 90 wattage what would be the best bios for it and best wattage?
Hello !
I have an question. Can I change my vBios in 1650 mobile GDDR6 device id 10DE 1F99 to vBios for device id: 10DE 1F9D ?
I've got rog g15 3070ti 2022 with 125+25 default tdp is there any chance to get the new 2023 scar or rog 4080 4090 with 150+30 vbios on it ? and btw after disabling cpu boost i hear a strange buzzing sound (defiantly not fans or ssd) when i use the armoury crate profile without cpu agressive boost should i be carefull and not use disable cpu boost did u had the same problem or anything similar?
Thanks for the video. Have you used Lenovo Legion 5 Pro vbios? Because that laptop also have 2 Type-C with DP unlike Strix G15.
I haven’t heard of anyone having success with that personally. Even though some laptops might line up with their ports, it doesn’t always function as it should. But if you’re willing to try, let me know how it goes!
@@JoshCravesTech Sure i'll let you know, and btw which type c port that won't passing display output after flashing?
@@plays5501 each one affects a different port. I think on the Strix one only the bottom works and on the MSI vbios only the top one works
Did you try it in the end?
i don't know if you are still replying on this older video section or not but i will give it a shot, so i am planning to v-bios mod a zephyrus g15 with 3080 and 8gb or vram, it capped between 80-100w which is very low, what i concern is , if i am going to do vbios mod, would going to a strix's 16gb vram v-bios is fine or i guess it have to be the same exact (identical) spec vram wise?
It needs to be the same, do not use a vbios with a different vram amount! It needs to match RTX 3070 to 3070
hi, got anything on the Acer Predator Helios 300 (3080rtx) or the acer nitro 5 (3070rtx) ?
first ones runs on a max q maybe like 100w and the second is even worse, 80w maybe xd
it has a nice 230 watt adapter tho, so i think even 130-140 could work ?
Well I have a 2021 Razer Blade Advanced and I am using the Razer 130 watt vbios with no problems on a 230 watt power brick but I do not actually hit 130 watts, I reach 115.
Hi I'm trying to flash my HP OMEN AMD5800H rtx 3070 max:100W
And even when I use the protectoff command..
*which works btw, after entering nvflash plus the rom filename, I get "nvflash exception caught" "nothing changed" using the nvflash from inside your zip, the modified nvflash off Techpowerup doesn't even recognize display adaptors despite them both showing up in device manager.
Any ideas?
Thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks for this bro! Just please talk slower less cuts when you edit. People breath in real life so the brain has time to analyze the info I got the 115-130 watt vbios and we'll see how it goes ! I might push it harder and get some 3080 profiles as long as battery drain isn't to severe, I've wanted to do this upgrade for a while just lacked a good solid guide, so thanks again!
Up over 550 points in timespy lol !!!
( 10180 ) 😁👍* also upgraded ram to 24gb
Dope! Yeah my pet peeve is slow tutorials so I might have overcompensated there a bit lol 😂 thank you for that though! Glad it’s working out for you!
@Josh Cravey rocked a 10442 !!! Thanks to your help. Bless ya brah! It's nice when others exists to help instead of tramble and beat down 💫
what should i download from techpowerup? Acer nitro 5 up to 140w
where did u get the vbios from
it says 'nvflash' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I had a question about your bricked laptop Did you fix it or try connecting an external display?. And is it possible to flash stock bios without back up?.
That has worked for some people but it did not for me. And yes you can flash your stock vbios as long as you have the rom file. Anyone with the same laptop with the same GPU would have the same vbios file.
Hello Josh ! Just got a 2022 G15 with 6900 hs and rtx 3080 120 w . What vbios you think is the right one for this ? something around 140-160w it s too much ?
I think it might be worth trying a 140w. 160 might be too much though.
Hey Josh, any idea about why there is No one posting or unboxing or reviewing the asus rog zephyrus g15 2022?✌️
It’s not out yet. I think they just don’t have enough of the new Ryzen 6000 chips manufactured yet. Dave2D is the only one who’s gotten one so far.
