Been out of the game for a while. New 480GTX

[Jono8]

Just bought a 480GTX and would like to know what you guys consider to be the best tools for overclocking it and making custome fan profiles e.t.c.

I use Rivatuner for my current GTX 275. Is this still considered a good utility these days?

 

[OCPete]

MSI Afterburner IMO.

 

[Josh P]

I use MSI Afterburner, you don't need an MSI card for it to work.

 

[Jono8]

So Afterburner has lots of functionality then yeh?

What about ASUS SmartDoctor and the voltage tweak thing? is that worth using?

 

[Ezyryder]

Not as good as MSI Afterburner basically.

 

[Jono8]

Ok thanks. MSI Afterburner seems to be the unanimous choice around here then!

 

[Jono8]

Also, what's everyone using to test overclocking stability these days?

 

[DIABLO]

I personally use Heaven Benchmark as it gives a realistic idea of temps under load and good at finding unstable overclocks. BTW you have to have Afterburner running for your custom fan profiles to work.

 

[Jono8]

Ok, thanks for your help.

What should i expect as a "gimme" on these cards in terms of overclocks?

 

[Jono8]

Is this acceptable?

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/758486

P5026 3dmarks with the card at 800/1600/1956 ?

graphics score is 5302

Looks like my trusty Core Quad is letting me down. Physics score seems to be half of what i5's/i7's are getting.

Anyone else with a similar set up to mine?

 

[jigger]

What are your *in games* FPS like ? 3D mark numbers mean nothing .

 

[Jono8]

What are your *in games* FPS like ? 3D mark numbers mean nothing .

Havent tried any games yet

i was just checking it was all good to go and performing/behaving as it should.

Often a set of comparable numbers/benchmarks is a good way to accertain this.