matrix vs top

MOOGLEYS · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:23

For 1375Mhz on the core I'm using 1.4v and the temp never goes above 72.c whilst remaining nice and quite. This is just setting the core to 1375 and the voltage auto increasing when locked to the core.

I could unlock and lower the volts but I have not bothered yet.

Chrisoldinho · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:23

MOOGLEYS said:
I think so I can ram quite high volts into this and it does not care. If I did the same to my reference it would melt.

The trade off for a highest base vcore, I had 3 Sapphire 7970 dual X's, 2 had ASIC's in the 60's, one in the high 70's. The 60's required 1175mv vcore at default, the higher ASIC card (the one I kept) runs on a much lower 1080, the trade off being this only clocks to 1200 at 1.25v compared with my others which would do 1275 at 1.3.

Bazippy · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:27

Iv ordered a top,half regretting the volts locked but im not sure i should be!

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:29

MOOGLEYS said:
For 1375Mhz on the core I'm using 1.4v and the temp never goes above 72.c whilst remaining nice and quite. This is just setting the core to 1375 and the voltage auto increasing when locked to the core.

I could unlock and lower the volts but I have not bothered yet.

Nice GPU clock.

Give the memory some welly as well.

teppic · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:36

Bazippy said:
Iv ordered a top,half regretting the volts locked but im not sure i should be!

You can just cancel it and order the Matrix if you want. But the Top version at 1100MHz will be really fast anyway.

imginy · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:38

If the matrix breaks sticking all them volts in are they still covered by warranty?

teppic · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:38

imginy said:
If the matrix breaks sticking all them volts in are they still covered by warranty?

Yeah, ocuk said it will never reject an RMA due to OCing.

233 · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:38

Fellow top owner here

Mines sitting at 1135 and 1450 on the memory out the box

Next step a VGA Hotwire mobo or bios flash to allow more volte

whyscotty · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:41

imginy said:
If the matrix breaks sticking all them volts in are they still covered by warranty?

Don't tell them

Panos · 3 Oct 2013 at 23:43

MOOGLEYS said:
For 1375Mhz on the core I'm using 1.4v and the temp never goes above 72.c whilst remaining nice and quite. This is just setting the core to 1375 and the voltage auto increasing when locked to the core.

I could unlock and lower the volts but I have not bothered yet.

Isn't that bit of sacrilege running the memory at stock speed?

DJ_Bucho · 4 Oct 2013 at 08:40

Nice work 'MOOGLEYS', I think I'll have to get my finger out and see about overclocking mine, there's so much potential in these cards

sgoaty · 4 Oct 2013 at 08:48

Im actually in the process of returning my TOP to get a Matrix. It was niggling me knowing I could have a the better card for so little more even though the top would have been more than sufficient.

Yaayuh! · 4 Oct 2013 at 08:57

Though, with the MAtrix, you're stuck with GPU Tweak, which is a bag of balls. TOP, i believe you can use any software.

SiNBaD187 · 4 Oct 2013 at 09:57

Also be aware you are playing the silicon lottery with the Matrix too, mine maxed out at 1150 no matter what voltage I threw at it, although I reckon I had a dud as it would hit 80c+ while gaming and the fans would be going nuts, I ended up getting a refund.

sgoaty · 4 Oct 2013 at 10:01

SiNBaD187 said:
Also be aware you are playing the silicon lottery with the Matrix too, mine maxed out at 1150 no matter what voltage I threw at it, although I reckon I had a dud as it would hit 80c+ while gaming and the fans would be going nuts, I ended up getting a refund.

You could say the same of the TOP or any CPU/GPU I want the Matrix more for the RAM as long as it runs at rated speed ill be satified although a decent overclock would be nice

SiNBaD187 · 4 Oct 2013 at 10:06

sgoaty said:
You could say the same of the TOP or any CPU/GPU I want the Matrix more for the RAM as long as it runs at rated speed ill be satified although a decent overclock would be nice

Well yes. But the Platinum uses cherry picked GPU's so you would normally expect a much better clock, which is not always the case.

Stanners · 4 Oct 2013 at 10:12

Do you think I would see much improvement over a stabdard 680GTX with Matrix?

Mainly play BF series and WOT.

Gregster · 4 Oct 2013 at 10:26

Stanners said:
Do you think I would see much improvement over a stabdard 680GTX with Matrix?

Mainly play BF series and WOT.

Keep hold of your 680 and wait it out for 20nm Stanners. Swapping to a 7970 will make no difference to game play and you may see a swing to a couple of fps more on the 7970 but is that worth it to you?

I understand the upgrade itch and you may not have to wait that long for 20nm since TSMC have built a new 20nm factory to cope with demand.

My thoughts anyways.

MOOGLEYS · 4 Oct 2013 at 10:39

I wen't from a 4GB 680 running 1150 Ish on the core to the 7970 Plat and tbh I would say on average the 680 feels smoother especially in BF3.

Isn't that bit of sacrilege running the memory at stock speed?

I was just playing around tbh. It's even more sacrilege that I'm now running the card at stock core and mem. To me I see no difference in game and at stock settings it bearly reaches 62.c under load.

Stanners · 4 Oct 2013 at 10:47

Gregster said:
Keep hold of your 680 and wait it out for 20nm Stanners. Swapping to a 7970 will make no difference to game play and you may see a swing to a couple of fps more on the 7970 but is that worth it to you?

I understand the upgrade itch and you may not have to wait that long for 20nm since TSMC have built a new 20nm factory to cope with demand.

My thoughts anyways.

I know your right, just getting tempted with the old itch!