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Board Mining software (miners)
Re: Overclocking in Linux (bounty removed) [FAILED]
by
Rob P.
on 10/07/2011, 12:18:06 UTC
[rant]Also, at least for my card, Catalyst 11.6 doesn't remove the limit so much as it raises it.  I can't overvolt past 1.3V.  Perhaps the VRMs on my card don't know how to do anything with more than 1.3V but, given everything we've seen up until now, I'd wager it's yet another software limit.

Does anyone know of a card manufacturer that does not believe in software limits?  It might be nice to have a card which I can order to "fall on it's sword" so to speak.  I'm tired of using safety scissors and tippy cups.  I don't mind limits which force the card to shut down in the event of a surge or the like but at least let me change those limits in software where possible.[/rant]

If you're getting overvoltage to work without flashing the BIOS, that's great.  However, I would strongly suggest that if you need to overvolt the cards you should just go through the rather straightforward exercise of flashing the BIOS.