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

[NapalmV5]

I wanted to reiterate my question about the max safe voltage for the 285, what I'm wondering is, since voltage basically just increases temperature, would just keeping the temps down be a safeguard against card death, or is running 1.3+ volts damaging in other ways? I'm sorry I'm really uneducated about volt modding and electronics in general.

also, for the pencil mod - what type of pencil should we be using? I have several 2hb pencils

well I tied the pencil mod, and I guess I'm either missing something or did not do it right, because my resistance did not go down at all, no matter how much I did it or how carefully or anything. Resistance was at like 760 no matter what I did. At one point it went down to like 730, and then after a few more strokes, it went up to 760. wtf?? I'm supposed to be penciling the middle of the resistor, right? In between the two points that you touch with the MM? I tired doing light strokes, I tried doing rough strokes, it did not do anything. I dunno. The fact that I have to take my card again and reapply TIM each time is a PITA as well.

to make you feel better: evga ftw @ 1.29v load unmodded

if 1.3v is ok with evga than upper 1.3v is alright with me

@ anyone: if you worry about such voltage maybe modding/overclocking your card is not the best idea

just simple #2 pencil - idk how many times ive stated this (#2 HB not good)

reapply TIM ? you gotta be kidding..

like ive said before you guys are making it very hard on yourselves

ive done the hard part/done my best to make the mods as easy as possible for you guys

idk what more i can do/say to make it easier