XFX R9 280x Voltage OC nightmare

[passo1987]

Hi everyone.
From a while I trying to oc voltage of my gpu. On the box and official website it is specified that voltage is unlocked. All tutorials MSI Afterburner using old versions of that program ( 3.0.0 ) . On the new version ( 4.1.1 ) voltage slider is locked. Any idea how to do it?
Thanks

 

[toon_mad]

If I remember you need to go into the Settings of MSI Afterburner to unlock the voltage slider.

 

[passo1987]

I done it already. Unlocked voltage control , monitoring plus force constant voltage and still nothing.

 

[megatron]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18675816

As a preliminary action, you need to find your VRM chip's name. If you read that thread and the thread linked in it, that will keep you occupied.

 

[Scougar]

Hi everyone.
From a while I trying to oc voltage of my gpu. On the box and official website it is specified that voltage is unlocked. All tutorials MSI Afterburner using old versions of that program ( 3.0.0 ) . On the new version ( 4.1.1 ) voltage slider is locked. Any idea how to do it?
Thanks

Hi. XFX may have a different definition of unlocked than you think. I have seen them say that unlocked means the max voltage is already being used and you can't actually adjust it. How true that is I do not know, but a big complaint I've seen for XFX. Doesn't mean there isn't a way around it... just makes it harder.

 

[thebennyboy]

I had the same problem with my XFX R9 280x DD Black, the only program which worked for changing the voltage was Sapphire Trixx. I could never get MSI Afterburner to change the voltage.