Getting most out of GTX280

[b-star]

Hi,
As said above ... what can be done to get most of my Zotac gtx280?

1) overclocking ... first step

did bit of research ...
some flash bios, what is that for?
is it worth to change voltages?
down-clock for none-3D to reduce Watt usage?

 

[samir_ansari]

my gainward 280 didnt overclock very well at all, so i flashed it to an evga 280 and it worked! you should definitely look into that and hopefully you can flash yours to a zotac AMP edition (if it isnt one already ofcourse )

 

[b-star]

no it's not, how it's possible ?

 

[smit101]

Hi,
As said above ... what can be done to get most of my Zotac gtx280?

1) overclocking ... first step

did bit of research ...
some flash bios, what is that for?
is it worth to change voltages?
down-clock for none-3D to reduce Watt usage?

I wouldn't advise reflashing!

You'd be better off downloading Riva Tuner and gradually clock gpu followed by memory,stress test after each increase and you'll likely achieve a reasonable overclock even on the standard cooler.

Good stress tests are furmark or 3D Mark 06/Vantage looped,be aware though that Furmark will seriously heatup your GPU so keep an eye on temps whilst its running,if your using the standard air cooler on your 280 set it to run at 100%.

 

[samir_ansari]

I wouldn't advise reflashing!

You'd be better off downloading Riva Tuner and gradually clock gpu followed by memory,stress test after each increase and you'll likely achieve a reasonable overclock even on the standard cooler.

Good stress tests are furmark or 3D Mark 06/Vantage looped,be aware though that Furmark will seriously heatup your GPU so keep an eye on temps whilst its running,if your using the standard air cooler on your 280 set it to run at 100%.

in my case the card wouldnt oc at all. I bought it in the MM from someone who obviously had the same problem so sold it to me cheap. Flashing was the only thing that worked and the card is still 100% stable with acceptable temps

 

[Calneon]

Before installing my Arctic Accelero cooler (see log in sig), I could barely reach 650 core, after isntalling it I run at 700.

 

[smit101]

in my case the card wouldnt oc at all. I bought it in the MM from someone who obviously had the same problem so sold it to me cheap. Flashing was the only thing that worked and the card is still 100% stable with acceptable temps

Maybe as a last resort,such as in your situation. Not worth it for the op'r though,he hasn't yet established whether the card will clock on it's current bios or not.

 

[b-star]

Hi, yes, I used Rivatuner on my GTX260... went well!

till now was not bothered, but saw all new benchies and new games which I play more and more GPU hungry, so want to increase performance

 

[samir_ansari]

these days it criminal to not oc your card

 

[b-star]

Also: Riva tuner won't recodnise DRIVER SETTING, using lates 190.62 driver

 

[FlukeRogi]

Also: Riva tuner won't recodnise DRIVER SETTING, using lates 190.62 driver

You can force it to. In Rivatuner, go to "Power user", then "Rivatuner\System". Find "ForceDriverVersion" and set it to the driver version you are using, but don't include the decimal point. So for your version, enter 19062 as the value. That should enable the overclocking options again.

 

[b-star]

what about EVGA tool, will it work ok on zotac gtx280