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Vdroop Technically Explained

Vdrop is the difference in voltage you get from what you set in the BIOS, to what you get in windows at idle.

Vdroop is the difference in voltage you get from what you set in the BIOS, to what you get at load in widows or as some will say the difference from idle to load.

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Ok, so is it better to leave VDroop on or off?? On ASUS boards I believe it's called Line Calibration.

Some tell me it's best to leave VDroop off?
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I've always had best overclocking results by leaving vdroop off.

Usually when you set Vdroop on you have to crank up more voltage in the bios.
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I've always left it off on my Classified, but always had it turned on on my R2E .. possibly one of the reasons the R2E hasn't been a very good match with the 920 D0 I put on it
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I use it on the classified, the R2E, and the RE but none of these boards are 24/7 use. I usually try and boot in with the minimum amount of volts set in bios and like the the extra boost there when I am benching. I have also noticed I could set less volts in bios and this non droop would kick in while windows was booting. I think it is an excellent feature of any board.
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For socket 1366, it doesn't seem to help me any.

But for socket 775, using a vdroop mod and or load line calibration was a must most of the time.
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For socket 1366, it doesn't seem to help me any.

But for socket 775, using a vdroop mod and or load line calibration was a must most of the time.
i donno man

at very high clocks on LN2 hitting the right vcore sweetspot is very important iwth i7

i think its very important particularly on boards that dont have as strong a power circuitry as Classified does
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the droop/drop on some GB boards are sick
Vdroop mods are good for sure, cpu's dont like being thrown random voltages, or so it seems
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Ive had a mixed bag of results concerning enable/disable it. Sometimes it has helped and other times its no good at all. I havent found a pattern to it yet tho.
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meh it helps me thruogh 06 on i7 a little.. but in 05 i get better results with it off, guess its something you have to experiment with and different for each manufactuer
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