Quadro M4000 - Modification and OC'ing

[Technofuzz]

GPU: Nvidia Quadro M4000 8GB (glorified GTX 970)
Cooler: Modified GTX 770 Heatsink

-increased TGP to 150W (up from 120W)
-core clock increased 775mhz ->1300mhz
-mem clock increased 3000mhz ->3300mhz
-temps w/ OEM heatsink 79C/88C @ 135W/1200mhz
-temps/w 770 heatsink 52C/58C @ 150W/1300mhz

I had an ASUS GTX 970 heatsink from a dead 970, but it would not fit.

Just some fun i've been having. Performance is a ton better, about 50-60% faster.

Thoughts: didnt really think a GTX 970 level of a card could benefit/use more than 4GB, but while playing Palworld @ 1080p Medium w/ epic view distance + high textures it hits about 6GB of VRAM. I do have an EVGA GTX 970 that i can compare to, but havent done so yet. Palworld hits about 55-60fps outside of base and 45-50fps inside the base.

 

[damric]

Both of the M4000s I modded do 1500MHz core, 1750MHz memory, so you might have a bit more left in the tank. Been running folding@home for over a year like that so very stable.

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The nice thing about these is that there isn't a weird cut-down of the ROPs where part of the VRAM is slower like that of the GTX 970. Yeah the stock cooler is trash but good enough at stock and hell it's single slot. The only thing I don't like is the dangling six pin connector.

 

[Technofuzz]

Both of the M4000s I modded do 1500MHz core, 1750MHz memory, so you might have a bit more left in the tank. Been running folding@home for over a year like that so very stable.

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The nice thing about these is that there isn't a weird cut-down of the ROPs where part of the VRAM is slower like that of the GTX 970. Yeah the stock cooler is trash but good enough at stock and hell it's single slot. The only thing I don't like is the dangling six pin connector.

I was going to solder a 6-pin on them from some other GPUs i had lying around, but was thinking what if i soldered an 8-pin? not sure if the board would allow higher TGP. What TGP and voltage are you running? also temps?
-thanks

 

[damric]

I was going to solder a 6-pin on them from some other GPUs i had lying around, but was thinking what if i soldered an 8-pin? not sure if the board would allow higher TGP. What TGP and voltage are you running? also temps?
-thanks

I basically removed the power limit by setting it to something insane, but they only draw around 150W regardless. The voltage I max'd out but the driver still limits it to like 1.21v or something but it's plenty enough.

Temps are nothing notable because I put cheap water blocks on them. Maybe like 50C max but usually 40-45.

 

[Technofuzz]

I basically removed the power limit by setting it to something insane, but they only draw around 150W regardless. The voltage I max'd out but the driver still limits it to like 1.21v or something but it's plenty enough.

Temps are nothing notable because I put cheap water blocks on them. Maybe like 50C max but usually 40-45.

Removed the wire and tried to solder a 6-pin onto the PCB, this did not work. However, soldering an 8-pin did work and unlocking the 87W draw (in bios) from the PCIe cable did work. It now draws roughly 125W from the PCIe and maxes out around 175W. increasing the Power did help overall. Also got a couple dead gtx 760's and the PNY gtx 760 was a 1:1 for the m4000 PCBs, so both the heatsink and front plate work, unfortunately one of the fans were dead so i used/modified an EVGA GTX 760 heatsink. Temps are decent, but the VRMs get pretty toasty....hitting 100C. I will probably lower the the wattage though cuz 100C on the VRMs is a little too toasty for me....

 

[damric]

Removed the wire and tried to solder a 6-pin onto the PCB, this did not work. However, soldering an 8-pin did work and unlocking the 87W draw (in bios) from the PCIe cable did work. It now draws roughly 125W from the PCIe and maxes out around 175W. increasing the Power did help overall. Also got a couple dead gtx 760's and the PNY gtx 760 was a 1:1 for the m4000 PCBs, so both the heatsink and front plate work, unfortunately one of the fans were dead so i used/modified an EVGA GTX 760 heatsink. Temps are decent, but the VRMs get pretty toasty....hitting 100C. I will probably lower the the wattage though cuz 100C on the VRMs is a little too toasty for me....

