NVIDIA GRAPHICS FIRMWARE UPDATE TOOL FOR DISPLAYPORT 1.3 AND 1.4

After I did this update, my Quadro M4000 lost a ton of 2d performance according to passmark. Before the update, I was getting around an 850 score in 2D performance. Now it’s around 675. Nothing I’ve tried has worked to restore the higher scores I once had. Even when I changed windows performance settings from windows selects to performance, it doesn’t change the score much now... 25 points. Before the update, it amounted to almost 200 points in improvement with 2D performance. Video drivers don’t help. Any ideas???

Hi HHH03
If you want back, you need to reflash your original VGA Bios.
You can find your VBIOS and NVFLASH here: VGA Bios Collection | TechPowerUp

I’ve tried that too. It didn’t help. Unless there’s a way to do a clean re-flash of the VBIOS. I used the nvflash tool and it definitely changed the VBIOS because there’s a Oem version and a later NVidia version bios... (I’m not sure which one I should use... the NVidia version is about 1 year newer.... the oems are Dell and HP. They have different file numbers but are the same bios version.) I’ll admit I’m new to re-flashing VBIOS and the tool has a lot of features that can be used. I forgot to mention in my first thread... it hasn’t affected 3D performance. It’s just as fast as ever or even faster. Only the 2D part has slowed down.

HHH03 said:

I’ve tried that too. It didn’t help. Unless there’s a way to do a clean re-flash of the VBIOS. I used the nvflash tool and it definitely changed the VBIOS because there’s a Oem version and a later NVidia version bios... (I’m not sure which one I should use... the NVidia version is about 1 year newer.... the oems are Dell and HP. They have different file numbers but are the same bios version.) I’ll admit I’m new to re-flashing VBIOS and the tool has a lot of features that can be used. I forgot to mention in my first thread... it hasn’t affected 3D performance. It’s just as fast as ever or even faster. Only the 2D part has slowed down.

What exactly gpu do you have?

Quadro M4000. I seemed to have solved the problem to my surprise. The problem must of have been my windows install. I did a complete clean reinstall, all the updates and HP drivers. I used NVidia’s latest video driver. To my surprise, the computer ran faster than ever. The 2D performance was outstanding.... close to a 900 score on the Passmark test. Even the memory test was higher than ever. So... the NVidia display port update didn’t directly slow my video performance down unless it somehow changed the UEFI setup. If that was the case, then a clean reinstall fixed the problem.

HHH03 said:

Quadro M4000. I seemed to have solved the problem to my surprise. The problem must of have been my windows install. I did a complete clean reinstall, all the updates and HP drivers. I used NVidia’s latest video driver. To my surprise, the computer ran faster than ever. The 2D performance was outstanding.... close to a 900 score on the Passmark test. Even the memory test was higher than ever. So... the NVidia display port update didn’t directly slow my video performance down unless it somehow changed the UEFI setup. If that was the case, then a clean reinstall fixed the problem.

Glad to hear that, enjoy!

I have discovered the problem with the loss of my 2D video performance. Unfortunately it’s not a simple as I’d hoped. The latest windows updates, I don’t know which one specifically because I was afraid to install them. I have build 17763.379 now and everything is fine with it. I know there is a newer build... that one seems be be the problem. It will totally slow down your computer,,,, at least it did mine. It causes mouse problems and doesn’t play nicely with video drivers. It’s possible it won’t affect your computer specifically. But if you experienced what I have... this may be your culprit.

go ahead, it's compatible, although no display port on the card, but if needed, it might update some part of your vbios.
It has been extremely tested by nvidia, I dont see any risk there

What are the benefits of this update if one is using DVI? I have a Gigabyte 1070 Windforce OC.