GTX 260 '216'

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 19:53

Well i have one

and its a Palit GTX 260 Core 216, i have used the Nvidia control panel to overclock the card, its gone a fair way, idle temp has gone up 1degree C, so is there much more room?

Clocks are

Graphics Clock: 610MHz
Processor Clock: 1315MHz
Memory Clock: 1050MHz

They seem rock solid stable, so how much further could i push it, if at all?

jak731 · 15 Jan 2009 at 19:57

Just download atitools and run the artifact scan continuously, increase the clocks individually by a few MHz until artifacts are detected, then back the clocks off a bit, do this with each clock and then try the safe clocks you got for each together and leave it testing for a while.

benwoodcock · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:05

If I see a yellow dot on the brush? That's an artifact surely, even if it doesn't register as such?

jak731 · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:11

Thats unusual, usually atitools starts reporting artifacts before they are even visible if you are increasing by incremental amounts. Never known it to not report when they are clearly visible.

Are you using the latest version? Remember with an nvidia card you need to use some other software like rivatuner to actually alter the clocks.

TomO · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:15

cybersnipa said:
Well i have one and its a Palit GTX 260 Core 216, i have used the Nvidia control panel to overclock the card, its gone a fair way, idle temp has gone up 1degree C, so is there much more room?

Clocks are

Graphics Clock: 610MHz
Processor Clock: 1315MHz
Memory Clock: 1050MHz

They seem rock solid stable, so how much further could i push it, if at all?

plenty more!

my POV GTX260-216 was at 675 / 1400 / 1050 and i didnt fine tune it at all.

i think it got artifacts at around 690, so i just kept everything a bit down from what those settings were. potentially shaders / ram had more to go.

mrk · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:16

How did you enable nvidia control panel overclocking?

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:18

i dont know, just right clicked on my desktop, opened Nvidia Control Panel, clicked Adjust GPU Settings, set it to manual, and away i went, kept fan on automatic fan control

mrk · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:20

:O what drivers version dude?

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:24

latest drivers, but had a 8800GT before, and had all sorts for that, why? shouldnt i be able to do it or something? it shows up the clocks i set on GPU-Z...

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:27

ive just checked temps, its idling at 56Degree C...is that hot?

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:30

heres a screeny if you dont believe me

TK421 · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:36

girly gamer!! are you not happy with your new card and hit oc already?

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:47

so what if ive overclocked it, i want to know if there much further it can go, or would it be better finding a Palit Sonic and copying thats clocks?

mrk · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:10

Ah are you running ntune or something? IIRC it enabled the performance monitor (and oc tabs) !

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:14

yeah, ntune, thats it!! cant remember where i got it!!

mrk · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:47

/me gets

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 22:00

you got that ntune then? were can i find specs on the Palit cards, oveclocked versions?

mrk · 15 Jan 2009 at 22:34

On Palit's website

Mine is now at 626c/1050m and shaders 1350

Compared to stock that's a neat boost. Will bench now and see any diffeences...

elpedro · 15 Jan 2009 at 22:40

I have the original 192 shader, completely stable on 713/1490/1250, now that's a proper overclock. Fan on 61%

cybersnipa · 15 Jan 2009 at 23:11

just clocked mine some more

be prepared!!

GPU Clock : @676MHz (Stock 576MHz)
Memory: @1100MHz (Stock 999MHz)
Shader: @1458MHz (Stock 1242MHz)

No Artifacts atm...done 30mins in COD4, seems fine...so..what now?