This idea does have some negatives: well mainly one negative - the cost to me if it proves to improve performance significantly
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This idea does have some negatives: well mainly one negative - the cost to me if it proves to improve performance significantly
Certainly will do
I was planning to do so anyway - mostly to look at the PCI-e 3.0 aspect. Frankly, I think that will make more difference than the clockspeed bump.
It's clear that, for single-GPU gaming at 1080p the extra bandwidth doesn't make a jot of difference (1-2% typically). But, for very large resolutions with several GPUs the difference can be quite significant (see this thread for example). I'm very interested to see what the difference will be at 2560x1600, and also at 7680x1600, with the two different platforms.
Unfortunately there don't seem to be any Z87 motherboards that allow 16x/16x in PCI-e 3.0, so I'll be comparing 8x/8x PCI-e 2.0 on my current platform with the same at PCI-e 3.0 (effectively doubling bandwidth).
Ah - nevermind. You had my hopes up thereI'll be running stock air cooling, so if I can get both cards at 1100 I'll be very pleased.
Also still running an i7-930 at 3.8Ghz, but I'm planning to grab a 4770 later this week. Won't make a huge difference in games though I imagine.
Hey, is it possible I can get your SteamID? I also have an i7 930 but at stock, would like to get overclocking advice and tips from you.
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Just installed mine.
EVGA GTX 780.
Now to play about with Precision.
Any recommendations for a moderate overclock? Not looking to push it to the limits.
EVGA GTX 780.
Now to play about with Precision.
Any recommendations for a moderate overclock? Not looking to push it to the limits.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18494374
A handy guide for overclocking with Precision X there
1100 in SLI is easy, just make sure your PC is well ventilated as the stock cooler can really push that hot air out the back of the case.Ah - nevermind. You had my hopes up there
Also still running an i7-930 at 3.8Ghz, but I'm planning to grab a 4770 later this week. Won't make a huge difference in games though I imagine.
Well, it depends on the card really, doesn't it? Not all card are created equal...
I just got them back from the collection office, and have had a single card in the machine for about 20 minutes or so. It's in a HAF-X, with 2x120mm and 2x200mm case fans, plus and the "ventilation funnel" with an additional 120mm fan blowing air right into the GPU intake duct. As far as air cooling goes it should be fairly well ventilated.
Still, I just set the GPU on "+50" and ran a few minutes of Metro 2033 to test it out. It crashed pretty quickly. Was mostly hovering around 1040Mhz [I was watching on my G19 keyboard screen]. Temperatures were in the low 70s.
Still a way to go with overclocking yet, but this card isn't looking too promising. Perhaps the other one will be better.
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Duff-Man, keep in mind the latest Precision X is causing crashes for some of us, regardless of overclock.
Sent via trust...
I really haven't touched the CPU for over two years now though, so I haven't a clue about the specific settings any more.
This link should give you a good start though - it's written with clocking a i7-930 in mind. Beyond that, the actual settings will depend on the motherboard you have (mine is a Gigabyte of some flavour that I don't recall offhand). Feel free to ask any questions, but don't be surprised if I don't remember specifics!
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Interesting - hopefully just that. The temperature didn't rise.
I used MSI afterburner to clock actually... Also I realise that Metro 2033 has some PhysX code in it, and I recall a few people have been reporting issues with PhysX and the latest Nvidia drivers.
I had better get some work done now really, but I'll play around with drivers etc later. Yay for new toys!
Certainly will do
I was planning to do so anyway - mostly to look at the PCI-e 3.0 aspect. Frankly, I think that will make more difference than the clockspeed bump.
It's clear that, for single-GPU gaming at 1080p the extra bandwidth doesn't make a jot of difference (1-2% typically). But, for very large resolutions with several GPUs the difference can be quite significant (see this thread for example). I'm very interested to see what the difference will be at 2560x1600, and also at 7680x1600, with the two different platforms.
Unfortunately there don't seem to be any Z87 motherboards that allow 16x/16x in PCI-e 3.0, so I'll be comparing 8x/8x PCI-e 2.0 on my current platform with the same at PCI-e 3.0 (effectively doubling bandwidth).
I did some runs on my GTX 690s on a RIVE @1600p x16/x16 with PCI-E 1,2 and 3. For that resolution there was very little difference between 2 and 3, less than 0.5% but going to PCI-E 1.0 resulted in a drop of 5.0% which is a lot. I have seen benches though with extreme resolutions like 7680x1600 where using PCI-E 3.0 does produce real benefits.
Interesting... Thanks for the info. I'll be using 1600p most of the time, but I might break out the 7680 setup on occasion
It'll be interesting to see the difference with such a high resolution, but good to know it's not a bottleneck at everyday settings.Also, this card just survived a couple of runs of Heaven at 1163Mhz, so it's perhaps not so bad. Crashed at 1176 though. Haven't tried over-volting yet, but I won't be running over-volted 24/7 anyway.
I haven't seen the GPU power reading go over 90% yet either - is that in line with what you guys have been seeing as well?
edit - it survived a few runs at 1189Mhz (+200) with the extra 38mv. Power levels were much closer to 100% with the voltage boost - I guess the scale accounts for over-volting. Not such a bad card then potentially... Perhaps I just got unlucky with the early Metro crash.
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Cheers, no idea how to use Trust though hehe. I've had a look at the link and it's also the same mobo as mine, Giga-X58-UD3R.
You should get an email to the email address you registered here with.
I think that's the board I have as well actually... Yes it is - I just dug out the box to check.
Ohhh, I see. I don't have access to that email any more, I have changed the email in my Trust if you care to send again.