Slacor Wonder how hard it would be to search the posts table with a regex?

I'll see about editing the wiki after I get Hugo installed on here.

    JTL Wonder how hard it would be to search the posts table with a regex?

    That was my thinking too,
    This is a messy regex I came up with that I'm going to search with

    degen Well you beat me to the punch, I just grepped your posts 👍

    JTL I'll see about editing the wiki after I get Hugo installed on here.

    You can just edit in the browser too, although it misses out on showing shortcodes and such.

      Slacor It's funny because I would have had to have scrolled past it as I included AgentX20's BIOS version in my compilation, and his post was right before mine in the Nvidia Dithering thread. Anyway, I appreciate that you and @JTL were looking for and found it.

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        Slacor changed the title to 970 VBIOS .
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        Hi, I'm a little confused about there VBIOS numberings, could someone please verify if 84.04.28.00.54 counts as a 'good' version?

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          james34 Do you have a card with such a VBIOS version or are you considering purchasing one?

          My research says that was built on 2014-10-22 so it's probably one of the "good" versions, so if you have a card with such a VBIOS I'd be curious to hear your feedback.

            I found differences between 970 cards with different RAM manufacturers, so I wouldn't hold the VBIOS to be the sole indicator on good vs bad gear.

            Me, I have a theory that there's more configuration held in the video card that can change - outside of the VBIOS itself. This is how good cards can go bad, perhaps as a result of a new video driver changing the underlying card configuration.

            But - as I say - this is just my pet theory as a result of strange experiences over the years with stuff that used to work, not working after changes, and still not working after rolling back to the original OS configuration.

              AgentX20 I found differences between 970 cards with different RAM manufacturers, so I wouldn't hold the VBIOS to be the sole indicator on good vs bad gear.

              I think the RAM is a red herring unless something consistent with that can be demonstrated.

              You may be right, but I have had multiple Gigabyte G1 Gaming cards, and there certainly seemed to be some sort of correlation.

              All of them (2 or more) with Hynix ram caused eye strain.

              All of them (3) with Samsung ram were OK.

              Most were 1.0 hardware, though I do recall there were some 1.1 (the latter were all eye strain inducing) version cards in the mix. It was a while ago so I cannot recall all the permutations.

              It's the nature of this dilemma that we go looking for any such patterns right!?

                JTL I was looking to buy one, but based on your response this card is a no-go 🙁
                thank you for the reply!

                The seller said it's rev 1.1, and based on the pictured gpu-z it's hynix memory, release date sep 19.

                Edit: If not for it being rev 1.1 I would just risk it but now It's back to square one.

                AgentX20 It's the nature of this dilemma that we go looking for any such patterns right!?

                Yes.

                Me, I have a theory that there's more configuration held in the video card that can change - outside of the VBIOS itself. This is how good cards can go bad, perhaps as a result of a new video driver changing the underlying card configuration.

                If that actually is the case, it's going to be much harder to solve. Video cards are enough of a black box on their own, and Nvidia don't really work with outsiders all that well (but what major tech company does?)

                Tell you what. If you have an alleged 9xx card that was "turned bad" from a software update, take an old computer that can run Windows 7, install known good Nvidia drivers from circa 2014 or so and see if it's still "bad". If it is I have some ideas on how a VBIOS dump could potentially isolate any differences.

                Another idea I've been curious about for quite some time is if a reliable correlation of VBIOS versions between good cards and bad cards can be found, it may be possible to attempt to convert a bad card into a good card. It's not for the faint of heart and is just an idea, but I have some understanding on how this could be done, how to avoid bricking (well, I would be more concerned about doing the reverse and losing a "good" card), etc.

                As @degen said above: two of the reported "good" cards have a VBIOS dating from 2014 and two of the reported "bad" cards have VBIOS's from 2015 and 2016, so maybe there is credence to my theory. Need more data.

                This all being said, the 9xx series are rather old, and given the mixed reports on newer cards I'm not holding much hope there at all. The silver lining is the 970 makes an interesting case study because we have an initial version that was "good" and through some mechanism later units were "bad", hence my proposal to investigate this.

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                  AgentX20 I currently found a seller with a card matching those parameters, Samsung memory rev 1.0 VBIOS is 84.04.1F.00.84, will check back if I got my hands on it and was able to test.

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                    james34 84.04.1F.00.84 = 2014-09-17

                    Certainly looks like a good chance.

                      JTL This all being said, the 9xx series are rather old, and given the mixed reports on newer cards I'm not holding much hope there at all. The silver lining is the 970 makes an interesting case study because we have an initial version that was "good" and through some mechanism later units were "bad", hence my proposal to investigate this.

                      Hey JTL - I hear you on ALL of the above.

                      Thing is, after years of battling this, with no real isolation of what's causing the problem, and with a PC and a Mac (work) that are essentially useable for me, I just don't have the energy to dive back into the endless troubleshooting and wondering if something might work - or might break for no apparent reason. I'd rather just use them and deal with other life stuff… It's very easy to get totally wrapped up in this stuff - and for good reason - so right now I'm inclined to run with the risk that at any moment this gear could go pop and I might just have a problem. (I do have some spare screens and 970s that my kids use not to mention a couple of spare plasma TVs so I'm not without some backup plans!)

                      I mean just the other day I came down with a rotten migraine headache. A couple of days later another migraine threatened again. I'm now 90% sure that it was a new PC racing simulator - that appears to initiate probably my worst singular screen/graphics response I've seen to date. And yet it's based off of a simulation engine from a previous title that is A-OK, and is running on my mostly good Windows 10 setup. I note that there are still some titles that cause the eye strain - but they're on an individual basis - and none as bad as this. This is crazy stuff…

                      That's not to say I wouldn't kill for a robust solution and a kick-arse gaming system and correspondingly a great modern work setup. When you say there have been mixed reports on newer cards, the only thing I've seen around here is that perhaps some 1650 Super cards are OK - or have you seen other positive outcomes?

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                        JTL james34 84.04.1F.00.84 = 2014-09-17

                        Certainly looks like a good chance.

                        I'd definitely give that a run, being a nice old BIOS and a V1 card. But, you will likely still see issues with new versions of Windows 10 and depending upon your screen. It's a total-package equation, not a silver bullet.

                        I also find that a HDMI-VGA adaptor makes mine a little more comfortable these days.

                        AgentX20 When you say there have been mixed reports on newer cards, the only thing I've seen around here is that perhaps some 1650 Super cards are OK - or have you seen other positive outcomes?

                        That's part of what I was referring to. As a sidenote I took a gamble on a certain Radeon Pro reference card and can confirm there are no temporal dithering or similar issues with it. That isn't to say all AMD cards are "good" unfortunately, but the fact that such cards still exist is encouraging, and I have some more avenues of research as a result.

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