GTX285 various mods.. which may work for GTX260/280/295 also

[SAE]

Did you actually measure vgpu and vram after and before modding? Generally there are cards out there not benefiting from volt mods whatsoever... but you will definitely see gains from switching to watercooling. I wonder why your temps are this low considering all the peeps claiming overheating cards or temps in the high 80s to low 90s when pushing those cards.

BTW, there were infos from the German (European) Subsidiary that all (most?!) of the vanilla cards should be already factory-modded to 1.2Vgpu... Wonder if this is the truth.

[Blkout]

Did you actually measure vgpu and vram after and before modding? Generally there are cards out there not benefiting from volt mods whatsoever... but you will definitely see gains from switching to watercooling. I wonder why your temps are this low considering all the peeps claiming overheating cards or temps in the high 80s to low 90s when pushing those cards.

BTW, there were infos from the German (European) Subsidiary that all (most?!) of the vanilla cards should be already factory-modded to 1.2Vgpu... Wonder if this is the truth.

No, I didn't measure the voltage before and after, but I'm 100% certain I did it correctly as I've got an extensive electronics bakground.

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but as I stated earlier in this thread, if I leave my fan set to auto, the GPU temps will rise to 85-86c before the fan reaches full speed in an attempt to bring temps back down but usually once they've reached that high, the stock cooler is only able to bring temps back down to 82-83c as I believe it's programmed to run as slow as possible without exceeding 85c so it's quite possible the fan isn't even reaching 100%. However, if I set the fan speed manually to 100% before I start a 3D app, temps never exceed low 60's in most games and apps, and will only reach 73c in Crysis.

I'm sure I'll gain a little OC room from the watercooling alone, but I'm just questioning whether these volt mods have any actual affect on these cards, with or without watercooling.

[NapalmV5]

NaplmV5, I apologize if I seemed ungrateful in that post. I am no way ungrateful for the effort you have put into this. And thank you for the hard work.

your welcome

the response was towards Blkout

i got no control how you guys mod and all.. thats one.. mobo/psu is a big factor when it comes gpu vcore.. for ex. my giga ep45 extreme on which im testing the 285s.. the diff betweeen the default q9650s 3ghz and 4.5ghz oc is about .03 gpu vcore increase @ 4.5ghz.. the mobo ramps up the voltages all the voltages

psu v12 rail is also a factor

we are not all gonna get matching voltage some more some less

No, I didn't measure the voltage before and after, but I'm 100% certain I did it correctly as I've got an extensive electronics bakground.

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but as I stated earlier in this thread, if I leave my fan set to auto, the GPU temps will rise to 85-86c before the fan reaches full speed in an attempt to bring temps back down but usually once they've reached that high, the stock cooler is only able to bring temps back down to 82-83c as I believe it's programmed to run as slow as possible without exceeding 85c so it's quite possible the fan isn't even reaching 100%. However, if I set the fan speed manually to 100% before I start a 3D app, temps never exceed low 60's in most games and apps, and will only reach 73c in Crysis.

I'm sure I'll gain a little OC room from the watercooling alone, but I'm just questioning whether these volt mods have any actual affect on these cards, with or without watercooling.

look man i dont need/want anyone to scream fantastic.. if it works for someone (MisterMagoo) great if it does not im sorry.. its out of my control.. only so much i can do/offer

if someone/anyone.. you want to scream no gain no problem just make sure your sure on that.. looks like your not..

if you got "extensive electronics bakground" then i should be applying your vmods to my 285

come on.. we need 1.4vcore+

~1.5 would be nice

[Blkout]

Sorry to offend. From here on, I won't post in this thread and I'll keep all mod and cooling results to myself. If everyone does the same, maybe we'll all learn nothing from each other. So much for constructive criticsm.

[NapalmV5]

Sorry to offend. From here on, I won't post in this thread and I'll keep all mod and cooling results to myself. If everyone does the same, maybe we'll all learn nothing from each other. So much for constructive criticsm.

well sorry to offend you.. what have i been doing all this time..

how about before constructive criticism you actually proceed with the mods correctly/surely