I killed my GTX570 Beast Ed :(

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Having some time off work is great for relaxing, but I got alittle bored and so decided to push the limits of my GTX570 SLI.

My cards coms pre overclocked to 841/1682/19xx, I'd been running them 24/7 at 910/1820/2200 @1.1V for about 6 months, no problems or signs of degradation.

The problem with the stock BIOS is that its max Vcore limit is 1.1V and this just wasnt enough so I edited the BIOS to allow for 1.188V then flashed both cards to this modded BIOS.

With more juice to play with I was soon benching 3DMark11 @ 1000Mhz Core, temps touching 50C for the hottest card.

After 3DMark11 I tried Unigene Heaven 2.5, This Bluescreened after about 20 seconds. At this point I thought that the overclock was just unstable. I turned in for the night

About 15 minutes ago I tried to play the BF3 Beta at my normal 24/7 Clocks and it instantly crashed and then my PC shut down. Apon rebooting I noticed that the second card wasn't listed in the control panel, in the nVidia panel or GPU-Z... I've reseated both cards, checked power cables ETC... no signs of damage but haven't checked under the waterblock yet.

It had 10 minutes of 1GHz glory, then died a sad death R.I.P GTX570 Beast Ed.

Sad times.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

It'll be your cpu next at 1.51 volts.

Yeah well maybe we should have a poll, who's next to die, the other GTX570 or my CPU haha

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Flashed back to orginal BIOS but unfortunately no life in the old girl.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

I'll be taking it apart this evening so will take pic's If I come across any damage.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

You might also be getting some time off the forum if you don't get the title of your thread changed.

From the FAQ:



Perhaps you should grovel to a Mod. and ask them to change it for you.

Yeah your right, sorry mods please remove the obvious naughty word... I was abit upset about killing a card that cost me £330

Draining the loop at the mo

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Assuming you didn't buy them from OcUK - can you still return the card to a stock 'enough' state to RMA it?

Nah its my own fault...i broke it so ill pay to replace it

I wouldnt overclock if I wasnt willing to replace the injured

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

For your viewing pleasure.

Toasty, still smells burnt.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Ouchie.

I would seriously reduce the voltage on your CPU as well. Can't believe you need an extra 0.2 volts for 500Mhz!

I think you may be lost, let me re-direct you: http://planet520.org/forum/

Nah just kidding I may consider 4.8Ghz @ 1.425V

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Lol my 2600k @ 4.5Ghz / 1.260v says "hi".

Your decent chip is wasted on you...

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

I say fair play the reason we have voltage unlocks and overclocking made simple through software is because off people like you ......

People who want that little bit more how alwasy thinks this can go fast a true enthusiast and will say to hell with it when it frys as thats living life on the ragged edge !!

So i rasie my glass to your toasted 570 and you for for pushing it 1ghz core on sli is some achivement

Thank you! Its what benching is all about, I had a lot of fun

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Least I'm not going to burn it.

Hell, I might turn it up to 5Ghz, see what it does, not like I haven't got volts and degrees to spare.

Shame about your GTX 570, but you must have known 1Ghz was pushing it for 24/7 clocks.

Overclock your cpu more if you want too, I like to get all the performance out of my pc. I enjoy benching and overclocking

1ghz core was for benching only. I know the dangers of overclocking, if I wasn't willing to replace any damages then I wouldn't be overclocking at all

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Well that was pretty unlucky then I'd say. Still, the very upper limit for Fermi cards is right about the 1Ghz mark.

I reckon it would do more, it was scaling nicely with voltage... Just a shame those poor VRMs couldn't handle the juice, theres always next time

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

What next guys out of the following

GTX570 Tri SLI
GTX580 SLI
HD6970 CF
HD6950 Tri-Fire
HD6990
?