how to overclock my GTX260?

craptakular · 12 Jul 2009 at 20:37

hiya,

How do I overclock my gpu to that of a stock gtx285?

I did google and came across a utility called ntune, but alas my attempt at overclocking it nearly cost me my xp install lol.

Firstly, is my goal even a realistic one? (overclocking to a stock 285)

Secondly, I'm looking for an app that doesnt intergrate into the nvidia driver/control panel. Just because I only wanna turn the overclock on for games like say Arma 2, my other games an overclock isnt needed.

Hope I make sense!!

Marine Iguana · 12 Jul 2009 at 20:46

http://www.evga.com/precision/

I used this and it's the easiest iv'e used just register and use it it works on all nvidia cards i think, so far ive got mine up from 576/1242/999Mhz to 665/1470/1100Mhz and thats on a 65nm 192SP card. And im folding on it and temps get to about 70°C with 60% fan.

BIGBC · 12 Jul 2009 at 20:55

That app looks pretty decent.
How would an overclocked GTX260 compare to a stock GTX285 if they were similar clock speeds ?

craptakular · 12 Jul 2009 at 20:56

cool gonna check that app out

JonJ678 · 12 Jul 2009 at 20:57

Evga precision is certainly the easiest. Stability test with either furmark or folding@home, if you don't send off any work units.

If you decide you want the overclock 24/7 and independent of drivers and software, edit the gfx card bios using nibitor with slightly below your stable settings and flash using nvflash.

A good balance is to flash it to somewhat overclocked, and then clock it the rest of the way in software. Whether it'll hit 285 speeds or not, no idea. Too many variables.

Marine Iguana · 12 Jul 2009 at 21:01

I wish i new how they compare but this is the first nvidia card i have had in 5 years so i haven't got a clue how it compares to a 285 i would imagine it would be quite the same bar the difference in shader numbers.
But i would wait to find out from more experienced people.
That tool also has different profiles in the little drop down box that you can save and apply it makes overclocking easy just run furmark after the overclock to make sure its stable.

scooby555t · 12 Jul 2009 at 21:13

revatuner is the best

JonJ678 · 12 Jul 2009 at 21:32

rivatuner rather fails at being user friendly however, which evga precision definitely wins at

Ducky Spud · 12 Jul 2009 at 22:30

I agree with that, Rivatuner gives a lot more options but is way over complicated because of it! EVGA Precision is a lot easier to use

scooby555t · 12 Jul 2009 at 22:44

if u know what ur doing reva is good ive never bothered overclocking my 280 oc 2 it don't need it

Biffa · 12 Jul 2009 at 23:39

evga is just rivatuner with a fancy frock

Bradley8988 · 12 Jul 2009 at 23:41

I clocked my 260-216 to 285 speeds. Evga voltage tuner is also handy.

wolvers · 13 Jul 2009 at 13:21

Bradley8988 said:
I clocked my 260-216 to 285 speeds. Evga voltage tuner is also handy.

Aren't only certain cards that you can tweak the voltages on with software?

rjk · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:25

Biffa said:
evga is just rivatuner with a fancy frock

this

Marine Iguana · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:31

A very nice frock it is too especially for a nvidia noob like myself

Bradley8988 · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:34

wolvers69 said:
Aren't only certain cards that you can tweak the voltages on with software?

Not sure mate. I had a EVGA card.

Natima · 29 Jul 2009 at 00:30

What about for stress testing?
I have rivatuner but need to test my OC's

EDIT: hmmm...
ATI Tool is saying something about a kernel driver/digitally signed drivers needed etc...
Rivatuner also didn't originally see my drivers as I'm running the W7 GTX280 drivers - So had to key them into Rivatuner manually to get it to work.