eVGA releases GTX 460 BIOS update - calls it Free Performance Boost

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/06/2010 10:42 AM | source: | 0 comment(s)

If you bought a regular clocked GeForce GTX 460 from eVGA then good news, they decided to increase the clock frequencies to be a little more competitive. eVGA slapped it all arround a marketing program called Free Performance Boost.

This program simply entails a BIOS update applying higher clocks on the GTX 460 SKUs. Here it is, the EVGA 460 FPB Update, changelist as follows:

Core/Processor clock increased to 720/1440 (Part numbers 768-P3-1360-XX and 01G-P3-1371-XX Only)
Fanspeed unlocked to allow up to 100%
Download the correct .zip file below for your graphics card:

         768-P3-1360-XX - EVGA GeForce GTX 460
         768-P3-1362-XX - EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked
         01G-P3-1371-XX - EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB EE (External Exhaust)
         01G-P3-1373-XX - EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked 1024MB EE (External Exhaust)

Extract the files to a location on disk.
Make sure no programs are running in the background, and double click update.exe.
Press "Y" to begin the update.
DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR RESET DURING THE FLASH PROCESS!
After update, restart PC.
Reinstall the latest NVIDIA graphics drivers after bootup.

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