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What's a *safe* limit on voltage?
- Thread starter Quattro
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In no case should you exceed 2V for GPU and 4V for memory.
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Umph, in this case the memory part of my post is crap, I thought your mem defaults at 3,3V as it does on my Ti4200.
Procedure for voltage raising : check the maximum overclock w/ stock voltage - raise voltage 0.1 - try to oc some higher - raise again 0.1 - try some more oc and so on. You'll reach a point where more voltage won't give you more oc, obviously it's no use to go beyond it.
Beware : this will cook your GPU w/o proper cooling!
Did you lap your GPU?
Procedure for voltage raising : check the maximum overclock w/ stock voltage - raise voltage 0.1 - try to oc some higher - raise again 0.1 - try some more oc and so on. You'll reach a point where more voltage won't give you more oc, obviously it's no use to go beyond it.
Beware : this will cook your GPU w/o proper cooling!
Did you lap your GPU?
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No, I haven't touched my GPU before.
I have only recently tried to overclock it.
I was thinking of getting a Vantec Iceberq4 Pro, as it seems to be the mainstream GPU cooler. Is there anything else, without going to watercooling, as thats going to be done later in the year.
My temps in general are very good, for aircooling anyway.
I have good airflow throughout the whole system
I have only recently tried to overclock it.
I was thinking of getting a Vantec Iceberq4 Pro, as it seems to be the mainstream GPU cooler. Is there anything else, without going to watercooling, as thats going to be done later in the year.
My temps in general are very good, for aircooling anyway.
I have good airflow throughout the whole system
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But you have done a vmod to your card, or are we talking AGP voltage here (in BIOS)???
For VGA: 10% for GPU, 15% for Memory
I always check the actual voltage first before doing the mod. Sometimes the VGA's gpu and memory are already over voltage from manufacturer. eg. memory voltage on ATI 9800 PRO is 2.9V default, while the DDR modules are rated 2.7V by Hynix or Samsung.
I always check the actual voltage first before doing the mod. Sometimes the VGA's gpu and memory are already over voltage from manufacturer. eg. memory voltage on ATI 9800 PRO is 2.9V default, while the DDR modules are rated 2.7V by Hynix or Samsung.
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