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2017/03/17 14:27:23 (permalink)
Hello,
 
As some of you might already know that I have the nVidia GTX 1080 Ti. I was wondering, why the over-voltage grayed out in Afterburner and EVGA Precision X? Is it only me? Should I wait for an update?
 
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 14:30:15 (permalink)
    Did you make sure over voltage was enabled in AB or Precision X configuration?
     
     

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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 14:32:21 (permalink)
    Of course. I was just using Afterburner with my old 980 Ti and it was working fine. Is that only me?
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 14:37:01 (permalink)
    Can you post an image of what you cannot do? Never mind I found it.
    On my cards I can slide the Slider that is on the Left hand side of OCX 6.1.2
    I do not have AB installed.
     
    I do recall that the FE or Reference Cards on the Pascal GPU are like this, grayed out that is.
    I was looking for the Thread but could not find it. (I know that on my GTX 1080 and 980 they are grayed out as well.
     
    Found it:

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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 14:43:10 (permalink)
    I tried:
    • Reference Design.
    • Standard.
    • Extend.
    • Third Party.
     
    EVGA Precision does not allow me to enable over-voltage.
     
    Could it be that nVidia does not allow that over-voltage? I thought all Founders Edition cards are the same? It would suck if nVidia's FE have a locked voltage control while EVGA FE has it unlocked.
     

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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 14:56:33 (permalink)
    My titan x's from nvidia allow voltage adjustment...
     

     
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 15:02:31 (permalink)
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 15:03:39 (permalink)
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 15:15:43 (permalink)
    Okay so I followed this thread: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review,32.html and now I added the nVidia GPU to the third party vendors. Now I can go increase the voltage on the core.
     
    That is a weird issue. I wonder, EVGA 1080 Ti FE had the same issue?
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 15:33:07 (permalink)
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    I wonder, EVGA 1080 Ti FE had the same issue?

    I bet it probably does.
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 15:36:28 (permalink)
    It would be a lot more comforting if anyone with an EVGA 1080 Ti can confirm it :(
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 16:23:03 (permalink)
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    My titan x's from nvidia allow voltage adjustment...
     

     


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    I Updated Post #4 Above
     
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    It would be a lot more comforting if anyone with an EVGA 1080 Ti can confirm it :(

     
    Sorry it took me so long to post back.
     
     
    Husky_
    Okay so I followed this thread: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review,32.html and now I added the nVidia GPU to the third party vendors. Now I can go increase the voltage on the core.
     
    That is a weird issue. I wonder, EVGA 1080 Ti FE had the same issue?

     
    Would doing this Void the Warranty?
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 16:37:00 (permalink)
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    It would be a lot more comforting if anyone with an EVGA 1080 Ti can confirm it :(




    Same on the EVGA 1080 Ti
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 18:18:30 (permalink)
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    My titan x's from nvidia allow voltage adjustment...
     

     


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    It would be a lot more comforting if anyone with an EVGA 1080 Ti can confirm it :(

     
    Sorry it took me so long to post back.
     
     
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    Okay so I followed this thread: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review,32.html and now I added the nVidia GPU to the third party vendors. Now I can go increase the voltage on the core.
     
    That is a weird issue. I wonder, EVGA 1080 Ti FE had the same issue?

     
    Would doing this Void the Warranty?




    Why would it void the warranty? There is no way for them to know too.
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 18:21:24 (permalink)
    Funny story LOL.
     
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    I ran Unigen Heaven, it worked fine. I ran 3D mark Time Spy and Firestrike, they both worked fine. I launched Battlefield 1 and it crashed again when my GPU reached 85C. I will just return it and wait for an after market cooler....
     
     
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/17 18:25:37 (permalink)
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    Funny story LOL.
     
    I was playing Battlefield 1 multiplayer and after 10 minutes I crashed. I was like hmm weird. I then set all clocks to default settings, restarted the computer, and after 10-15 minutes it crashed again. All on default clocks, FAN @60%, and max boost was 1850 on stock settings.
     
    I ran Unigen Heaven, it worked fine. I ran 3D mark Time Spy and Firestrike, they both worked fine. I launched Battlefield 1 and it crashed again when my GPU reached 85C. I will just return it and wait for an after market cooler....
     
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/03/29 18:59:42 (permalink)
    I am trying to edit the file to add the GTX 1080ti so I can add a little more voltage.. Every time I try to edit it, it says Access is Denied.  What do I need to do to get this to work?
     
    Good lord, Finally figured it out.
     
    Open the file as stated in the guide, C:\C:\Program Files (x86)\
     
    Right Click Afterburner, uncheck permission for read only.
     
    Enter file, (Copy Afterburner.oem2 in a safe location so you can replace it if you need to!!!) Edit afterburner.oem2 in notepad, add the text it states to use, safe this file as "afterburner.oem2" in a different location like C:\Users\******  Right click and copy the file.  Head back to Afterburner folder on the drive.  Drop the new folder in and replace the old one (would be wise to make a copy just in case).  
     
    Open Afterburner, turn on voltage control (if already on, turn it off and then back on again) and Third Party in the drop down. 
     
