Massive v Droop
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Who cares? Just increase the BIOS voltage until the load voltage keeps you running. I have an Asus P5NE (Nforce 650i) and it's famous for its VDroop and it affects me not in the slightest.
Yeah that is a bit extreme.
And as for just upping volts, it means you'll be running massive volts at idle just to get the load volts you require.
"a requirement of Intel CPU specifications"
Can you clarify if that's vDrop or vDroop your talking about? (or both?)
In MiNxYyY's example:
1.500vCore - BIOS Set
1.456vCore - Window Idle (vDrop, nothing can be done about this as far as I know? edit: apart from pencil mod thanks gurusan)
1.392vCore - Window Load (vDroop, almost gone now we have features like Voltage-Dampener/Load-Line Callibration).
Can you clarify if that's vDrop or vDroop your talking about? (or both?)
In MiNxYyY's example:
1.500vCore - BIOS Set
1.456vCore - Window Idle (vDrop, nothing can be done about this as far as I know? edit: apart from pencil mod thanks gurusan)
1.392vCore - Window Load (vDroop, almost gone now we have features like Voltage-Dampener/Load-Line Callibration).
Hey MiNxYyY,
as you can some of the veterans that posted replies don't care much for this subject although I like you have been perplexed by this for many years . . .
I have now got what I would consider a decent PSU (Corsair HX620W) and a decent motherboard (Asus P5Q-Dlx) and using this combo with an advanced feature from the boards BIOS (Loadline Calibration) I no longer encounter any vDroop . . .
I just done a quick test to illustrate my point, although it's an undervolted dual-core so the rules may be different!
0.9500vCore - BIOS Set (shows as 0.9280vCore in BIOS health Menu)
0.9280vCore - Windows Idle
0.9280vCore - Window Load (Orthos Small FFTs)
Bye bye vDroop, you will not be missed!
as you can some of the veterans that posted replies don't care much for this subject although I like you have been perplexed by this for many years . . .
I have now got what I would consider a decent PSU (Corsair HX620W) and a decent motherboard (Asus P5Q-Dlx) and using this combo with an advanced feature from the boards BIOS (Loadline Calibration) I no longer encounter any vDroop . . .
I just done a quick test to illustrate my point, although it's an undervolted dual-core so the rules may be different!
0.9500vCore - BIOS Set (shows as 0.9280vCore in BIOS health Menu)
0.9280vCore - Windows Idle
0.9280vCore - Window Load (Orthos Small FFTs)
Bye bye vDroop, you will not be missed!
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Idle? What is this "Idle" you talk about?
Cmon Jokester, having a constant vCore line will keep a CPU stable using less voltage and no matter what speed you are running stability and lower power consumption are both important!
The vDroop debate continues!
nope - not as far as i am aware - i have the same board and did a fair amount of research into that pencil mod and it doesn't work with the P35C- DS3R as far as i could find. Shame cause it's a great board apart from the v droop
Actually, on the P5N-E 650i board, it does allow you to overclock harder in day-to-day usage where you want to allow the system to idle and then come up to 100% rapidly. The stock board has such massive vDroop that it just falls over at the biggest voltage available (1.6V) so being able to remove the droop means you can clock harder than before. It also makes the idel temperatures look sane again (not that that is important).