Quote Originally Posted by SAE View Post
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.