SurrealCivic Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 I tried to search around the forum but could not find anything regarding what the chipset and agp voltages should be when overclocking past 200mhz FSB. Currently, I have the mobile 2500+ running at 1.75V @ 200mhz fsb x 11 multiplier.. Temps of 51 load, and 46 idle. I have the vdimm set at 3.1v, if I set it lower than me prime95 craps out.. weird ram.. kingston hyperx pc3700.. hmm anyways.. my question is? I have the Swiftech northbridge cooler... will I get better performance with higher chipset and agp voltage ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 will I get better performance with higher chipset and agp voltage ?? Nobody knows what your board will do. They all respond differently due to memory types and other peripheral components added not to mention the various bioses that can be used. The only one who can tell what 'your' board will do is your ownself. Try the settings and benchmark your board and you will know how your setup works. I run mine at 1.8Vagp and 1.8Vdd and many do not. Why would they run something else? They must have found their own board liked something 'other' than what my board likes. They would be foolish to run exclusively what somebody else runs 'if' they bench their own board and it likes other than 'my' settings. Set yourself and bench your setup and you will have the max for your setup. That is what you want anyway. Sincerely, RGone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwackme Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 What he said.... also, with the swifty.... assuming good contact ( I lapped mine, but that is a warranty violation) you can run 2.0Vdd 24/7. Though all the boards Ive run into seem happy with 1.8. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayl Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 I run now 10x240MHz at 1.7Vdd, but if I go up from there for example 245MHz this MB reguires more Vdd(1.8V), btw. Vdimm set to 3.3V. But as said before you just have to try it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 At 200fsb you shouldn't have to worry about raising the VDD or AGP at all, but give it a shot and try to raise the VDD by 0.1, I've seen things where VDD will help the memory since the chipset and memory controller are linked. If there is no change just put it back to default. BTW those temps are really high. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 16, 2004 Posted June 16, 2004 AGP can help when you are clocking very high (say over 225) as it can help replenish weak currents from the CPU/NB getting all of them (overclocking, raising the NB voltage). As RG says though, each board is diff. I can do 250x9 on the LPB with 1.9vdd and only 1.6vagp, 3.2vdimm (Buffalo 3700-BH5). the only way to truly know is to spend the week tinkering with it. Takes a long time usually, but gets you really in tune with your board hehe. Also...TT heatsink isn't going to be your best bet when you start looking for decent clocks. TT-SB is ok for a sink, but overclocking you really should look into a Thermalright bolt-on unit (Neo Backplate too of course), or a Swiffy or Zalman. Not knocking your sink at all, but my own experience has shown me that nothing is as good as an average or good Thermalright/Zalman (never owned a swiftech but i assume they are just as good). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUH Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 at what voltage is the vdd and vagp at when set to auto? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 vdd = 1.6v agp = 1.5v always depends on what the default for these items is tho. All AGP cards that i know of are 1.5v defaults, and all of our NF2 boards are 1.6vdd default. Some RAM tho is 2.5v but some is 2.6v etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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