Hi Josh. Do you know is there any chance to upgrade my Asus tuf 3050 (60w) boost mode 75w little higher? At max my GPU has 70-75 celcius so i think there is a chance to put more voltage
Possibly. You’ll have to search and see if others have done a vbios swap on their 3050. I personally don’t have any.
hey i have asus vivobook with rtx 3050 4gb max tdp rn is 50 w how much can i increase? and yeah please suggest whos vbios should i take
Hi Josh, can You answer me a question?
When i play some demanding gpu games use 100w but after a time playing it goes to 80-89w whit this tutorial the problem may fixes?
Yeah, it might be worth it for you to try out the Razer vbios then. See how it performs cause it should stay around 100-110 watts with that one
can i use vbios asus scar 115-130 watt rtx, my specs is intel i9 11th gen with rtx 3060 80-95 watt. The things that make me worry is the scar series use amd for CPU and my laptop use intel as cpu.
i use an hp victus 16 3050 75w model and i recently flashed vbios of an asus g14 with a tgp of 95w and it flashed successfully but when i run a game it only runs at the basic 75w not at 95w as it should ? do you know what might be going wrong ?
Hey josh i buyed the asus scar 17 with i9 and 3070 ti what do you think abou this laptop? Heard many bad things like bad thermals
No that thing is an absolute beast. Probably one of the best laptops of the year. It outperforms many 3080’s from 2021.
Sorry all message bro! But now it only stand up to 140watt :) But hope you can give me some advice man. Understand i you right when i think to use msi 140w on acer? is that possiable?
Which vbios do you recommend to increase fps in an asus rog strix scar g733qs rtx 3080 16gb 130w?
I wouldn’t push it too much maybe 140w or 150w if available. Connecting to an external monitor would help too with that one.
Thank you josh for your awesome videos!
I've bought a zephyrus g15 (2021 version) around a month ago. Since the first days, I noticed something strange with the display.
Every once in a while (like maybe 1 or two times a day) I would see maybe one or two black horizontal lines appear on screen that suddenly disappear. Since they disappear very fast and it doesn't happen much often, I first thought its probably my imagination!
It's not bothersome currently, but I'm worried it might get worse.
I had a terrible experience with the display of a MSI laptop, the issue kept coming back after changing the flat cable or even after changing the display itself. So this problem is really worrying me.
Anyone had this problem with a g15 before?
Hmm haven’t heard of that before. Hopefully it’s not a GPU error. See if it ever happens when you’re in MSHybrid “Eco” mode (iGPU mode)
@@JoshCravesTech yeah it does, most of the time I use the igpu. So I guess it's a problem with the display, or maybe the flat cable.
I got a msi gf63 thin in which gpu is set to limit of 40 w, how much should be safe to Increase
Hey, I decided to use the 115w Modified vbios and theres one thing im worried about, and thats the VRM temperatures. Because this is a Max Q card, increasing the VRM/GPU Memory frequencies from 6000 to 7000. Will this be an issue in the near future?
Shouldn't be an issue. You can always underclock your vram using MSI Afterburner as well.
Nice video man, new sub but i have a quick questions
i have a msi sword 15 laptop which has a rtx 3060 and its 85 maximum wats
if i change the vbios to the rtx 3060 115-130 wats vbios you linked in your zip, do you think it will handle it?
and would the UEFI bios change? or will it reset my graphics card configuration from nvidia panel or something? sorry if im annoying
That’s a big step up! But it’s worth trying. The worst that would happen is that it would thermal throttle, so you’d have to run some benchmarks to see what the temperatures and performance look like. Nothing would change in the bios. Your Nvidia Control Panel would just show different wattage numbers.
