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- Thread starter Jerry64
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I'm looking for a 24/7 max as against a bench max.
Your memory went a long way!
did you adjust memory voltage at all?
Hmm well its crashing Heaven at 1254mv and 1202 core so could try 1.27v but anxious about going much higher.
What should I set power limit to as it goes to 300% now!
Thanks for your help I appreciate it
Your memory went a long way!
did you adjust memory voltage at all?
Hmm well its crashing Heaven at 1254mv and 1202 core so could try 1.27v but anxious about going much higher.
What should I set power limit to as it goes to 300% now!
Thanks for your help I appreciate it
no probsOk so I can get the core stable at 'stock' 1202mhz with +12mv which gives 1.271 max actual on the multimeter.
Thing is the memory won't even do 300mhz without Heaven crashing, can it really be that bad.
Should I try adding some volts to the memory?
Power target is at 300%
Temps 61 degrees celsius max
In fact my heaven scores are ever so slightly lower than when I oc'd the memory 500mhz and let the card boost itself on the standard BIOS?
Thing is the memory won't even do 300mhz without Heaven crashing, can it really be that bad.
Should I try adding some volts to the memory?
Power target is at 300%
Temps 61 degrees celsius max
In fact my heaven scores are ever so slightly lower than when I oc'd the memory 500mhz and let the card boost itself on the standard BIOS?
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Picked up one of these yesterday and it's happily benching at 1254 / 3504, although that's using the LN2 bios it came with and +100mV core, +50mV mem & +20mV aux.
Any idea if these voltages regarded as safe enough?
Think I read somewhere that AB reports the core mV .05 lower than what it really is & I don't have a multi-meter handy to check myself.
The memory & vrm temps in AB SE beta 15 never make it above 55c after looping Heaven 4.0 for 45-60min.
When gaming I'll probably run it at 1200 and drop the mV's a little to let the card run cooler, but even now it doesn't break 60c with the fan around 55% under load.
Any idea if these voltages regarded as safe enough?
Think I read somewhere that AB reports the core mV .05 lower than what it really is & I don't have a multi-meter handy to check myself.
The memory & vrm temps in AB SE beta 15 never make it above 55c after looping Heaven 4.0 for 45-60min.
When gaming I'll probably run it at 1200 and drop the mV's a little to let the card run cooler, but even now it doesn't break 60c with the fan around 55% under load.
I've nothing to worry about then, as I'm back on the stock bios @ 1.178v. 1189/3504 gives me enough fps as it is, so I'll just stick with that.
Tbh I'm half considering DSR'ing it as I'll never put this card to its full use.
It runs the games I play easily enough ( rF2, PCars & GSC2013 ), so I know a 670 would too.
Considering there's nothing really between them performance wise, pocketing the £30-£40 saving over the 680 is sounding tempting.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=25080094#post25080094
Link to my 'ask 8pack' thread re: the cards.
I've learnt a lesson here, would not buy the cards again, don't get me wrong, great coolers, construction and performance.
But next time, when all the reviews say a cheaper card is within 10% of the flagship, it really does mean that, as my benchies/performance is the same as 670 SLI would be and i'd have £120 more in pocket!
I only got them because I rarely get the flagship card of a range, GTX 280 is only other time I have done it. It was nice in this instance to get a very highly regarded card at a knock-down price so threw caution to the wind.
I hoped the cards would clock like champs but mine are very mediocre.
The memory is stable at 7.6ghz though which is remarkable, it REALLY opened the cards up so another way of looking at it is I have x2 770's but saved £40 on each card (cheapest 770 at the time was £300)
Funds permitting I'd love to put them underwater and be able to shove more volts into them without as much worry as on air...
Nice boost to e-peen never goes amiss though
However in SLI they munch anything at stock clocks, heck these are GPU cores over 1GHZ stock, 470's needed the balls clocked off them yes to open them up, but all we are talking now on these things is gaining 4-8fps.
Still, I expect to be good GPU wise for 1.5-2yrs
I should have plumped for the Asus DCUII 4GB when they were £200 on ocuk, even though I agree 2GB IS enough for 1080p for the forseable future, until the GPU cores themselves are no longer powerful enough and we all have to upgrade anyway, at least I wouldn't have to worry about stupid V-RAM limit.
