EVGA GTX 1070 FTW bios

[uptlak]

Hello, I have this GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW
and this GPU have dual BIOS. it has little switch next to power input

I want to ask u, in what position is slave bios and master bios.
And can u explain me diferences between those two bioses ?

Thank you

 

[greens]

Its for guys who do custom BIOSes so they don't brick their nice new GPU. You can do neat things like get rid of voltage restrictions so you can melt your card against its will.

Just leave it on master and be happy.

 

[Math Geek]

wxactly, if you wish to play with custom bios, you'd load it onto the second bios slot (slave one) then if it does not work, you can switch back to the first one. makes it easier to tinker and not brick the card. if you know nothing about custom bios type stuff, then it is best to leave it alone and work with the one it shipped with

 

[uptlak]

So the default possition is master BIOS? Am I right? And if I switch to slave BIOS I can play with OC?
Is it impossible to OC in master BIOS? Can I OC more in slave BIOS?
I bought it it specialy for 2x8 PIN for better OC but this is my first dual BIOS card so I want to be sure about that.

 

[Math Geek]

there is likely no bios on the second slot until you put one there. and the stock bios would not be any different on the second slot. you would have to edit the bios yourself enabling whatever you wish to change about it, then and only then can you take your chances with overclocking the card. so far i have not seen anyone doing this with the card with any success. even upping the voltage limits have no netted any real world performance games.

you need to do some serious learning about what a bios is, how to edit one, what is worth editing and what to avoid and so on before trying anything like this. it is not a simple process or everyone would be doing it.

i have not seen the bios slots refereed to as master and slave. simply the 1st and 2nd slot. master/slave implies a dependency on each other. this is not the case at all. it's kind of like dual booting 2 versions of windows, you chose which one to use at start-up and work with it. then you're free to change to the other one next time. 1st slot is best left stock to ensure it always works. only the 2nd slot should be used to edit and tinker with the bios.

 

[Gavin Mazey]

Hello, I have this GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW
and this GPU have dual BIOS. it has little switch next to power input

I want to ask u, in what position is slave bios and master bios.
And can u explain me diferences between those two bioses ?

Thank you

I have this card and can answer your questions. None of these replies are 100% correct.

Default Master bios is with switch forward toward the io. Slave is backward toward the power connectors.

Default master bios has the power target % when overclocking to 112% max
Slave bios is almost identical aside from increasing the power target to 122% thus allowing higher OC.

I am personally running mine on the slave bios 24/7 with power target set to 122% in precision x and it boosts too 2000mhz on its own without me touching the core clock offset.

Also the slave bios seems to keep the fans on 24/7 instead of keeping them off till 60c.