    Once you are back in afterburner, because it will force a restart, then you can control the voltage slider from 0% to 100%.
     
    If there is an easier way, PLEASE tell me what it is just in case.
     
     
     
    post edited by Scarlet-Tech - 2017/03/29 19:36:44
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/04/01 09:50:06 (permalink)
    Hmmm.  I justy tried to do this but all of my afterburner oem files come up in chinese writing.  Anyone else?
     
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/04/01 17:37:11 (permalink)
    Followed the instructions. Did the AB mod for my 1080TI's in SLi. Set slider to 100%. Gained an extra 25Mhz in Core OC, but computer started randomly restarting during load in BF1.
    Undid the mod and I've been fine now for a couple days. 
     
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 07:17:49 (permalink)
    I don't think the AB tweak does anything - the max voltage (from what I could find) is 1.093 volts for the 1080 ti cards. I mess with AB and got the slider to unlock, but when you monitor your voltage it doesn't impact the card at all - the max I've tracked my card do is 1.085, regardless of where I put that slider.
     
    I have a 1080 ti SC2 hybrid, and it just seems like a waste to have the voltage locked off (unless I'm being a complete jackass and screwing something up, a strong possibility) when the card never breaks 55c.
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 08:20:21 (permalink)
    The timing of this thread is interesting to me, just yesterday I installed AB 4.4.0 Beta and after checking off those setting I was able to move the voltage slider. I just set it to 100 and was able to increase my OC to a level that was previously unstable, before I mess around too much whats the max safe voltage? 

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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 08:41:35 (permalink)
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    The timing of this thread is interesting to me, just yesterday I installed AB 4.4.0 Beta and after checking off those setting I was able to move the voltage slider. I just set it to 100 and was able to increase my OC to a level that was previously unstable, before I mess around too much whats the max safe voltage? 




    Jayztwocents in a video said that the 1080 cards would max at 1.093. 
     
    When you increased your voltage, did you see what your actual max voltage was? Able to compare it to not messing with it?
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 09:32:24 (permalink)
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    The timing of this thread is interesting to me, just yesterday I installed AB 4.4.0 Beta and after checking off those setting I was able to move the voltage slider. I just set it to 100 and was able to increase my OC to a level that was previously unstable, before I mess around too much whats the max safe voltage? 




    Jayztwocents in a video said that the 1080 cards would max at 1.093. 
     
    When you increased your voltage, did you see what your actual max voltage was? Able to compare it to not messing with it?


    It went to 1.090 a few times,  I'm not sure the OC is more stable, my first run was with a FPS cap after removing it it wasn't as stable I'm still doing some testing but for some reason Firestrike will crash on the Graphics test 1, this happens at all settings and it may be because of the AB version.  I'm going to try a round of BF1 with the voltage bar pegged and see what the result is, I have lots of data on that game from HWinfo.

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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 09:56:38 (permalink)
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    It went to 1.090 a few times,  I'm not sure the OC is more stable, my first run was with a FPS cap after removing it it wasn't as stable I'm still doing some testing but for some reason Firestrike will crash on the Graphics test 1, this happens at all settings and it may be because of the AB version.  I'm going to try a round of BF1 with the voltage bar pegged and see what the result is, I have lots of data on that game from HWinfo.



    Right on man, I hope it goes over 1.093 for you (that way I can start over again and see if I messed anything up on my end). You are already getting more voltage to your card than mine is (your 1.090 to my 1.085 with the slider @ 55% on AB). 
     
    Looking forward to what you report back...
     
    ::UPDATE::
     
    I just spoke with customer service and they are confirming that the voltage is locked in the BIOS and will not go past 1.093v.
     
    Which means all those forum posts on how to unlock the voltage are full of it and will not impact your 1080 / 1080 ti cards in any way. It seems like there needs to be a BIOS update to really get control of the voltage. The new Kingpin version of the 1080 ti supposedly unlocks everything, which i hope means a bios update for the rest of us (would make me pretty disappointed that something like voltage control is locked behind a paywall).
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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 11:12:07 (permalink)
    I didn't have much luck getting BF1 to run with the voltage at 100 or 50, I set it to 0 and the game ran fine, There was also a big update so that could have had something to do with it.  looking back my voltage would max out at 1.050 or 1.063 during a session, with the slider to %100 it topped at 1.094.  I was able to get Fire Strike to run after closing AB so the beta version may be causing the issue I mentioned earlier. I'll try a round at %25 and report back.

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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 11:28:04 (permalink)
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    I didn't have much luck getting BF1 to run with the voltage at 100 or 50, I set it to 0 and the game ran fine, There was also a big update so that could have had something to do with it.  looking back my voltage would max out at 1.050 or 1.063 during a session, with the slider to %100 it topped at 1.094.  I was able to get Fire Strike to run after closing AB so the beta version may be causing the issue I mentioned earlier. I'll try a round at %25 and report back.


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    Re: GTX 1080 Ti Overvoltage grayed out? 2017/05/30 12:16:42 (permalink)
    Well sliding the voltage bar didn't change the max voltage or anything else during my last session,  I also crashed at the end but I think it's related to the BF1 update.

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