New PCS+290 Arrived today plus some benchmarks

richardmr2354 · 12 Feb 2015 at 00:02

savagesam117 said:
I didn't get much done tonight, in fact, I ran one bench test and went out.. Have been out in a good couple weeks due to this new pc, it's killed my social life! But I want to see how I can compare to them scores of Moey!

No worries savage enjoy that Fresh air

Moeys score was really good, will have a go tommorow as well to see if i can match it. His settings would be a good barometer for you as well.

Moey · 12 Feb 2015 at 00:27

richardmr2354 said:
Hey moey and welcome You got a bargain at the price you
paid for your lightning! Would have picked up one myself for that price. Impressed with that heaven score, what settings was that at?

So far i have not had a problem pushing the core on the pcs, i just need more voltage. 1180 seems to be the sweet spot on mine for daily use, the custom fan setup in msi afterburner has helped as well. Fan speed stays at at 30% until the card reaches 42 degress then starts to ramp up as temperatures rise.

At 1150mhz core, 1650 mem and +93mV core +50 power limit

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 00:47

richardmr2354 said:
No worries savage enjoy that Fresh air Moeys score was really good, will have a go tommorow as well to see if i can match it. His settings would be a good barometer for you as well.

Indeed. I look forward to it.

As the warmer weather comes I'm scared my now expensive pc will not get the use it deserves

I knew there was a reason I wanted a budget build... It sucks being a nerd at heart some times :rolleyes:

Surfer · 12 Feb 2015 at 10:09

ordered mine today

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 12:38

So college finished early today so i though't i'd come back and do my overclock.

The highest i managed to get was 1160/1650, anything after this i was getting some pretty interesting things coming up on the screen and higher than 1180 i was getting some black screens.

Core:1160 +95
Memory:1650 + 5
Score: 1616
FPS:64.2

I also found that Afterburner goes up to +200, not trixx for me! But i'm going to go further than this, anything 100+ seems like it should be there.

richardmr2354 · 12 Feb 2015 at 13:55

nice score savage will have a few runs and see what i can get to

richardmr2354 · 12 Feb 2015 at 14:31

Got to say you win savage, am tapping out

Theres no more to give really even at +130 i got a worse score than my previous. Cant complain at the price i paid though. The lightnings reputation is intact. That 2fps diffrance was just to much gap to close with the pcs 290

Moey · 12 Feb 2015 at 14:38

The lightning is a 290x though compared to the 290 PCS so it was always likely to come out on top regardless

Moey · 12 Feb 2015 at 14:39

savagesam117 said:
So college finished early today so i though't i'd come back and do my overclock.

The highest i managed to get was 1160/1650, anything after this i was getting some pretty interesting things coming up on the screen and higher than 1180 i was getting some black screens.

Core:1160 +95
Memory:1650 + 5
Score: 1616
FPS:64.2

I also found that Afterburner goes up to +200, not trixx for me! But i'm going to go further than this, anything 100+ seems like it should be there.

Seems like our Lightning LE's clock very similarly

richardmr2354 · 12 Feb 2015 at 14:51

Moey said:
The lightning is a 290x though compared to the 290 PCS so it was always likely to come out on top regardless

Yeah very true, they must really overclock though those lightnings with more volts

Quite pleased with the results in the end, for 199 quid cant go wrong really. Shame the lightnings were not on offer, would have loved one of those

Moey · 12 Feb 2015 at 14:53

PCS for 199 or Lightning LE for 239 either way incredible value and can not go wrong with either

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 18:55

richardmr2354 said:
Got to say you win savage, am tapping out Theres no more to give really even at +130 i got a worse score than my previous. Cant complain at the price i paid though. The lightnings reputation is intact. That 2fps diffrance was just to much gap to close with the pcs 290

Haha, I've seen some other benches on mine so i may crank it right up and see what i can get

If things get too hot or not working then I wont bother haha.

Moey said:
Seems like our Lightning LE's clock very similarly

Indeed. Have you managed to get it past the 1200 core mark with over +100?

Moey · 12 Feb 2015 at 22:27

savagesam117 said:
Indeed. Have you managed to get it past the 1200 core mark with over +100?

