Gigabyte GTX480 SOC - stability at stock

Buckster · 25 Mar 2011 at 01:47

please post on here if you have a GTX480 SOC - andwhether its stable at stock speeds or not- please post even if stable as often people complain when items are fault and less so when all AOK, therefore it can often give on forums a more pessimistic view than reality. Purpose is to try and minimise number of RMAs if its not actually the cards themselves at fault

please include the following info (as a few people on here are having issues, and it may not be the cards themselves- it could be peoples PSUs (although Gigabyte recommend 600W or above) - so want to see if there is a trend)

PLEASE ONLY POST ONCE - just with the details as below - discussion can happen on another thread

(1) Stock Volts (Afterburner will tell you)
(2) Bios version (GPU-Z will give you this info)
(3) OCCT stable ?
(4) Heaven stable ?
(5) If the above are unstable - and you've tried lowering the clocks, what clock speed does the card become stable ?
(6) PSU make and model (importantone this one)
(7) Mobo, CPU and any other details which may be of use

Buckster · 25 Mar 2011 at 01:49

right mine for starters:

(1) Stock volts - 1.038V
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - not stable at all - in ks of errors within seconds
(4) Heaven- artefacts (flashing textures, black flashes (horizontal and vertical) )
(5) Stable - if clocks dropped to 760 - then passes Heaven fine, and 15 mins of OCCT with no errors
(6) PSU - Tagan 700W - Dual Engine (was fine with a heavily overclocked 570)
(7) Mobo - Asus P5B Deluxe - Q6600 CPU, 6 gig RAM

thebigak · 25 Mar 2011 at 02:45

(1) Stock volts - GPUZ reads: 0.9620v idle 1.0250v load
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - Thousands of errors within seconds
(4) Heaven- Not tested but Starcraft 2 artefacts in game on max settings at 1920x1080.
(5) Stable - Tried OCCT at 700 core and 1400 shader and no errors, not tried any other speeds.
(6) PSU - Brand new OCZ Modxstream Pro 600watt with 25 amps on each of two +12v rails.
(7) Mobo - Asus P6T, i7 920, 12GB 1600Mhz DDR3

Amos91 · 25 Mar 2011 at 02:59

Is it still artifacting heavily if you upped the voltage to around 1.075? That was what my card was using at stock...

thebigak · 25 Mar 2011 at 03:03

Where are you getting the readings from? I don't think GPUZ gives accurate readings and the Gigabyte overclocking tool seems to give strange readings too... I just tried about 1.060v by overvolting with the Gigabyte tool and I eventually got some errors. It made the fan spin up really loud really quickly too! At default volts for me OCCT didn't really make the fan spin up much...

I just noticed a massive difference in the current draw displayed in the Gigabyte tool when I overvolt. At stock volts the current draw is about 16.6 amps under OCCT load, if I overvolt to about 1.080v the current draw goes over 21 amps and keeps climbing as the temps increase! I really don't want to have to run it like this and think it should perform as advertised out of the box...

Tried MSI Afterburner instead and overvolted to 1.075v and still got OCCT errors just not as many as before...

juno_first · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:32

(1) Stock volts - 1.025V
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - not stable at all - in ks of errors within minutes
(4) Heaven- artefacts (flashing green starbursts)
(5) Stable - if increased to 1.088v- then passes Heaven fine, and 5 mins of OCCT with no errors
(6) PSU - Coolmaster 750W - 80proof 60amp single 12v rail
(7) Mobo -P35 Gigabyte DQ6- Q6600 CPU, 4 gig RAM (also tried P35 DSr3 mobo with Corsair 620w PSU & got same results)

subbytna · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:54

why do you think they were being sold so cheap

seriously though...unlucky, glad I didn't buy one...was tempted to

Omega · 25 Mar 2011 at 20:19

Ok... 6950 crossfire it is then

SiD-P · 25 Mar 2011 at 21:37

(1) Stock volts - GPUZ reads: 0.9620v idle 1.0370v load
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - Zero Errors. Stable
(4) Heaven - Stable.
(5) Stable - N/A
(6) PSU - Corsair HX 1000W
(7) Mobo - Asus rampage II Extreme , i7 920, 12GB 1600Mhz DDR3

Only problem I have is that OC Guru will not work for me.

straxusii · 26 Mar 2011 at 06:25

(1) Stock Volts - whatever stock is 1.025 I think
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT stable - errors after a minute
(4) Heaven stable - yes
(5) If the above are unstable - and you've tried lowering the clocks, what clock speed does the card become stable ?
(6) 1kw dodgy make
(7) As sig

I'm fine with OCCT erroring, I dont think any games will recreate this kind of load and mine is stable at 850/2100 in games.

straxusii · 26 Mar 2011 at 06:28

SiD-P said:
Only problem I have is that OC Guru will not work for me.

You've lost nothing - it's garbage. Voltage adjustment is all over the place.

Griffin87 · 27 Mar 2011 at 21:41

(1) Stock Volts 1038
(2) Bios version (GPU-Z will give you this info)
(3) OCCT stable ? no
(4) Heaven stable ? yea
(5) If the above are unstable lowered to stock clocks and passed occt
(6) PSU make and model Brand new xfx pro core 750
(7) Mobo, CPU and any other details which may be of use Asus P6T i7 920 6gb ram

i ran the crysis benchmark in a 20 loop and it always crashes when the card is at stock.

i swapped in my 6870 and it passed

Im going to RMA the Card but i was nervous about it as i live in ireland and shipping is expensive.

