Linkboost??

K1ngK1llAll · 01-19-07, 12:50 PM

Anyone with a evga 680i motherboard............Just interested if anyone overclocking is enabling linkboost or not? Whats your take on this??

Amuro · 01-20-07, 12:55 AM

Not sure about the evga board, but when I turn on Linkboost in BIOS it increased my 1.2v HT, NB, SB voltages as shown by the ASUS probe, and probably also auto-oc'ed the pci-e buses. It's supposed to allow your 8800 GPUs OC better.

vandalous · 01-20-07, 02:47 AM

I leave it off when OC'ing. Having it on seems to bork my OC attempts, even when just doing simple multiplier bumps vs bus speed adjustments.

When I disabled it, I immediately got better stability when OC'ing.

01-19-07, 12:50 PM	#1
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01-20-07, 12:55 AM	#2
Amuro Newtype Ace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,206	Re: Linkboost?? Not sure about the evga board, but when I turn on Linkboost in BIOS it increased my 1.2v HT, NB, SB voltages as shown by the ASUS probe, and probably also auto-oc'ed the pci-e buses. It's supposed to allow your 8800 GPUs OC better. __________________ Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P80 Black \| Intel Core i7-3960X @4.3Ghz \| Asus Rampage IV Extreme \| G.SKILL Ripjaws X 4 x 4GB @1866Mhz CL9 \|eVGA GTX 690 Hydro Copper \| Cruscial M4 512GB SATA III SSD \| WD VelociRaptor 300GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB \| Pioneer BDR-205BK 12x Blu-ray Burner \| Creative x-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Sound Card \| Corsair A1200 1200W PSU Water cooled by Koolance ERM-3K3UC Cooling System Last edited by Amuro; 01-20-07 at 01:16 AM.

01-20-07, 02:47 AM	#3
vandalous UN Spacy Pwnz Me Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 758	Re: Linkboost?? I leave it off when OC'ing. Having it on seems to bork my OC attempts, even when just doing simple multiplier bumps vs bus speed adjustments. When I disabled it, I immediately got better stability when OC'ing. __________________ NZXT Rogue (red) mATX case \| Intel QX9550 ES @ 3000 (9x333) \| ASUS P5E-VM HDMI \| 4 GB Corsair TWIN2X 6400C4 (OC:1066, 5-5-12-2T) \| BFG 8800GTX OC \| Lite-On LH-20A1H186C Lightscribe DVDRW \| Corsair VX550 PSU \| Medusa 5.1 Headphones \| Logitech G9 mouse & G15 v2 KB \| Westinghouse L2410NM + Dell 1907FP \| Vista Ultimate x64 SP1