Yeah I did have to glue some small heat sinks on the VRMs and VRAM

 

[slappy]

GPU: Nvidia Quadro M4000 8GB (glorified GTX 970)
Cooler: Modified GTX 770 Heatsink

-increased TGP to 150W (up from 120W)
-core clock increased 775mhz ->1300mhz
-mem clock increased 3000mhz ->3300mhz
-temps w/ OEM heatsink 79C/88C @ 135W/1200mhz
-temps/w 770 heatsink 52C/58C @ 150W/1300mhz

I had an ASUS GTX 970 heatsink from a dead 970, but it would not fit.

Just some fun i've been having. Performance is a ton better, about 50-60% faster.

Thoughts: didnt really think a GTX 970 level of a card could benefit/use more than 4GB, but while playing Palworld @ 1080p Medium w/ epic view distance + high textures it hits about 6GB of VRAM. I do have an EVGA GTX 970 that i can compare to, but havent done so yet. Palworld hits about 55-60fps outside of base and 45-50fps inside the base.

are you using Bios tweaker because i cannot get much out of it with msi afterburner

 

[Technofuzz]

are you using Bios tweaker because i cannot get much out of it with msi afterburner

yeah there's a full bios editor for the pascal (gtx 900) generation GPUs. Thats what you use to edit the bios. If you are using the stock heatsink, i would keep it around 110W, 1100mhz, 2800mhz ram. Thats about the max i saw before thermal headroom disappears. Be aware your GPU fan will be on max no matter what..

 

[ex-basis]

yeah there's a full bios editor for the pascal (gtx 900) generation GPUs. Thats what you use to edit the bios. If you are using the stock heatsink, i would keep it around 110W, 1100mhz, 2800mhz ram. Thats about the max i saw before thermal headroom disappears. Be aware your GPU fan will be on max no matter what..

Hi I have just changed my card to M4000 in my HP Workstation and I wonder how much benefit is changing 772 to 1300 Mhz GPU Clock not in games but in professional apps like Adobe Creative. Is it measurable and, above all, noticeable? I got 5000 score in Superposition Benchmark at 1080p medium preset now achieving 30-47 FPS, changing that GPU clock would change much in there? I wouldn't want to mess anything up or burn it for 10% speed gain I will never noticed…


EDIT: I'd not be myself if I didn't check it by myself… a quick online tutorial done and now I'm already on 1100MHz GPU Clock boost. Nothing has exploded yet. Superposition Benchmark shows 32% score gain from 5000 to 6600 with noticeable 40-62 FPS. GPU max temp 79°C, normal usage as usual around 30-35°C. So maybe it'd be interesting case for anybody who hesitate as I did. Hope to all works well indeed but I won't think I'd dare for more than this 1100MHz with stock fan. Anyway at first glance I don't think it significant improves my overall experience in Adobe Creative apps, but if it won't harm my gear and system stability I'd have at least a sense of 32% faster M4000 than stock one

 

[Technofuzz]

Hi I have just changed my card to M4000 in my HP Workstation and I wonder how much benefit is changing 772 to 1300 Mhz GPU Clock not in games but in professional apps like Adobe Creative. Is it measurable and, above all, noticeable? I got 5000 score in Superposition Benchmark at 1080p medium preset now achieving 30-47 FPS, changing that GPU clock would change much in there? I wouldn't want to mess anything up or burn it for 10% speed gain I will never noticed…


EDIT: I'd not be myself if I didn't check it by myself… a quick online tutorial done and now I'm already on 1100MHz GPU Clock boost. Nothing has exploded yet. Superposition Benchmark shows 32% score gain from 5000 to 6600 with noticeable 40-62 FPS. GPU max temp 79°C, normal usage as usual around 30-35°C. So maybe it'd be interesting case for anybody who hesitate as I did. Hope to all works well indeed but I won't think I'd dare for more than this 1100MHz with stock fan. Anyway at first glance I don't think it significant improves my overall experience in Adobe Creative apps, but if it won't harm my gear and system stability I'd have at least a sense of 32% faster M4000 than stock one

Ram Overclocking is important too. The Base speed on the ram is pretty slow.

 

[ex-basis]

Ram Overclocking is important too. The Base speed on the ram is pretty slow.

Hi. The base RAM MHz is 3000 am I right? It must be doubled from 1500 MHz as it is DDR. I didn't change it yet due to earlier recommendations and my present BIOS setting looks like this just CPU boost clock changed to 1100 MHz. I've found some other BIOS mods where I could see RAM clock at 3300MHz and power table P00 set to max. 1600mV is it what you mean? Is it safe voltage mod for stock 400W power supply and 6-pin connector? Does this extra 300MHz make any real difference and still with no harm to GPU with stock cooling?