GTS 450 Not OCing?

[Potence]

I Tried OCing my GTS450, GPU-Z says it's OCing, but my temps don't change and neither does Unigine Heaven 2.1
I'm using MSI Afterburner

Unigine
Heaven Benchmark v2.1

Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:
Windows XP (build 2600, Service Pack 3) 32bit
CPU model:
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor
CPU flags:
3499MHz MMX+ 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4A HTT
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 6.14.12.6658 1024Mb
Settings

Render:
direct3d9

Mode:
1840x1036 4xAA fullscreen

Shaders:
high

Textures:
high

Filter:
trilinear

Anisotropy:
4x

Occlusion:
enabled

Refraction:
enabled

Volumetric:
enabled

Replication: disabled

Tessellation: disabled

Test 1
Core Clock - 1100MHz
Shader Clock - 2200MHz
Memory Clock - 2300MHz
Fan Speed - 52%
Max Temp - 44C/111F

FPS:
7.2
Scores:
181
Min FPS:
3.7
Max FPS:
14.3


Test 2
Core Clock - 1150MHz
Shader Clock - 2300MHz
Memory Clock -2350 MHz
Fan Speed - 52%
Max Temp - 44C/111F

FPS:
7.1
Scores:
179
Min FPS:
3.7
Max FPS:
14.1

Test 3
Core Clock - 1200MHz
Shader Clock - 2400MHz
Memory Clock - 2400Mhz
Fan Speed - 52%
Max Temp - 44C/111F

FPS:
7.1
Scores:
179
Min FPS:
3.7
Max FPS:
14.2

Why is this happening!?

 

[spleenharvester]

Check GPU load and clocks in GPU-Z to see if you have some bottleneck somewhere.

I think I'm right in saying you wouldn't see a huge increase from those OCs though.

 

[Potence]

Test 4
Core Clock - 880MHz (Stock)
Shader Clock - 1760MHz (Stock)
Memory Clock - 1950Mhz (Stock)
Fan Speed - 30% (Stock)


FPS:
7.1
Scores:
179
Min FPS:
3.7
Max FPS:
14.3

Ok, I'm not sure if it's just unigene?
is there any other benchmark software I could try?

EDIT: Downloading FurMark v1.8.2, Lightsmark 2008.2.0 and AquaMark3

Results Soon

 

[Andrei23]

Do you play benchmarks? If your oc gives you more fps in the games you play then what need do you have for better scores in synthetic benches? I would recommend you do some tests with some games that you play and see what fps you get before and after oc'ing - far more relevant imo

 

[Potence]

FurMark Test 1
Core:1200MHz - Mem:2400MHz - Shader:2400MHz
Max GPU Temp: 37°C
SCORE:427 points (60000 ms)

FurMark Test 2
Core:880MHz - Mem:1950MHz - Shader:1760MHz
Max GPU Temp: 40°C
SCORE:427 points (60000 ms)

Lightsmark Test 1
Core:1200MHz - Mem:2400MHz - Shader:2400MHz
Avg 92.9 FPS

Lightmark Test 2
Core:880MHz - Mem:1950MHz - Shader:1760MHz
Avg 92.9 FPS

AquaMark Test 1
Core:1200MHz - Mem:2400MHz - Shader:2400MHz
GFX: 21.165

AquaMark Test 2
Core:880MHz - Mem:1950MHz - Shader:1760MHz
GFX: 21.129

Do you play benchmarks? If your oc gives you more fps in the games you play then what need do you have for better scores in synthetic benches? I would recommend you do some tests with some games that you play and see what fps you get before and after oc'ing - far more relevant imo

Will try DiRT 2, WoW gave less than a 1 FPS boost.

 

[Potence]

Nope, no FPS boost what so ever in DiRT 2

 

[spleenharvester]

Oh right, it's from 800MHz, should be noticeable then. Sounds like a bottleneck or driver issue to me, like I say check GPU load.

 

[Potence]

How does one go about checking GPU load?

 

[Ch3m1c4L]

you aren't simply forgetting to hit apply on your OC are you? MSI Afterburner has gpu load monitoring built in, in the settings tab turn on what is monitored. If your seeing 100% CPU and 20% GPU then youd know the cpu is bottleneck etc.

What are your full specs?

 

[Potence]

EDIT: I have come to a conclusion.
After installing MSI Afterburner, you must restart in order for it to take effect...

FurMark
Core:930MHz
Shader:1860MHz
Memory:2075MHz
SCORE:2580 points (60000 ms)

Thanks for trying everyone
Turns out it was just my incompetence :/

 

[Andrei23]

EDIT: I have come to a conclusion.
After installing MSI Afterburner, you must restart in order for it to take effect...

FurMark
Core:930MHz
Shader:1860MHz
Memory:2075MHz
SCORE:2580 points (60000 ms)

Thanks for trying everyone
Turns out it was just my incompetence :/

human error is behind it most of the time, and as long as we'll be humans there will be errors