@@JoshCravesTech Thank you so much man ill be thinking of changing the vbios i hope it gives good results
Bro if ur success plz tell me too msi katana gf66 rtx 3060 85w max i want to increase it upto 90 to 95 w
@@sangeofficial1679 was a small change but worth it, I got 5-10 extra fps and temperatures just increased by 1 Celsius
@@sepogat7917 which laptop ur using
Do you know how I can bump my gl66 plus fire from 85 to 100w it’s a rtx3070
Hello Josh ! I am using heaven benchmark software to compare performance but I am getting a huge performance drop after updating vbios and when I am restoring it to original bios everything gets normal . I have msi gf 65 thin 75w laptop I have downloaded at least 3-4 vBIOS , It gets successfully installed and when I check my TGP after it gets changed . Do you know what could be the reason?
Sounds like thermal throttling to me. Maybe it can’t handle the higher heat output, so try a vbios with lower wattage
excellent video . do you know how can VBIOSmy LAPTOP ASUS ROG 17 3081TI 150W?
THANKS
A thing to do is disable nvidia platform controllers and framework on your rtx 3000 laptop GPU. This basically disables dynamic boost. Now my nitro 5 with the 3070ti hits its 150w tdp almost all the time. AND your CPU can still boost well and use its own power. So the shared TDP between the GPU and CPU is removed, netting a perf gain.
Also undervolted the GPU and vram. Got a nice perf increase.
Yes but on some laptops (or maybe all?) when you disable Nvidia platform controller then the GPU only runs at the lowest dynamic boost amount. So if a GPU is 100-120w, it’ll run at 100w flat. BUT if you use Nvidia driver 528.49 it unlocks the TGP slider in MSI Afterburner and from there you can manually max out your TGP after disabling framework, giving you max TGP 24/7.
@@JoshCravesTech Indeed. One of the reasons I hate updating any piece of software.
And trust me, I LOVE seeing my 3070ti max out its 150w.
Also, just curious, why did nvidia disable the power sliders on further updates? I mean we're within range of the gpu power.
@@siyzerix yeah idk why but from what I understand it was an accident. Nvidia loves to lock down mobile GPUs as much as they can. I’m hoping they “accidentally” unlock it again at some point because that driver is going to get pretty outdated within a few months or so.
@@JoshCravesTech Yeah, and that's why I was looking for a vbios. Is there a way to disable nvidia's crappy dynamic boost permanantly? Its literally worse than useless. Its detrimental.
Cause I know that driver will become outdated.
@@siyzerix so flashing a vbios will sometimes allow things to run as if there is no dynamic boost. For example on my Flow X16 with the 3070 Ti, when I flashed the Zephyrus Duo vbios (150w), not only did my GPU wattage go up, but my CPU wattage also went way up. From there you can update your Nvidia drivers just like normal, but in order to avoid too much throttling you may have to downclock your GPU using the voltage editor or something. For me I used Manual mode in Asus Armoury Crate to kind of control things a little more. It’s a nice performance jump though!
I need help , ASUS Messed up my RTX 3070 Ti made boost clock at 1035! and running below 80Watts even tho it's capable of 120Watts! Which is really slow!! and i can't find a compatible BIOS :/ used to have usage 80/100 Watts before BIOS Update
hey man great video! if i go into my nvidia control panel and set all the gpu preferences to auto select will this work as "hybrid mode" so that if i mess up the nvidia vBIOS up it will boot with the intel UHD integrated graphics?
No unfortunately, the mux switch (hybrid vs dGPU) is set in either your BIOS or your laptop’s control center software only.
@@JoshCravesTech awesome thanks for the reply! unfortunately if the nvidia control panel doesnt count i do not have a mux switch. I checked my bios for a hybrid mode, and an msi tutorial for how to do it through the msi center, and i simply dont have the option. i have an msi laptop gf65 3060 75W and i want to flash to an Asus RTX 3060 with a 95 W limit. my power cord is 180w and under full load my gpu and cpu consume about 130w together and the overhead of 40w i hear is to be able to charge while under use. so if my reasoning is correct i think i can add 20watts of power consumption on the GPU and be okay even if not charging at the fastest rate. In your opinion, not having the hybrid mode, and doing a flash with a vBIOS that to my knowledge is untested (i got it off tech power up idk if that makes a difference), do you think its too risky? i also understand no matter what happens i cant blame you (and wont) im just looking for an experienced opinion.
