Curious question regarding Vcore voltages.

[Pyrokinetic]

I have an ASUS A8V-E Deluxe and when I set the Vcore (aka the Hammer Vid control in the ASUS BIOS) to the max setting of 1.5625v and change the CPU Vcore Offset to +200mv, the Vcore reads 1.63v in both the ASUS AiBooster and ASUS PC Probe.

Can anyone explain why this is? If the board can do 1.6v+, why not just have a Vcore setting to that effect? I stumbled onto this neat little trick by accident, and it allowed me to push my overclock higher, so I am not complaining. I just don't understand why.

Thanks.

 

[Matthias99]

First off, the software voltage monitor is usually pretty useless. You really need to check with a voltmeter to have any idea what it is actually putting out. Just because it says '1.63V' in the display doesn't mean you're actually getting 1.63V.

Second... from the settings, I would guess that they have an extra 'boost' that can be applied in addition to the normal adjustable voltage range. Probably this is cheaper than making the fully adjustable range bigger.