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*Official OMG I got my 460 thread*

This is what I'm getting on a stock Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB, and stock Q6600

715/1430/900 MHz [GPU/Shader/Memory]

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Try backing the memory down to 4000MHz, you might be getting CRC errors on the memory bus (it has to then waste bandwidth retrying the transfer).
 
800-1600-4000 is really all you'll need for gaming tbh. BF2BC runs flawlessly on my rig with this card. top top card is the 460. Finally Nvidia got their act together ;)
 
Right. I am now back on 800/1600/4000 @ 1.025v and I think this is the 'sweet spot' so to speak. Anything above this and I get errors in OCCT and my bench mark results seem to take a nose dive.

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1GB Gigabyte GTX 460 OC @ 850/1700/4200 1.087v

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1GB Gigabyte GTX 460 OC @ 800/1600/4000 1.025v

As you can see, the lower clock speeds gives me much, much better results! An average of 10FPS better in fact! Very strange eh!?
 
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Yeah, both of you were bang on as dropping the memory down to 4000 has boosted performance massively and its stable (25mins in ATI Tool error free).
 
Runs much hotter in OCCT (62C in ATI, 79 in OCCT) and produces a fair few errors. But I've played Crysis, Metro 2033, Just Cause 2 and some CSS and the card never goes above 64C. I think KelticDaz is right - OCCT takes it to extremes! OCCT Stable is very, very, very stable! I'm happy with it as is tbh :)
 
IMHO if it isn't stable in everything, it's not stable.

I've had OC's before that have seemed stable in most stuff, but then a new game comes out that pushes your card harder, and suddenly its falling all over.

Also if you plan on running CUDA apps on it you wouldn't want it giving computational errors.

So for me, if it's getting errors it's not stable.

But each to their own, it's your card/rig not mine :D
 
Yeah, but I can't get it OCCT stable (error free) on anything above 800/1600/4000. No matter what voltage! Very frustrating! :(

Even at 850/1700/4000 @ 1.087v some errors show up! Even at 820 there were errors.
 
This is my result from unigine.
gigabyte GTX 460 @ 800/1600/4000 stock volts.

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Does this seem correct? (resolution is 1680 x 1050)
Will I see an improvement if I changed my CPU (E6750 @ 3.6ghz) to a quad core (Q9550 or above)?
 
would it be worth it for me to invest in a q9550 or above? I'm reluctant to upgrade to an i5/7 atm due to new socket coming out soon.

I think the question i'm really asking is am i bottlenecked by my CPU in games? and if so should i upgrade.
 
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