Advice needed on BIOS flash

[13oots2]

Bit concerned about this one, have a Hercules Prophet 2MX. Is it worth the risk flashing the BIOS? Am not really an ardent gamer, but do enjoy the odd session of UT. Frame rate is not a concern, but image quality is, due to the nature of my work.
Am I likely to see any gains if I do go ahead. I have no worries with my MoBo as it's a dual BIOS system, this is a little riskier to me. If I loose the card, could lose a contract for some video work.

[Jon]

The only nVidia BIOS update I've ever noticed any fairly significant gain from was in the GeForce 256 DDR. It wasn't even all that substantial.

Flashing a video BIOS is no more difficult than a motherboard but really doesn't offer the usual significant gains.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with it if it's a concern.

[13oots2]

Thanks Jon, had sort of come to that conclusion. Just needed a second opinion, it's not as if I can add a faster GPU. That was the only advantage I got with my MoBo BIOS.

[batboy]

I've flashed the BIOS with an update on my old Hercules MX video card. Really no different than a mobo BIOS flash like Jon said. I too noticed very little performance gain. I would also say, if you're not having any conflicts or problems, don't bother.

[13oots2]

Looks like a definite case of "If it ain't broke......Just OC it" Thanks again.

[Default]

my experience is it will only help if you go to a gloria bios (fixes frame braking)