Originally posted by: dman918
So... anyone wanna sell me their conductive pen yet?
Also, what is the consensus? 1.4v or 1.5v when the 7900gt is paired with a VF700, most likely in silent mode?
Originally posted by: dman918
Yeah, with those temps at 1.4v, I probably wouldn't want to go higher. I should try hooking the VF700 in the NON-silent mode though, and see how NON-silent it is. Hmmm... interesting experiment for me to try.
Now to just get that conductive pen...
Originally posted by: inveterate
I've never used Conductive pen before,, but it looks "errrrm" not reliable,, do these mods work with like a wire. I feel much better soldiering a wire to the 2 contact points. And how did that guy in the first post Put that giant ass heatsink onto the 79gt,, like is it glued on ?
Originally posted by: cubalis
I have had good results so far. Got my step up 7900GT CO SC today and did the 1.5v mod. I'm not new to volt modding, and this was a breaze. I am completely stable at 710/1900, and havn't even pushed for more yet lol. I am cooling my card with the Thermalright V1-ultra and 2 quiet fans. I idle at 36c and don't break 52c load. I love this cooler... if only it was quicker to install... Got 6675 in 3dmark06 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=225890
cheers
Originally posted by: wizboy11
So, just one more question before I give it a go (finally got my conductive pen too).
Is 1.5 volts considered safe? I'm looking for a 24/7 safe kinda thing. Should I go 1.4 or 1.5v?
BTW, I'm on Water Cooling (or will be very shortly)
Originally posted by: nib95
Ok, so let me get this straight.
To volt mod a 7900 GT you have to volt mod both the Vcore AND the memory?
So I cant just do that conductive pen line vcore mod and leave it at that?
I need to also mod the memory?
I'm confuzzled!
Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
Originally posted by: nib95
Ok, so let me get this straight.
To volt mod a 7900 GT you have to volt mod both the Vcore AND the memory?
So I cant just do that conductive pen line vcore mod and leave it at that?
I need to also mod the memory?
I'm confuzzled!
The conductive pen methods only volts mods the core, NOT the memory. You have to use the pencil method and a voltmeter to mod the memory.
Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
Is anyone else having a problem with coolbits/powerstrip not utilizing 3D clock speeds even when in 3D mode? It seems I have to force my 2D speeds to 3D speeds in order to get my games and benching programs to run at the correct speeds . . .
Originally posted by: wizboy11
Just wondering, whats the stock voltage for the RAM?
Cause I know the overvolt will bring you to 2.2v, but I still don't know what stock it?
Taking a guess, 2.0v?
And is the overvolt to 2.2 considered safe? I'm not afraid to do it (almost fried a different card doing a mod to it, but that worked out ok), just wondering if the community considers it to be "safe". (and I relize that "safe" can vary from person to person, so just give the general consencus <-oooh, big word )
Originally posted by: samusaraniv
And remember, if your memory gets too hot the card will not throttle the memory clock rate, so you can fry your ram by setting the clock rates too high. GPU will throttle or freeze.
Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
Originally posted by: samusaraniv
And remember, if your memory gets too hot the card will not throttle the memory clock rate, so you can fry your ram by setting the clock rates too high. GPU will throttle or freeze.
I think that's only an issue if no heatsinks at all are put on the ram, or if you go crazy with overvolting.