Yeah but it gets too hot

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 22:42

Moey said:
Yeah but it gets too hot

Yeah, water cooling needed for that kind of stuff

Avenged7Fold · 12 Feb 2015 at 23:24

With decent water cooling you can go WAY over what MSI AB lets you set the sliders too.

This was for the thief benchmark thread. Oddly enough, i was being held back by my CPU and its clock! People with similar clocks on 290x with 2011 socket CPUs seem to be benching higher even on mantle!

Here is a link to the guide if you want to go over +100mv i would be surprised if the lightning couldn't handle +200mv for a bench or at least +150mv for 24/7. How hot are you guys getting on your lightnings? Previous lightning coolers could handle as much as some AIO set ups and ive seen previous lightnings eat up +200mv no probs. Maybe some extra case airflow could make it cool enough to run higher than +100mv for you guys.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18556274&page=2

My screenshots above were on a reference card with an EK block and before i dropped voltage down to +231, i had it at +275mv without issue when i was playing with higher clocks.

savagesam117 · 12 Feb 2015 at 23:36

Avenged7Fold said:
With decent water cooling you can go WAY over what MSI AB lets you set the sliders too.

This was for the thief benchmark thread. Oddly enough, i was being held back by my CPU and its clock! People with similar clocks on 290x with 2011 socket CPUs seem to be benching higher even on mantle!

Here is a link to the guide if you want to go over +100mv i would be surprised if the lightning couldn't handle +200mv for a bench or at least +150mv for 24/7. How hot are you guys getting on your lightnings? Previous lightning coolers could handle as much as some AIO set ups and ive seen previous lightnings eat up +200mv no probs. Maybe some extra case airflow could make it cool enough to run higher than +100mv for you guys.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18556274&page=2

My screenshots above were on a reference card with an EK block and before i dropped voltage down to +231, i had it at +275mv without issue when i was playing with higher clocks.

Yeah i'm piecing together my water cooling loop at the moment.

I get max of 75 on the clocks i've posted above. I dont have the greatest case for airflow and i've got a mix match of crap fans, so i'm going to get new fans and a shiny new WC loop

I'm new to Overclocking so i'm airing on the side of caution as i don't want to ruin my new card.

But them scores are seriously impressive man!

Avenged7Fold · 13 Feb 2015 at 00:01

Thanks but with a decent loop, i think you can do pretty much what you want with these cards, so im gonna put it down to tools over skills. I dont know what the LE throttles at but if you change the fan curve you can get a lot more out of it. I found anything u to 85 was fine in terms of stability, ofc the cooler the better though. On water i would be surprised if my card ever went above 60 even on silly clocks. some people ran these cards fine in the low 90's, so i think these chips can take quite the beating.

I am gonna have a go with the new drivers, as there is definitely gains to be had. When i posted that benchmark i think it was in the top 3 but obviously a lot less people were posting in the thread.

Divine Pain · 13 Feb 2015 at 00:28

231 mv??

jesus....Im too scared to go over 80

Nice numbers tho

Geeman1979 · 13 Feb 2015 at 00:33

If you don't feed it, it won't grow

savagesam117 · 13 Feb 2015 at 00:36

Avenged7Fold said:
Thanks but with a decent loop, i think you can do pretty much what you want with these cards, so im gonna put it down to tools over skills. I dont know what the LE throttles at but if you change the fan curve you can get a lot more out of it. I found anything u to 85 was fine in terms of stability, ofc the cooler the better though. On water i would be surprised if my card ever went above 60 even on silly clocks. some people ran these cards fine in the low 90's, so i think these chips can take quite the beating.

I am gonna have a go with the new drivers, as there is definitely gains to be had. When i posted that benchmark i think it was in the top 3 but obviously a lot less people were posting in the thread.

Really? I can't wait to get mine underwater and see what it can really do, CPU and GPU. On a bench i usually just set the fan to like 85%. Yeah, it's a fantastic card, i cannot fault it at all.

Divine Pain said:
231 mv??

jesus....Im too scared to go over 80

Nice numbers tho

Haha, i got scared at 100.