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GTX 560 Ti 3dmark scores and tempratures

StrykY

StrykY

StrykY

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Hey guys,

I have recently bought my first self build system. I have never built one before and i must say i enjoyed it a lot. Now ofcourse i wanted to test the system and even try my hands on OC'ing ... so far so good i went to the max on my CPU with a stock cooler (with advised temperatures) gonna add a custom cooler to get even more out of it.

Now the next part is there OC'ing my gfx card. To find out what temperatures i would get at Stock settings i run furmark 3d 06..i tryed 2011 but since i have no HD screen (yet!!!) it would give me only errors. Now my question is the following :

Is this a good and decent score + temperature at stock?

Firstly ill post my specs:

Case: Zalman Z9 plus
Mobo : MSI p67s-c43 B3
CPU: i5 2500K @4.2 ghz
GFX Card: EVGA GTX560 Ti
Ram: Corsair XMS 4GB ddr3 (only 1 stick , want to expand with another stick for dual channel)
HDD: Samsung spinpoint f3.
PSU: CHieftek 550W

* I still run on a 32bit O/S since like the extra stick of ram and the screen and the custom cooler i couldnt afford these things this month. So they are on my list for the next month.

Well here is my score + max temperature:

25539 3DMarkscore
idle temperature : 31 degrees celsius
Furmark temp: 65 degrees celsius...

so again is this normal? and can i proceed overclocking the GFX card??
Thnnx guys!
 
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Oke so i went on with some OC'ing on the GFX card. After ready lots of usefull things on the internet i figured i should be able to reach a stable graphics clock 950mhz oc whilst its at 850 stock.
So i went on from 850 to 870 succesfull , to 900 succesfull but im currrently maxing out at 915mhz then my drivers start to fail.

Now im going to see how far i can push the memory clock. What i would like to know is:

- does my 32mbit w7 copy hold my OC'ing back?
- Does my PSU cause driver issue's
- Does my drivers (who are the newest) cause the issue's
- or do i have badluck and a bad clocker GTX 560 Ti

Reason im asking this is cuz my temperatures doesnt reach past 69 degrees during 3dmark06... whilst i read on the interwebz the card can be pushed asfar as 80 degrees... Could realy use the help guys cuz im total noob at this :D
 
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You'd have to up the voltage to get it to those levels.

Will post my 3dmark06 results with my 460 GTX with big OC.

Hoping to get near your stock scores!
 
Mate I'd edit out the iffy legality of your OS. Massive no-no on these forums I'm afraid. The PSU never causes any driver issues. As long as it can provide enough power to run the system it should be fine, although I'd be worried as Chieftech's older PSUs are known to be a bit stodgy (They plump a fancy badge on a cheap OEM PSU), which could damage your components in the long run due to unstable voltages and oscillation, and overclocking of course results in a greater load for the PSU to handle.

That aside, can you change the voltage on your 560? Bumping it up a bit will allow you to hit higher clock speeds, the max safe voltage is around 1.1v if your heatsink can handle it.
 
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Mate I'd edit out the iffy legality of your OS. Massive no-no on these forums I'm afraid.
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What you mean?(A):p its gone now , thnx for the heads up. Just thought it would be usefull info on the fact that my Drivers are failing during furmark at any mhz above 915...
 
How would i up the levels of voltage? can this be done on the bios as easily as on the CPU??? and wich would be a good voltage setting for my card. Since i read about these cards running 950/1000 mhz on stock voltage..... and mine runs out at 915.... realy bummed about it:(
 
All GPU overclocking can be done in Windows, I use MSI Afterburner to do it on mine. Install, run, and all the sliders are on the left hand side, including Voltage (greyed out if you can't change it though). Slide to preferred clock/memory/shader/voltage and test. I particularly like Afterburner because it provides graphs on the right hand side for temps/Core clock/Voltage etc.

I had a quick look around and it seems that a lot of the GTX560ti start to struggle between 900mhz/1000mhz without a bump in voltage, you might be a tad unlucky to have it run out of puff at stock voltage at 915mhz, but more voltage should have you over 950mhz with a bit of tweaking.
 
Hye mojo ,

Thnx for the replies! I first tried it with nvidia systemtools ... worked fine till 915mhz.. now i tried it with msi and got to 950 mhz on the furmark test thing inside the msi afterburner. When i click burn-in it is only a matter of seconds before drivers start failing again.

Now i looked at msi afterburner but i cant up the voltage..its grayed... so this leaves me with no further OC possibilities?
 
Go into MSI afterburner settings, there is an option to unlock voltage to allow you to change the voltage.

To be perfectly honest I really wouldn't be overclocking anything with your current psu. Chiefteks are terrible power supplies and definately wouldn't be pushing it too hard by overclocking. As you say you don't have a full hd screen so its not as if your stock GTX560 will be struggling. Wait to get yourself a decent psu and aftermarket cooler then think about overclocking and benching.
 
hmm you might be right about hte chieftechs but it has served me for over 6 years already and never had any problems with it! its a realy nice psu tbh. But i guess it wouldnt hurt to replace it and for now leave my gfx cards at 915mhz... its atleast a 65mhz OC from stock. And i havent changed voltages yet. So i might be leaving it at that.

For now atleast. Cuz i realy got hooked to OC'ing and pushing it furhter haha. Finally understanding what u guys always feel when OC'ing!
 
More than that - stock clocks on a 560ti are 822 core, most of the vendors' cards come overclocked to some level or other.

My KFA2 card sits happily at 950 core, 4400 memory, 1.075 voltage (probably a little more than I need) and has done for three months now without a single crash. Can't remember temps but they were fine, 62 degrees at max load from memory? Not sure.

I got it stable at 1ghz core but the voltage was up to 1.12v which I didn't feel too comfortable with.
 
Alright ill give it another swing tonight and up the voltage a bit to see how far i can push it:)

Thnx all! ill report back tonigth!
 
I would be very carefull when pushing a GPU with a PSU that is 6 years old, even though it has server you well in the past, a quality PSU is always best when O/Cing

Remember when you up the voltage of said GPU, that will put more pressure on the PSU to perform to your GPUs required voltage.

I personally would advise using a branded PSU, and then begin to complete more O/Cing you have managed to get 915Mhz from stock voltage, which is very good, an improvement, rather than kill your system and have all that joy turn to sadness invest in a quality PSU.
 
As promised im back to report my OC`ing.
I had to up the voltage quite abit to reach a stable 950Mhz But im there and the temperatures are great!

Graphics clock: 950Mhz
Shader clock: 1900Mhz
Memory clock: 2350Mhz
Voltage:1.087
Max temp: 63 Degrees @ 50% FAN speed.

So all in all im abit sad it takes this much voltage but in the end i got the clocks i wanted to have and get 27336 3Dmark06 score so im happy with it.
Thnx for all the advice and yes i will be replacing my PSU for safety after money comes in.
 
Nice score i think i actually bought it ages ago LOL

Thanks for completing 3D Vantage, nice system you have there. I believe my score was P33101 or something very close to that, might run it again and see what i get.
 
that could sound correct as u have a gtx580 and ure cpu is nearly on the same clocks as mine..i run 4.2 cuz i have only stock cooler atm:( but those are some nice scores...dont know what avarage is for a 580 but sure as hell beats the **** out of my gtx560:P
 
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