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    GTX 1070 Laptop Voltage Lock? Can it be increased?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by jeremykrak, Oct 30, 2016.

  1. jeremykrak

    jeremykrak Notebook Guru

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    From what I understand the GTX 1070 is locked at 1.093v - but mine only goes to 1.063v.

    Any way to give it that little .030 boost? I'm only hitting 54C on max overclock before it hits a voltage limit, and can't push further!

    Hitting 2.1Ghz on air! Stable too for the last hour and a half gaming session!

    I think with extra voltage it could have about 50-70 more MHz safely.
     
    jeremykrak, Oct 30, 2016
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not yet!

    It's interesting you can get that much voltage, the ASUS G752VS can only get less than 1v on the GPU. @Johnksss@iBUYPOWER
     
    Mobius 1, Oct 30, 2016
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    s1rrah Notebook Evangelist

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    How are you guys watching your in-game voltage?
     
    s1rrah, Nov 23, 2016
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    ChrisAK77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Probably a second display with HWINFO up and running while gaming. On a single screen I guess you could alt-tab.
     
    ChrisAK77, Nov 24, 2016
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    I actually attached multiple trimpots and used that to substitute some removed resistors on the motherboard to see which one is the shunt. There's two resistors that you need to partially short on the motherboard to remove the power limit of the GPU, but voltage still maxes at 1.063v.
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 24, 2016
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    Can't we really increse the graphics voltage? Mine only goes to 1.063 too.
     
    Eagle10, Jan 21, 2017
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    Pete Light Notebook Deity

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    Same story for the 1080 too. Power limited to 170W and 1.063V. However Alienware are aware and are increasing the power soon. At least to 180W from what I've heard.hopefully we'll get more than that (200W would be nice) and the voltage will go up as well. We will hear more in the 2nd week of Feb I believe guys

    Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
     
    Pete Light, Jan 24, 2017
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    Mine isn't an Alienware it is a MSI.
     
    Eagle10, Jan 24, 2017
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    Are you talking about those resistors ?

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    leeloyd, Jan 26, 2017
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