TL;DR: ASUS's custom 800W XOC BIOS for the ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 enables significantly higher GPU boost clocks and power limits. Enthusiasts have successfully flashed this BIOS onto various ...

Some Radeon RX 9070 owners have been testing out a risky but interesting tweak: flashing their card with the RX 9070 XT’s vBIOS. This doesn’t magically unlock more compute units, but it does raise the ...

When you start your system, first, it performs the checksum test of the BIOS. If the checksum test is incorrect, it is assumed that the BIOS is corrupt and the hidden ...

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It turns out the 1,000W special BIOS used for the ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 also works on other RTX 5090 GPUs, though the results aren't necessarily what one would expect. In one instance, YouTuber ...

ASUS recently saw an unofficial firmware profile surface for its ROG Astral RTX 5090D graphics card that’s sure to catch the eye of extreme-overclocking fans. This firmware, known as an XOC (extreme ...

There are certain computer tasks that even professional technicians don't like tackling. For myself, one of the most nerve-wracking was updating a computer's BIOS. The BIOS is like a primitive ...

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The AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series comes with two models: a basic version and a more powerful XT version. The XT model stands out for its higher number of Compute Units (CUs), with 64 CUs compared to the ...

Graphics Cards Nvidia is reportedly looking to cut gaming GPU production by up to 40% in 2026 due to VRAM supply issues, but it's not as bad news as you might think. Not yet, at least Graphics Cards ...

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