Gainward's Expertool Now Clocks Shaders :D

[AndyOcUK]

Just downloaded Gainward's "Expertool" update to version 5.6 and it now supports shader overclocking for the 8800 series of cards!!

Link Here:

http://www.gainward.com/support/XPRT_56.zip

Have fun folks!!!

 

[AndyOcUK]

Old news? Been using this for 2 weeks

Good to let peeps know though, quality proggy

So what sort of clocks are you getting on what card mate?

 

[AndyOcUK]

Andddddddddd...........

We've known this for weeks upon weeks.

Catch up Andy

I've been away for two weeks smart arse lol

So what results have people had and with what cards?

 

[AndyOcUK]

Same as any other clocking application I'd of thought .

One thing I do like about it, is no messing. I use this instead of Rivatuner now...

Got 621/1512/1000(2000)

Out my GTX with it

NICE!!

I take it thats:

621 Core
1512 Shader (1500 would be ultra speeds )
2000 Memory

Much difference mate?

 

[AndyOcUK]

.........the biggest was the extra 1k in 3DMark it gained.

Not bad for free

Bloody right mate....time for some judicious tweaking tonight then

 

[AndyOcUK]

Cool, just got this a overclocked my card to the speed in my sig and i gained about 3 fps (Average in GPU benchmark) in crysis, which is around a 10% increase. For my first overclock i don't think that is to bad. TY Andy for letting me know

No worries mate

Does this work on Vista x64 at all?

I'm running it on Vista 64 Home Premium mate

 

[AndyOcUK]

does this save your settings so its default at startup or not? cause i have found my GTS IMPOSSIBLE to overclock in vista and keep it stable, will higher shader clock give large performance boost?

Yes it does.

First attempt:

Gainward Bliss 8800GTX (Stock Speeds = GPU 575MHz, RAM 1800MHz, Shaders 1350MHZ)

Overclocked:

GPU Core : 600 MHz
Memory : 2000MHz
Shader : 1500MHz

3DMark 06 Result:

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultanalyzer.jsp?projectType=14&XLID=0&UID=12206623

I used to get around 1250 Dead so its gone up by around 900 Marks.

Just a note: I dropped my q6600 (G0) from its overclocked 3.6GHz (450 X 8) back to stock to make comparisons so 3Dmark score will be much higher once I clock the CPU back up

 

[AndyOcUK]

im guessing that overclocking core, shader or mem will all increase heat, but which is most important to overclock? like would sacrificing some shader speed for some more core speed be good? or is it best to overclock all evenly?

The release notes say that the new Expertool has overheating protection alarms or something like that:

http://www.gainward.com/news/news_detail.php?news_id=13

Should be fine upto about 90 degrees anyway mate. Take a look at the fan control tab in expertool and set to fixed speed 100% if you're worried

In other words......clock 'em all!!!!

 

[AndyOcUK]

Another useful tool for you seeing as everyone reading this is now hell bent on clocking the nuts off of their GFX card:

Link:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/843d/GPU-Z.0.1.1.exe

 

[AndyOcUK]

Oh God, not again ..

1.21 Jigawatts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol.

I know its been posted before - just thought it would be relevant to this post and, more to the point, useful.

Never understood the slatings for reposts though. Even with search it can days to make sure no ones posted before and also it assumes that absolutely everybody either knows everything or has read every single post ever.

And don't even start me on "**THE OFFICIAL**" threads

 

[AndyOcUK]

Mmm mines coming this is the not correct dslpay card. would running dual monitors have anything to do with this ?? Really wanna get this working . I'm using vista 64 bit also . Any ideas?

Anyway, back to topic....

My GTX is a Gainward but I've heard that Expertool works with most cards. Try unplugging/ disabling one of your monitors.

It is definitely is not a 64 bit issue.

Some Asus cards are reported not to work with Expertool but thats all I can think of mate.

Can anyone help Fullhouse out?

 

[AndyOcUK]

Again in English mate? lol

 

[AndyOcUK]

Hi guys.

I'm pretty sure the 2D/ 3D clocks are absent unless on WHQL drivers.

Here's My latest effort:

I Believe That's Pretty Much Ultra Speeds?

Been playing Crysis pretty much Maxed out all day (1680 X 1050 - 2X AA)

No Problems So Far

 

[AndyOcUK]

I'm sorry does my post contain anything other than English? NO it doesn't, you may work for ocuk but that doesn't make you big or clever, whats the point in posting if you don't have anything constructive to say.

Hi mate, I was only having a bit of banter regarding the spelling

I don't work at OcUK anymore - I used to be Tech Dept Manager.

I'd have thought this thread would be counted as useful?

Sorry if I upset you mate, no offense intended

 

[AndyOcUK]

yeah it was useful ,I've noticed a huge performance increase since increasing the shader ,cheers mate

Cool

I think it would be good if we all posted a screenie of GPU-z with our efforts (see my post above) whadda ya reckon folks?

Here's the link again for anyone who (like me) probably can't be bothered trawling round for it lol

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/843d/GPU-Z.0.1.1.exe

 

[AndyOcUK]

guys how do you overclock the shader in riva tuner as it wont go above 1500 or so with the gainward tool

Some useful 8800 Series OC'ing Guides:

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5958

http://www.benchzone.com/page.php?al=geforce_overclocking_gui