Nodiggidy123 · 14 Apr 2011 at 21:52

1. stock volts 1038
2. bios version. 70.00.21.00.02
3. occt stable. no, thousands of errors in seconds.
4. heaven stable. haven't tried.
5. lower clocks make it perfect.
6. bfg 800w es
7. gigabyte ex58a ud3r and i7 920 do, 6gb ram

Randall8686 · 14 Apr 2011 at 22:22

not got a soc got a SE but here goes any way
(1) Stock Volts 1063
(2) Bios version no idea
(3) OCCT stable not tried it
(4) Heaven stable as a rock no problems at all
(5) If the above are unstable - and you've tried lowering the clocks, what clock speed does the card become stable ?
(6) PSU make and model Thermaltake 550W TR2
(7) asus p5q pro E7300 @ 3.75

Overclocked to 850mhz core 1700 shader 2000 memory all on stock volts no issues at all

big jenks · 14 Apr 2011 at 22:34

(1) Stock Volts 1.000
(2) Bios version (GPU-Z will give you this info)
(3) OCCT stable yes
(4) Heaven stable yes
(5) n/a
(6) 850wat xfx black editon
(7) asus rampage II I7 920 4ghz

occed to 900/1800/2200 on 1.030v all stable 50c ilde 80 load

Randall8686 · 14 Apr 2011 at 22:59

just tried OCCT No errors

Tediore · 14 Apr 2011 at 23:18

(1) I don't know, and the box is blank in Afterburner (?)
(2) I don't know. I don't have GPU-Z installed.
(3) Haven't tried.
(4) Haven't tried.
(5) Stable at SOC speeds. At least it is in games. No crashing or artefacts.
(6) Antec TruePower New 650w
(7) MSI P55-GD80, i5 760 at stock speeds, 4GB Kingston HyperX Blu RAM.

I know I haven't run any of the tests such as OCCT or anything, but my card is perfectly stable playing games. It's going back because there's an incredibly annoying buzzing sound whenever I play a game. I read in another thread that this is capacitors and was advised to DSR the card when I asked about it. Shame really, because I do like the card. I can't even get a replacement because I'm away for two weeks now and can't test any replacement card until outside the DSR timescale

Hoping these are on sale when I get back otherwise I'll be considering a 570/580.

Edit: Temps: 33 - 38 idle, and a maximum of 73 load. Case is a Fractal Design Define R3 with added side and top 140mm fans.

jrodga2k5 · 14 Apr 2011 at 23:36

(1) 1.025V
(2) 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT stable Yes
(4) Heaven stable Yes
(5) N/A
(6) Corsair TX 650W
(7) Intel i7 930 @ 3.8Ghz, ASUS P6X58D-E, 6GB Corsair Ram, ASUS Xonar DG

Jen-Hsun Huang · 14 Apr 2011 at 23:49

Buckster said:
right mine for starters:

(1) Stock volts - 1.038V
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - not stable at all - in ks of errors within seconds
(4) Heaven- artefacts (flashing textures, black flashes (horizontal and vertical) )
(5) Stable - if clocks dropped to 760 - then passes Heaven fine, and 15 mins of OCCT with no errors
(6) PSU - Tagan 700W - Dual Engine (was fine with a heavily overclocked 570)
(7) Mobo - Asus P5B Deluxe - Q6600 CPU, 6 gig RAM

thebigak said:
(1) Stock volts - GPUZ reads: 0.9620v idle 1.0250v load
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - Thousands of errors within seconds
(4) Heaven- Not tested but Starcraft 2 artefacts in game on max settings at 1920x1080.
(5) Stable - Tried OCCT at 700 core and 1400 shader and no errors, not tried any other speeds.
(6) PSU - Brand new OCZ Modxstream Pro 600watt with 25 amps on each of two +12v rails.
(7) Mobo - Asus P6T, i7 920, 12GB 1600Mhz DDR3

juno_first said:
(1) Stock volts - 1.025V
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT - not stable at all - in ks of errors within minutes
(4) Heaven- artefacts (flashing green starbursts)
(5) Stable - if increased to 1.088v- then passes Heaven fine, and 5 mins of OCCT with no errors
(6) PSU - Coolmaster 750W - 80proof 60amp single 12v rail
(7) Mobo -P35 Gigabyte DQ6- Q6600 CPU, 4 gig RAM (also tried P35 DSr3 mobo with Corsair 620w PSU & got same results)

straxusii said:
(1) Stock Volts - whatever stock is 1.025 I think
(2) Bios version - 70.00.21.00.02
(3) OCCT stable - errors after a minute
(4) Heaven stable - yes
(5) If the above are unstable - and you've tried lowering the clocks, what clock speed does the card become stable ?
(6) 1kw dodgy make
(7) As sig

I'm fine with OCCT erroring, I dont think any games will recreate this kind of load and mine is stable at 850/2100 in games.

Griffin87 said:
(1) Stock Volts 1038
(2) Bios version (GPU-Z will give you this info)
(3) OCCT stable ? no
(4) Heaven stable ? yea
(5) If the above are unstable lowered to stock clocks and passed occt
(6) PSU make and model Brand new xfx pro core 750
(7) Mobo, CPU and any other details which may be of use Asus P6T i7 920 6gb ram

i ran the crysis benchmark in a 20 loop and it always crashes when the card is at stock.

i swapped in my 6870 and it passed

Im going to RMA the Card but i was nervous about it as i live in ireland and shipping is expensive.

Nodiggidy123 said:
1. stock volts 1038
2. bios version. 70.00.21.00.02
3. occt stable. no, thousands of errors in seconds.
4. heaven stable. haven't tried.
5. lower clocks make it perfect.
6. bfg 800w es
7. gigabyte ex58a ud3r and i7 920 do, 6gb ram

It's good to see my company produces such top quality merchandise.

Nodiggidy123 · 15 Apr 2011 at 07:26

Jen-Hsun Huang said:
It's good to see my company produces such top quality merchandise.

please elaborate?