i7 3770k batches.

setter · 1 Aug 2013 at 21:10

Ai suite is rubbish mate, fan expert is the only semi decent part of it. I get umpteen messages a day saying this is to high or this aint detected.

Playing something like crysis 3 or bf3 are good games to check for stability, as they give the cpu a decent workout. I expect your seeing much better usage of your sli'd gpu's as well now.

Idleman · 1 Aug 2013 at 21:27

I been playing Crysis 3 and it does seem better. Just using the Nvidia optimised settings. Keep forgetting to run Fraps, to see if I have any increase in FPS.
I`ll have another go later at 4.7 but I think I`ll settle for 4.6Ghz for 24hr use. I`m happy with that.
The only thing left to do now is install a couple of more fans and my fan controller. Then as soon as I can get the money together, get a 670 or 760 and sell my cards.

setter · 1 Aug 2013 at 21:35

Cant remember what exact settings im using in c3, but its mostly very high. On bf3, ive got everything set to max at 1920x1200, but gonna start using v-sync to drop the fps a bit as it gets too high at times, therefore heating my cards a bit too much. I get much better card use with the i7 than i did with the 3570k, bit of a bottleneck that chip with sli.

560ti sli was comparable to sli 470's i had. I replaced those with my first gtx 670, very nice upgrade. Massive drops in heat, noise and leccy use. Max fps dropped a bit but minimums were a lot better. Soon cured the former with an oc on the card. Great deal on ocuk at the mo on a 670.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-170-MS

wazza300 · 1 Aug 2013 at 21:37

would two 560's beat a single 7950?

setter · 1 Aug 2013 at 22:00

Not sure tbh wazza. When i had the 470's, they had the raw grunt to beat a single 670 on max fps, but the low vram count was a bit of a hindrance so i had to drop a few settings. The 670 and the 7950 are pretty much even, though at higher res than 1080p the 3gb of ram on the amd card gives it an edge. And amd's latest driver revisions have really improved the performance.

Idleman · 1 Aug 2013 at 22:52

wazza300 said:
would two 560's beat a single 7950?

I don`t think so. They will however outperform a 580 in most games and tests. I think the 670 and 7950 have about a 10-20% performance increase over a 580 all at stock speeds.
Can`t seem to find any comparisons for sli 560 vs 670.
This is the only one I could find.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-560-sli_6.html#sect5

illuz · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:05

*delete*

setter · 1 Aug 2013 at 23:06

Looking at the heaven scores in that link idleman, i got 76.4 fps with oc'd gtx 470's in sli, 83.5 fps with the 670. Cant remember what the clocks on the 470's were but the 670 was at 1320mhz core, 7586mhz memory. Thats +130 core and +770 memory. Cpu with both setups was an i7 920 @4.0ghz.

470's

670

Idleman · 2 Aug 2013 at 00:03

Here`s mine, but could`nt take a screen shot. Running at stock speeds.

Idleman · 2 Aug 2013 at 00:12

illuz said:
*delete*

Don`t understand why you deleted your post.

Nice chip you have there mate, pretty much on par with mine for volts and frequency!

wazza300 · 2 Aug 2013 at 11:37

I score 1130 points for a single stock clocked 7850,i think a single 7950 would be ideal if you wanted to ditch sli

ohh and you missed off 4x aa

and here's maxed ccc overdrive settings on stock voltage

Idleman · 2 Aug 2013 at 12:22

Seems my sli was disabled

and not for the first time.

Just ran this now, much better.

Running at 822 2004 stock OC settings.

wazza300 · 2 Aug 2013 at 12:24

I thought it was low

Idleman · 2 Aug 2013 at 12:53

wazza300 said:
I thought it was low

Not much.

Going to settle for a 4.6 24hr OC, as it`s lower voltages and heat.

On another note, when OCing the Gpu, is it best to up the Core Clock first until it`s stable. Then the memory until that`s also stable and then lowering the voltages.

wazza300 · 2 Aug 2013 at 12:55

yeah

memory tends to be more fragile than the core

Idleman · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:07

wazza300 said:
yeah

memory tends to be more fragile than the core

That`s how I do it. The thing I find using AB with my cards is adjusting the voltages, it seems a bit limited. It almost seems as if the voltage settings are predetermined, so fine tuning is`nt possible.

wazza300 · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:09

I use sapphire trixx used to use asus gpu tweak which is ok

could never get used to afterburner tbh,but it's the only one that allows memory voltage adjustment

Idleman · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:33

I`ll have another go over the weekend, as soon as I get my fan and controller fitted.
I did have it OCed when running Heaven Valley, but could`t get it to run games or Heaven 3/4. Had to drop the memory a bit.

wazza300 · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:35

yeah its pretty easy to run silly clocks in benchmarks

games need lower clocks and more stability

setter · 2 Aug 2013 at 17:02

Idleman said:
Seems my sli was disabled and not for the first time.

Just ran this now, much better.

Running at 822 2004 stock OC settings.

Thats more like it mate.

Well, my 3770k is soon gonna be retired. Just purchased a 4770k on members market. Just gotta decide which board to pair it with. Thinking of the maximus hero.