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****Official GTX580 user reviews/benchmarking/overclocking thread****

vorticalspace said:
Hi
Heaven results as per sig.
Min & max are quite strange
Seems to run steady at approx 70/30 until test 18 where very briefly goes erratic.
GPU load at a steady 97%
CPU at 3.2GHz

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You say cpu is at 3.2ghz but the picture says 3600mhz ??:confused:?

page 14 get!
 
Going from a card that needs xfire to a single fast GPU has its benefits.
A quote from hardOCP.

The HD 5970 delivers faster gaming framerates compared to the GeForce GT 580. However, if you look at the actual usability of those frame the picture is a bit different. The GeForce GTX 580 allows a consistently higher level of the gameplay experience compared to the Radeon HD 5970. We were able to game at higher settings with the GTX 580 than we were with the Radeon HD 5970. The most important factor, beyond framerates, is the visual quality and experience returned by the product. The GeForce GTX 580 allows a more immersive, smoother, and consistent quality of gameplay.
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wuyanxu said:
SSD, memory isn't. i think that memory is Gskill.

apart from SSD and case, everything else is by Corsair (if they make it) in my system. looking forward to a 700D when i can be bothered to rebuild.
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My other rig has the corsair dominator gt. This memory is better. I'ts the G.Skill enhanced Pi 2000mhz CAS6. Not too may places sell it. I'm managing to run all of it (12gb) at CAS6 at full speed with a 4.2ghz overclock which isn't bad.
 
MooMoo444 said:
Why would the fact its MSI make a difference? Arent the cards all reference at this point?
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because i know Asus cards are clocking much higher than any other out there
so i would like to see what other msi users are able to get with their cards to compare to mine
 
Yeah, read that about the Asus 580's but seems odd as they are all meant to be reference cards.

Can't really imagine why Asus would have a batch of "cherry picked" cores, and I can't think of any other reason why any card would clock higher:confused:

What intrigues me slightly is the varying default Vcore readings between the different brands.
My POV 580 is set at 1.050 by default.

I know that SkyRocket made a big song and dance about this and actually sent his POV580 back:rolleyes:

It may just be the case that POV are playing it safe and it may indeed be possible to reduce the Vcore down abit?

From what I can gather, all 580's dont need much of a bump to hit 875 core stable, which is plenty.:)
 
I have 2 pov cards stock volts were 1.063. Dropped them down to 1.05 all seems well. I did try dropping it lower but playing just cause 2 for about 20 mins, the screen would go black and I would have to reboot. Mine seem to need quite a volt increase to oc as well.They would run heaven with the lower volts, and I could bfbc 2 fine, Just cause and crysis didnt like the drop though.
 
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The only difference between between ASUS and all other reference 580's is that the BIOS allows for a higher vgpu max value. Flash any other 580 with the ASUS bios and you stand an equal chance of high overclocks. This is similar to way GTX 460 vgpu max values were limited within BIOS. The actual VRM's are capable of supplying more voltake if BIOS allows.

All 580's are the same reference design, bar a few BIOS changes and stickers. The extra 0.08v that ASUS BIOS allows is what makes the difference. Personally, I prefer to run my 580 @ 875/4300 1.05v than at 960/4300 @ 1.213v. Heat becomes a massive issue above 1.1v without decent cooling and nobody will run their card 24/7 at these clocks anyway.
 
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Dirkscooby said:
I have 2 pov cards stock volts were 1.063. Dropped them down to 1.05 all seems well. I did try dropping it lower but playing just cause 2 for about 20 mins, the screen would go black and I would have to reboot. Mine seem to need quite a volt increase to oc as well.They would run heaven with the lower volts, and I could bfbc 2 fine, Just cause and crysis didnt like the drop though.
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It would be interesting to complile a register of stock Vcore.
All seems very strange.
I'll start a new thread if anyone is interested:)
 
555BUK said:
The only difference between between ASUS and all other reference 580's is that the BIOS allows for a higher vgpu max value. Flash any other 580 with the ASUS bios and you stand an equal chance of high overclocks. This is similar to way GTX 460 vgpu max values were limited within BIOS. The actual VRM's are capable of supplying more voltake if BIOS allows.

All 580's are the same reference design, bar a few BIOS changes and stickers. The extra 0.08v that ASUS BIOS allows is what makes the difference. Personally, I prefer to run my 580 @ 875/4300 1.05v than at 960/4300 @ 1.213v. Heat becomes a massive issue above 1.1v without decent cooling and nobody will run their card 24/7 at these clocks anyway.
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you see its that 960 core
i cant for the love of god get past 915 !
960 is amazing !, then again im unable to volt past what afterburner will let me
 
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