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Not to sure what is going on with the new bios now. I have tryed two different ones and both now crash crysis 2 and 3. If i swap it back to the stock bios i have now problems at all (aside from some micro stutter)
I can run the MSI GPU burn in with no problems at all. Weird
 
n00b_monkey said:
I think the problem is sorted. I just upped the voltage. But i have had to take it up to 1.23v to get it stable now. Before the BIOS update i was at just under 1v.
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The boost BIOS will have had you at 1.25V, regardless of what you set, so it makes sense that you had to go that far (assuming you were overclocking).

The issue I'm having now is that I get random halts where one frame sticks. I'll be at 60fps locked with 70%gpu usage, and then the beautiful fluid game just snags for a brief moment. What the hell is that and how do I stop it?!
 
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1.25v is massive overkill for 925 core. You must have been overclocking using one of the custom 1.175v bios. Even that is plenty for 925 core. I can reach 1100 core on 1.175v.
 
Just installed one of these in my system.

Ran some Heaven benchmark after OCing a bit and the core/mem clock wont run on the rated OC? It actually under performs :confused:

I disabled ULPs and set power limit to 20%

How do I prevent the above from happening?
Also, Will flashing the BIOS limit the OC capabilities/headroom of the card(s)?
 
Jony27 said:
Just installed one of these in my system.

Ran some Heaven benchmark after OCing a bit and the core/mem clock wont run on the rated OC? It actually under performs :confused:

I disabled ULPs and set power limit to 20%

How do I prevent the above from happening?
Also, Will flashing the BIOS limit the OC capabilities/headroom of the card(s)?
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Read the OP. You have two solutions. Extend the power limit and put it at +35% to stop the throttling, but needs to be for each card on every new driver install. Or you can go for the better long term solution and flash the bios and remove the problem completely.
 
lematt. i am at 1100 on the core and 1400 for the memory with 1.23v. Is this over kill? everything seems to be stable and no more micro stutter. i am now using the 925MHz/1250MHz Non Boost 1.175v bios with the voltage upped Im starting to get a bit frustrated with the card now. Its great that the micro stutter but the higher volts are a minus. I might just sell the card off this week and go for a 780 if the prices drop a bit. i have seen a gigabyte 780 oc for £470.
Might be time to try the other side.....
 
LtMatt said:
Read the OP. You have two solutions. Extend the power limit and put it at +35% to stop the throttling, but needs to be for each card on every new driver install. Or you can go for the better long term solution and flash the bios and remove the problem completely.
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Thanks, I take it by lowering the idle voltage Im also lowering the overall maximum voltage?

I want to get as much OC as I can from the card, dont care about the voltages/watts/electricity/etc :p
 
Jony27 said:
Thanks, I take it by lowering the idle voltage Im also lowering the overall maximum voltage?
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Yes.

Jony27 said:
I want to get as much OC as I can from the card, dont care about the voltages/watts/electricity/etc :p
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Temp.sgk said:
which is better for overclocking to get better game performance? Flashing the bios or over-clocking from boost now?
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Flash the bios with any non boost and add more voltage for your OC and ~30% on the power limit, the boost can cause 10%+ loss in performance on any set clock.
 
n00b_monkey said:
lematt. i am at 1100 on the core and 1400 for the memory with 1.23v. Is this over kill? everything seems to be stable and no more micro stutter. i am now using the 925MHz/1250MHz Non Boost 1.175v bios with the voltage upped Im starting to get a bit frustrated with the card now. Its great that the micro stutter but the higher volts are a minus. I might just sell the card off this week and go for a 780 if the prices drop a bit. i have seen a gigabyte 780 oc for £470.
Might be time to try the other side.....
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Are you sure you need the voltage that high for 1100 core? Have you tried 1.2v for 1100? As said before i can do 1100 @ 1.175v and my cards are crap clockers.

Jony27 said:
Thanks, I take it by lowering the idle voltage Im also lowering the overall maximum voltage?

I want to get as much OC as I can from the card, dont care about the voltages/watts/electricity/etc :p
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No the idle voltage can't be changed by you, only by flashing a different bios from the OP. The voltage you can change in afterburner or HIS iTurbo is the load voltage.
 
Hi guys,

just installed my new card and overclocked using the software to 1100 & 1500. My CPU is an i7 2700k @ 4.5. I've got a score in the Unigine benchmark of 741, this seems a little low?

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LtMatt said:
Are you sure you need the voltage that high for 1100 core? Have you tried 1.2v for 1100? As said before i can do 1100 @ 1.175v and my cards are crap clockers.



No the idle voltage can't be changed by you, only by flashing a different bios from the OP. The voltage you can change in afterburner or HIS iTurbo is the load voltage.
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Trying to flash the BIOS using your guide on post #2 and Im missing the BOOTLOG files? Ive disabled hiding files in control panel but still cant view the bootlog files :confused:
 
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