Whats the VDroop like on P5B Deluxe

wam7 · 5 Oct 2006 at 09:30

Thinking of getting one of these but was wondering what the VDroop is like?

Virdi · 5 Oct 2006 at 14:14

I can't tell you abt VDroop - But I can tell you that this is currently one of the best clocking boards for Core 2 Duo.

I can also recommend the Gigabyte DS4.

ken1307 · 5 Oct 2006 at 17:46

1.45v in BIOS but CPU-Z shows 1.408 idle and 1.392 underload

FreeStream · 5 Oct 2006 at 19:02

1.25V in BIOS shows 1.201 under load in CPU-Z

Tetsujin · 8 Oct 2006 at 12:54

it is, from what i've read on xtreme systems and found with practicing, quite a drop. i've had cpu-z reporting 1.213 under load when set at 1.4+ in bios, but i'm assuming that's a reporting error as it says it all the damn time even if i go up to 1.5v. i don't recall the exact figures from before it started saying 1.213 but i will do some more tests as soon as 3dmark06 is done and report back

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um ok so 3dmark06 finished and cpu-z is still saying it's 1.213 even idle when it's 1.5 in the bios so something's up with that, sorry. i'll get back here if i manage to get it reporting properly.

p.s. and i'm fairly certain it's cpu-z at fault cos i don't think the E6600 would run on 1.213v at 3.15GHz

Xez · 8 Oct 2006 at 13:20

Yes its a CPU-Z fault.

Not sure about the P5B but all asus boards have the vdroop problem. Mines at 1.525v on idle and 1.46v on load so quite a drop

Tetsujin · 8 Oct 2006 at 13:57

ok it's reporting a bit more sensibly again, almost.

1.475v in bios, idle is 1.440v, running orthos blend is 1.432v

set to 1.5v in bios and it's all gone 1.213-shaped again

maddness · 8 Oct 2006 at 17:06

hmm

1.425 in bios and 1.32 in windows idle

with the kentsfield

FreeStream · 8 Oct 2006 at 17:10

Bleh, all it means that is my E6600 is gonna be running at like 1.6V BIOS, 1.55V idle and 1.5V load

Its rarely at idle anyway