Hi everyone :)

Could somene please explain me how the Dark's Vdroop setting work exactly? 
As far as i can understand it should be the equivalent of Asus's Load Line Claibration, correct?

So let's say i want a "Medium" Load line calibration equivalent... should i go for 80% ?

Thank you.


[I'm sorry if the question sounds silly... but this is my very first non-asus mobo ever :P ]

Voltage droop is the loss in output voltage from a device as it drives a higher load. Employing droop in a voltage regulation circuit increases the headroom for load transients.
 
Allowing VDroop reduces power consumption by VRM and CPU. This in turn reduces wear on the CPU and heat generated. However, for moderate to extreme overclocking it may be necessary to reduce/disable this feature to assist with stability, to keep provided voltage constant, even at cost of higher power consumption.

 
EVGA X79 Dark BIOS Guide
 
Setting it to 80% would give a little more power but still let it drop when under load.

Unfortunately we would not be able to give advice for using it as we would not be able to give overclocking advice.  There are many other helpful guides and members here that would be able to help you however.

I don't really have temperatures issue [my water loop runs always a 2~4 of degrees under ambient temperature) nor voltage issue (as said i'm able to run 4,6 staying inside 1.35v full load].

But while vdrop compensation is good for bench and "extreme" frequencies... i'm not sure about daily use becouse of overshot ... 

Honestly i never understood how "big" the overshot problem can be in real world .... i just know on asus mobos "Normal" Load line calibration is considered the safest setting.

So i'm trying to figure out what setting is the equivalent of "normale" here :)

As far as i can understand:
No Vdrop is exactly what it says, it compensates vdrop at all [which is awesome for bench... not sure bout daily use).
Intel Spec should disable that feature at all .. you basically haven't any compesnation.

80 and 60%,as names suggest, should compensate for 60% and 80% :).

BUT what i reallydon't understand is how does it comes i can boot with lower vcore using Intel Spec rather then 60%. 
And also why there isn't any intermediate setting... i mean: Medium Load line calibration is 25% .. Regular is 0% .. high 50 % and so on ..


Now don't take me wrong: i LOVE this mobo and this bios..till i'm benching (got better results than RIVBE so far)
On the other hand i'm lost trying to set it for a daily use.

Ales D
I don't really have temperatures issue [my water loop runs always a 2~4 of degrees under ambient temperature) nor voltage issue (as said i'm able to run 4,6 staying inside 1.35v full load].

But while vdrop compensation is good for bench and "extreme" frequencies... i'm not sure about daily use becouse of overshot ... 

Honestly i never understood how "big" the overshot problem can be in real world .... i just know on asus mobos "Normal" Load line calibration is considered the safest setting.

So i'm trying to figure out what setting is the equivalent of "normale" here :)

Your water temperature is 2-4 degrees lower than ambient? What? Are you using a chiller?

The safest setting is to use the default Intel vdroop. With vdroop off, the CPU voltage spikes when load drops fast from high load to low load. The more core voltage you use, the greater the spike. With these low nanometer processors, voltage spikes become more and more important since they are more likely to be damaged by voltage spikes compared to older larger nanometer processors. Just keeping the chip cool isn't the only concern regarding safety and longevity.

The power spike with vdroop disabled probably won't damage the CPU, but it's safer not to disable vdroop and use the default Intel vdroop setting. Just use the default setting with a bit more core voltage. The higher core voltage necessary with default vdroop should still be considerably less than the voltage spike from load to idle with vdroop disabled.