GTX 480 hardware vmods
 

:) Do anybody need?

No, i dont have these, but it's not much hard to discover.
It's easy if you have card. I dont :D

So if enough people want that, we make it remotely :D (I mean smoking out brandnew card :D)

All I need is voulonteers, with good digital camera for macro shots, GTX480 card and good DMM, able to do basic measurements.

Let me know what info you need, full macro shots incoming in a few minutes :thumbsup:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9845/dsc4588.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/1429/dsc4589.jpg

If these two don't get the job done, there appears to be another one on the front, would need to pull the heatsink to confirm though.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry6cyp.jpg

NapalmV5 from XS already done some :D

TiN,

What are your feelings on these caps for LN2 on the 480?

Nippon Chemi-Con
Appearance: Radial Lead
Series: SMG
Rated Voltage: (V) 16,DC
Rated Capacitance: (µF) 3300
Tolerance: (%) -20 to 20
Category Temperature Range: (degC) -40 to 85
Life Time: (h) 2000
Impedance1: (20degC/100Hz) (mΩ) 0.24
Impedance2: (-10degC/100Hz) (mΩ)
Rated Ripple Current1: (mA r.m.s.) 1655(Ctgy Temp(Max),100kHz)

16v electrolytics are big

use 6.3v rated caps...

IDK man... usually when 16v caps are used they are on a 12v circuit.... 6.3v caps shouldn't work for that...

Not bad caps, but Sanyo OSCONs better :P (Violet can / marking)

Use 6.3V or 4V rated caps for Vout lines (core/memory both).
16V rated for +12V input caps

Remember : better to use two smaller caps together soldered , than one big. ESR,current with two capacitors (or more) will be better. Do not forget to put lots of ceramic capacitors. I sometimes use tantalum too, but must be careful with them, if you use them wrong polarity/overvoltage (Tantalum caps have PLUS marked, in contra from MINUS marked on regular can caps) they will burn your PCB to HOLES.

UPD: Evil :-P smile is here :D

most high end power supplies have already very good ripple suppression...on the 12v rail

cap mods on videocards are for v_core and v_ram

I have a few OS-Con's but no 16v ones. :thumbdown:
Attachment 2326

those look like 4v...

it should work for vcore and vmem....

ebay is your friend for OS-CONS

.......and these

How do these look??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Motherboard-Caps...ht_1441wt_1133

Anyone knows about the cb mod on this ?

wish I did for sure :)

I know you gotta know somebody that is somebody, thats as much as I know, oh but I also know its sucks ass that you gotta know somebody.

Caution: you may have to blow that somebody to get the nvidia software+bios hack+vmods.

electrolytics aren't good for vcore and vdimm....they're good for input caps for power circuits but not load side(output)

get/find solid polymers ...nichicon / ucc / oscon

I would LOVE to know the cb mod on this.

Yeah I got those 16v for the input, ordered the oscon 4v for vgpu and vmem

Yes this is the story for sure! Pretty sad right! :thumbdown:

no need to complain...

sf3d kinc and elmor knows it already...they might share it when they're ready...

gooc qualifiers europe comp might be the platform that the cb mod be released....

cross your fingers

No guys I don't know the cb mod . I just asked if someone knows it and can share it .
Sure it would be better if all of us could clock our cards at high Mhz without the stupid cold slow bug .

If I knew it, I would spill the beans :)

Is that what they told you when you asked? :taunt:

No, its what your mom told me last night. :keeporder:

Btw, if anybody needs high-resolution pics of MSI Lightning 480, feel free to come on my review at KPC :)

:welcome: back Tin. I had the chance to glance over that on my blackberry yesterday. Do you have any crazy experiments to try out on that card?