xZorbZx

xZorbZx: phila_delphia's right, I didn't mean to offend, it's just that geeks with high standards always have an air of arrogance and harshness around them to not-as-geeky people. It comes with the "cut the bullcrap and get to the point" attitude we all have. I don't mean any offense with the following post either, though I'm fairly sure you'll read it like that anyway. I really am trying to help though, so read it (don't skim!) and the page I link to. It'll help you a lot.

I was treated great when I came here. I adhered to the rules; one of them states that you must make a minimum of five quality posts upon joining. Based on this it's safe to assume that the majority of the community consists of hackers. Asking for help without giving out help yourself doesn't count as a quality post, it just means you're begging. No, donating $5 doesn't give you any special privileges or respect, it just lets you download things sooner; you still need to make a few good posts before people will respect you.

The fact you made two posts in a row rather than editing the first and appending your new post shows that you really don't understand how these forums work. Stuff like that ticks people off, especially when a mod has to come around and merge them for you later. I really, really recommend that you read this. It explains exactly what communities like this expect out of people and how to conduct yourself. Long story short, new people need to prove their worth. They need to show they can figure things out by themselves and that we aren't going to sink hours into them and get nothing back. This happens really often, especially from people who say things like "kay, here's $5, now give me a nice big chart." This is a community, not Wal-mart. </rant>

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Annnyway. I did answer your question, you just didn't read my post. In case you're having trouble understanding it, a simpler answer is "there's too many variables". Every single chip, even those with the same model number from the same distributor, is completely unique. 1.05 volts on one chip will have different results than 1.05 on another. Heck, if you have a particularly bad sample then you might already be at 1.05.

The 3630qm will pull close to 80 watts if you have it running under maximum clocks. (You /can/ overclock it, just not very far. It's locked in firmware. (Yes, even CPU's have their own BIOS's. Well, it's actually called "microcode", but the concept's close.))

Khenglish: Just out of curiosity, have you ever tried disabling Turbo Boost so you don't have your PSU pushing so close to its limit? Depending on your game you might not notice a difference between stock speeds and turbo speeds.

To follow that. When I post my first reply, it will not post until someone looks at it. So, I could not make changes to correct my typing error, I also could not "EDIT:" and add my second question that I posted in a second post.

Moving on, I am well aware of the variables that come into play with all chips OC and OV differently. I also read your attached post. It didn't answer what the major difference was. phila_delphia gave the exact answer. Very simple, straight forward and easy to understand. You on the other hand, came out gunning down the new guy. You said it yourself in your post. "No, donating $5 doesn't give you any special privileges or respect, it just lets you download things sooner; you still need to make a few good posts before people will respect you." Nobody asked for special privleges, I asked a simple question. I guess being the new guy and "not having special privleges or getting respect" deserved the pussyfooting answer and the critisizem of knowledge to one who doesn't know everything. Unlike you, a man who knows everything, so he feels that he has the right to speak down to someone who may not have the knowledge on a specific topic. But, to be clear. I was not offended in any way. just letting you know how you do not make new people feel comfortable or welcome coming to this forum.

Thanks, for the files again. Enjoy the beer.

Hi xZorbZx!

To answer your questions from my point of view: I use all the actuall drivers with svl7`s Clevo 680m (80.04.33.00.10) and have no problems with crashing drivers. Off course some games will crash if the relation between clocks and voltage is not a stable one. But I did not experience any drivercrashes per se.

Concearning the differences between the mods: As far as I know the only difference between the mods is the higher voltage... resulting in -> more OCpower at the cost of more heat (not only on the core but as well on the voltage transductors - which can hardly be kept cool by stock cooling methods).

Best regards

phila

P.S.: As to Nofew`s reply to your question...

You (due to a typing error, I guess) asked about a 1.5 Volt mod, which would be pretty much. You meant the 1.05, right? I guess because of this Nofew advised you to be careful. I think, he did not intend an offence.

Yes, you are correct it was a typing error. Also, thank you for the very simple and easy to understand response. We need more people like you in this.

With my CPU over 4GHz and using the 1V BIOS I need to turn down by screen brightness to prevent my 240W PSU from shutting down. My GPU temps are mid 70s with fans on automatic so I will go higher voltage after getting a stronger PSU (and VRM/MOSFET) cooling). You should be able to push higher voltages than me though since I doubt your CPU will pull over 80W in games like mine.

I only have a 3630QM CPU, I doubt it pulls anything close to that. I just trying to have a simple OC, possible OV if needed to play my games at full ultra setting and still stay above 60FPS. Crysis 3 is my major task at the moment right now. Also, why I'm asking about this. Trying to get the most out of my 680m to play all my games above 60FPS and MAX settings.

I appreciate your time.

Edit: With these mods, is it still the case that drivers newer than 310.96 still are causing crashes with higher clocks?

xZorbZx: See this post.

Also, 1.5 is going to kill your card. I highly suggest you start overclocking on something that's not expensive to replace -- You will blow your card to bits if you push it much over 1.05 and don't know what you're doing. Seriously, do your homework (or midterms, in this case -- Overclocking is a lot more in-depth than you think!)

Having a PSU period will limit how much voltage you can put into it, naturally. You'd need to be connected directly to a lightning storm or something to give it anything close to "infinite" volts. If you're asking "will I be limited compared to, say, a 650 watt PSU", then yes, you will. I can tell you from experience now that 240 watts is going to limit you to choosing between a 4 ghz CPU/+135 GPU or a stock CPU/+450 GPU. Depending on what you're doing you may want to switch between the two.

I have been doing my homework for awhile now. Hense the questions. You didn't answer anything in regards to what's the difference from 1v to 1.05 volts. I was told before coming over here that this community doesn't treat new people very well. This comment pretty much sealed the deal for me. If someone can't ask a few question with out being critisized for the ammount of knowledge he has on one specifice subject, how will one ever learn?

Thank you sv17, for the hard work you put into these bios, keep up the good work.

What are the major differences in the 1.0v all the way to the 1.5v?

With only having the 240w PSU am I limited to what volts I can run?