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    Overvolting AMD 5850m from MSI GX640.

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by haplo_09, Aug 2, 2013.

  1. haplo_09

    haplo_09 Notebook Consultant

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    Hello everyone.
    First of all my apologies for creating a full thread for this. I am planning to overvolt my graphics card from 1.05 to 1.1 or 1.5 using radeon bios editor. The only concern is that RBE warns you about changing voltage as some graphics cards do not support this in continuous manner. Has anyone done it, and if yes are there anything i should be weary about.
     
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    Talon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I really hope you meant 1.15 and not 1.5... If you meant the latter of the 2 all I can say is good luck with that lol.
     
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    LoL 1.5, its a typo. Otherwise that would be homicide or notebookcide.
     
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    Haha. To answer your question though, I flashed my old 5870m from 1.05 MSI stock voltage to 1.15 which I believe was the 5870m factory spec, and was what other brands like Asus and Alienware were running their 5870m cards at. It worked great and gave me a nice boost in overclock performance. Just be sure to monitor temps! Good luck and and make sure you realize that you could be risking your card if you do it improperly or the card doesn't respond well to voltage changes.
     
    Talon, Aug 3, 2013
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