Tombraider looks better than crysis 3 IMO, from an art direction standpoint at least and I only see 1100mb V-ram useage in 3D vision with everything pretty much maxed out.
The new consoles aren't going to shock us PC gamers in the slightest graphically, it will only shock our expectations in terms of graphics on our TV in our lounge being a step up.
Link to my 'ask 8pack' thread re: the cards.
I've learnt a lesson here, would not buy the cards again, don't get me wrong, great coolers, construction and performance.
But next time, when all the reviews say a cheaper card is within 10% of the flagship, it really does mean that, as my benchies/performance is the same as 670 SLI would be and i'd have £120 more in pocket!
I only got them because I rarely get the flagship card of a range, GTX 280 is only other time I have done it. It was nice in this instance to get a very highly regarded card at a knock-down price so threw caution to the wind.
I hoped the cards would clock like champs but mine are very mediocre.
The memory is stable at 7.6ghz though which is remarkable, it REALLY opened the cards up so another way of looking at it is I have x2 770's but saved £40 on each card (cheapest 770 at the time was £300)
Funds permitting I'd love to put them underwater and be able to shove more volts into them without as much worry as on air...
Nice boost to e-peen never goes amiss though
However in SLI they munch anything at stock clocks, heck these are GPU cores over 1GHZ stock, 470's needed the balls clocked off them yes to open them up, but all we are talking now on these things is gaining 4-8fps.
Still, I expect to be good GPU wise for 1.5-2yrs
I should have plumped for the Asus DCUII 4GB when they were £200 on ocuk, even though I agree 2GB IS enough for 1080p for the forseable future, until the GPU cores themselves are no longer powerful enough and we all have to upgrade anyway, at least I wouldn't have to worry about stupid V-RAM limit.
Tombraider looks better than crysis 3 IMO, from an art direction standpoint at least and I only see 1100mb V-ram useage in 3D vision with everything pretty much maxed out.
The new consoles aren't going to shock us PC gamers in the slightest graphically, it will only shock our expectations in terms of graphics on our TV in our lounge being a step up.
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7.6ghz on the memory? Nice
I can see why 670 sli would have made sense financially, but at least with the 680's you know you have that bit extra grunt if you ever need it.
I can run at 1202/6800 on stock volts so far, which I can't complain about really. Think I'd need a cherry-picked 670 to get the exact same performance from, which there's no guarantee of, so I'll probably stick with it.
My temps stay under 55c with the fans around 50%, which I can hardly hear, which is a bonus too.
I paid £230 for my PE, so not too bad really I guess. But I imagine if I waited a few weeks I'd be able to get one for around £200 2nd hand once the 290x / 780Ti arrive & everyone here starts selling their cards, as they do
I can see why 670 sli would have made sense financially, but at least with the 680's you know you have that bit extra grunt if you ever need it.
I can run at 1202/6800 on stock volts so far, which I can't complain about really. Think I'd need a cherry-picked 670 to get the exact same performance from, which there's no guarantee of, so I'll probably stick with it.
My temps stay under 55c with the fans around 50%, which I can hardly hear, which is a bonus too.
I paid £230 for my PE, so not too bad really I guess. But I imagine if I waited a few weeks I'd be able to get one for around £200 2nd hand once the 290x / 780Ti arrive & everyone here starts selling their cards, as they do
Just noticed that my card on stock values causes the 'Voltage Limit' and 'OV max limit' values in Afterburner Beta15 SE to peak at 1 when under load while gaming.
Power % peaks at around 65-70.
I've noticed in a few 7xx series reviews where it mentions that 'OV max limit' at 1 isn't a good sign, and it has me concerned there's something up with my card.
Or do I ignore this because it's a feature that was added as part of GPU Boost v2.0?
If that's the case, shouldn't AB detect I'm using a 6xx series card & disable reporting these values?
Power % peaks at around 65-70.
I've noticed in a few 7xx series reviews where it mentions that 'OV max limit' at 1 isn't a good sign, and it has me concerned there's something up with my card.
Or do I ignore this because it's a feature that was added as part of GPU Boost v2.0?
If that's the case, shouldn't AB detect I'm using a 6xx series card & disable reporting these values?