"Vdamper" Rocks my socks!

mythy · 12-15-07, 08:12 PM

So I have always hated Vdrop but... Today I have discovered a ASUS bios setting called "Vdamper" and after enabling it my Vdrop under full Prime small ftp load is ONLY 0.006

So with this feature enabled I have been able to reduce my Vcore from 1.412 to 1.345 and still maintain stability

Has any one else figured this out?

conroejoe · 12-15-07, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mythy

So I have always hated Vdrop but... Today I have discovered a ASUS bios setting called "Vdamper" and after enabling it my Vdrop under full Prime small ftp load is ONLY 0.006

So with this feature enabled I have been able to reduce my Vcore from 1.412 to 1.345 and still maintain stability

Has any one else figured this out?

Yup, it was the reason most of us bought the Asus board LOL

**mullet** · 12-15-07, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mythy

So I have always hated Vdrop but... Today I have discovered a ASUS bios setting called "Vdamper" and after enabling it my Vdrop under full Prime small ftp load is ONLY 0.006

So with this feature enabled I have been able to reduce my Vcore from 1.412 to 1.345 and still maintain stability

Has any one else figured this out?

Yes its called a Vmod (pencil mod) on the mobo. Some mobos have this setting in the Bios but most of the time it doesn't work like on my P5E I have now. What mobo do you have now?

mythy · 12-16-07, 07:40 AM

yea P5K Deluxe its freaking amazing! I'm not trading this mobo for the world

mythy · 12-16-07, 08:04 AM

I had the max3 as well I loved the blue lights

mythy · 12-16-07, 08:24 AM

I thought they were blue under the plastic shroud

CaptNKILL · 12-16-07, 11:41 AM

Anyone know if Gigabyte P35 boards have a similar setting?

I know my CPU has a bit more headroom but I'm already running at 1.5v just to compensate for the vdroop under load. I don't want to take the voltage any higher.

**ATOJAR** · 01-01-08, 05:56 PM

Dont think my board has this feature

... what exactly is it uner in the bios? where abouts is it?

conroejoe · 01-01-08, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

Anyone know if Gigabyte P35 boards have a similar setting?

I know my CPU has a bit more headroom but I'm already running at 1.5v just to compensate for the vdroop under load. I don't want to take the voltage any higher.

They definitely do not. I got rid of my DS3R because the droop with quad was so bad. Went to p5k-e.

**bacon12** · 01-01-08, 09:45 PM

What exactly is the pencil mod? I have seen the pics and read post after post and don't get it.

conroejoe · 01-03-08, 12:29 AM

it reduces the resistance so that there is less droop. Vdroop is there to protect the CPU during load, however when you are overclocking and it's critical to maintain a minimum voltage for stability and it's dipping then this can be a problem. The vdroop mod, you pencil across the resistor removing or reducing the resistance to very little and you will maintain much more consistent voltage. The p5k introduced voltage damper which works very well.

**mullet** · 01-03-08, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slaWter

Is the vdamper option still included in newer BIOS versions (0705 for example)?

EDIT: it's called Load-Line Calibation now

The P5E has it Load-Line Calibation but it isn't working with the current Bios.

12-15-07, 08:12 PM	#1
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	"Vdamper" Rocks my socks! So I have always hated Vdrop but... Today I have discovered a ASUS bios setting called "Vdamper" and after enabling it my Vdrop under full Prime small ftp load is ONLY 0.006 So with this feature enabled I have been able to reduce my Vcore from 1.412 to 1.345 and still maintain stability Has any one else figured this out? __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-16-07, 07:40 AM	#4
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! yea P5K Deluxe its freaking amazing! I'm not trading this mobo for the world __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-16-07, 08:04 AM	#5
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! I had the max3 as well I loved the blue lights __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-16-07, 08:24 AM	#6
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! I thought they were blue under the plastic shroud __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-16-07, 11:41 AM	#7
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! Anyone know if Gigabyte P35 boards have a similar setting? I know my CPU has a bit more headroom but I'm already running at 1.5v just to compensate for the vdroop under load. I don't want to take the voltage any higher. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

01-01-08, 05:56 PM	#8
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! Dont think my board has this feature ... what exactly is it uner in the bios? where abouts is it? __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

01-01-08, 09:45 PM	#10
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,536	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! What exactly is the pencil mod? I have seen the pics and read post after post and don't get it.

01-03-08, 12:29 AM	#11
conroejoe BANNED Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 969	Re: "Vdamper" Rocks my socks! it reduces the resistance so that there is less droop. Vdroop is there to protect the CPU during load, however when you are overclocking and it's critical to maintain a minimum voltage for stability and it's dipping then this can be a problem. The vdroop mod, you pencil across the resistor removing or reducing the resistance to very little and you will maintain much more consistent voltage. The p5k introduced voltage damper which works very well.

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