@@JoshCravesTech hey my man just a follow up, do you think you could give me an opinion real quick? thanks and i hope you enjoyed the holidays!
@@brielslovak2649 hey! Yeah so Asus and MSI vbios for the most part are pretty compatible from my experience and others I’ve seen. An extra 20 watts sounds feasible, but you’re right, it sounds like you don’t have a mux switch. However, not having a mux switch is okay. You can still flash a vbios from a laptop that does have a mux switch and be fine, since it’s controlled at the BIOS level. In my opinion, I’d think that’s a safe bet. Always nicer to know which laptop it comes from but I’ve taken the risk plenty of times myself without knowing either!
@@JoshCravesTech thanks dude all great things to consider have good one and great content!
Awesome video! I decided to go with the Razer 110w vBios, but whenever I actually play games like Cyberpunk and Control, it usually stays at 94-95w instead of boosting to 100-110w with CPU Boost off. Is something wrong with any configurations or is it supposed to be like this? The 80-100w is able to boosts up to 100w with CPU boost off, while the Razer 110w is averaging about 94w. (Dynamic Boost is enabled in device manager)
It’s good that you checked device manager and cpu boost on/off. The only other thing you need to check is if maybe it’s just reporting it wrong. First open Nvidia Control Panel and check the system information window to make sure it is indeed 110w max. Then run a Time Spy benchmark and see if your GPU score is higher than before. If it’s a decent amount higher, then it’s probably working and it’s just not reporting the actual wattage.
@@JoshCravesTech Yes, everything is reported good. Max is 130w (110w basically), Base Wattage is 90w but it doesn't go above or below that even with dynamic boost on and cpu boost off, and my timespy scores are definitely higher. About 9,600 to 10,100/200. One thing I did find out is that, the system IS able to pull 110w after a system shut down/restart but once I launch a new game it will go back to 95w.
@@jacoble4549 interesting. So if scores are higher then maybe it’s working. How are temps?
@@JoshCravesTech Temps are good. GPU reaches 73-74 at 90w, and if it's able to boost upto 110w (After a system restart) then about 77-78.
@@jacoble4549 interesting… it might be working. You tried any other vbios roms?
I have MSI GL66 rtx3070 edition locked at 80w. Can i apply the same procedure to my laptop to increase wattage ? Please reply. Thanks
Yeah same question
my results for rtx 3070 strix 130w vbios time spy score = 10 740
vbios msi-140w time spy score =11 521, but the issue with msi 140w didn't display right wattage and temps, so after the benchmark, I reinstall strix 130w vbios for safety 😅
also, I repaste CPU with Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut, GPU with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut VRAM with K5 PRO before changing vbios ,CPU temp before around 95-96 at max after 87 at max
Hmm I don't understand. Is this also applicable to Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6 laptop? If possible, which one to choose from all of these?
For Lenovo I would recommend searching Reddit to find one that is tested already. If you can’t find one, any Lenovo vbios of the same GPU SHOULD be compatible, but it’s not guaranteed.
Hi im just wondering what is your opinion on new zephyrus g14 (2022) with best spec, will it outperforme your underwolted g15 ? thx for answer
currently i want to buy a gaming laptop but dont know whitch one would be better or faster
The new G14 is awesome. Amazing for how small it is, and the performance is very closely matched to the G15. The G15 pulls ahead in most games, but not by much and in some games the G14 does actually pull ahead. The biggest difference though is that Nvidia GPUs have DLSS which is basically free fps. AMD has their own version called FSR but it’s not as good.
@@JoshCravesTech one thing i wanna say thanks for info that you givin in your videos about performance boost ram upgrades etc. This things and with this much detail in videos you ste only guy with this good type of content 😀 Hope to see more thing about laptop tuning 😀 🤟
Could you edit the file for some RTX 3050 vbios? I keep trying to download the links but 7-zip keeps giving me errors.