Monday, August 6th 2012
GIGABYTE Outs Corrective BIOS Update for GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X OC
Apparently, GIGABYTE's GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X OC graphics card (model: GV-N670OC-2GD) is riddled with stability issues that can only be corrected with a graphics card BIOS update. The stability issues apparently relate to the way the GPU is addressing overclocked Hynix GDDR5 memory chips. The company released a pair of BIOS files, version F4 based on NVIDIA source BIOS 80.04.31.00.58 and version F12 based on NVIDIA source BIOS 80.04.31.00.09. The two were posted recently, but are date-stamped 13-Jul-2012. The two don't change the clock speeds the card ships with: 980 MHz core, 1058 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory. Graphics card BIOS updating is a trickier process than motherboard BIOS updates, and you need to be really sure what you're doing. Find the BIOS files, and related documentation in the link below.DOWNLOAD: BIOS updates for GV-N670OC-2GD
39 Comments on GIGABYTE Outs Corrective BIOS Update for GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X OC
Sounds like a complete cluster-f*&^ by Gigabyte. I'd serriously avoid this card till they at least admit they are having issues and promise to fix them either with another bios update or replacing all the faulty ones with new ones that are fixed!
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423
If you're looking for a GTX 670 this is a safer and arguably better one:
ASUS GTX670-DC2-2GD5 GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit G...
If I get the offer of a refund I'm probably going to pick up one myself.
edit:-
in msi aferburner the first card bios is showing 80.04.31.00.58
and the second card is showing 80.04.19.00.0f
so I guess only the first card flashed.
Should I revert the first card to the original one or how do I update the second card?
edit:-
I just reverted the first card back to the original bios with the vga@bios program and think I'll leave it at that as I was not having any issues to begin with anyway so I guess if it's not broke, don't fix it :)
Running pci-e 2.0 and has been fine since day one touch wood.
After the BIOS flash (F10 to F12) with the 304.79 drivers all seems OK.
Thanks for this.
After that's done swap the cards over and flash the secondary. Really you should do it with just one card in the system at a time.
As I wasn't having any issues to begin with I think I'll leave them as they are because I don't want to have to take apart my waterloop to flash each of them.
Think I will leave it as is until I have an issue that might need a bios flash to resolve, until then I won't bother.
Thanks for the info though.