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5870 overclocking / voltage adj

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SyrupChips

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Is there anything special about the Asus hardware that allows for the core voltage adjustment enabled by Smart Doctor?

Will Asus Smart Doctor or MSI Afterburner work "equally" on any 5xxx card to allow core voltage adjustments? Or are specific manufacturers using any HW components "better than" the reference design to better support core ov/oc?

My surfing has yielded inconclusive and conflicting information, so would appreciate any 1st hand experience or knowledge that you all may have.
 
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SyrupChips said:
Long time reader (2000), first time poster.

Is there anything special about the Asus hardware that allows for the core voltage adjustment enabled by Smart Doctor?

Will Asus Smart Doctor or MSI Afterburner work "equally" on any 5xxx card to allow core voltage adjustments? Or are specific manufacturers using any HW components "better than" the reference design to better support core ov/oc?

My surfing has yielded inconclusive and conflicting information, so would appreciate any 1st hand experience or knowledge that you all may have.
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Smart doctor sucks. Don't use it. I got the Asus 5850, and I use Afterburner. Only thing special bout the Asus cards is you don't have to flash the bios, so the card is still under warranty if you happen to torch it hitting high speeds. Most other bioses (not sure which ones) have a core/mem limit that prevents you from overclocking beyond a certain point, and that point is sort of low with regards to what the card can handle, thus all the bios flashing to Asus bios thats been going on. With the Asus cards, you just install the card, drivers, and then use Afterburner. Pretty simple.
 
SirCumsized said:
Smart doctor sucks. Don't use it. I got the Asus 5850, and I use Afterburner. Only thing special bout the Asus cards is you don't have to flash the bios, so the card is still under warranty if you happen to torch it hitting high speeds. Most other bioses (not sure which ones) have a core/mem limit that prevents you from overclocking beyond a certain point, and that point is sort of low with regards to what the card can handle, thus all the bios flashing to Asus bios thats been going on. With the Asus cards, you just install the card, drivers, and then use Afterburner. Pretty simple.
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Great feedback... Had not seen it explained so clearly elsewhere - makes complete sense. Thanks!
 
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