Overclocking a single 580

Xire · 13 Feb 2012 at 15:03

Hey guys,

Im a novice when it comes to overclocking GPU's. I havent really overclocked my GPU before and feel like its about time I did.

I gave the overclocking guide a glance which was useful, but figured I would ask for a more specific response. I have MSI afterburner installed but not really used it, had a play around but not sure what exactly to do

Anyone got any suggestions on what to do? and a suitable (safe) overclock I should try?

Specs in my sig.

cheers

stevie_vee · 13 Feb 2012 at 17:48

Hi,

You could try 950 on the core and the shader will move with it. I have my memory set to 2200.

I'm running a MSI GTX 580 TwinFrozr 2

j.col · 13 Feb 2012 at 22:51

guide here
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidia-GTX-580-Overclocking-Guide-166351.shtml
or
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/11/20/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-overclocking/1

Shadow-King · 14 Feb 2012 at 00:39

stevie_vee said:
Hi,

You could try 950 on the core and the shader will move with it. I have my memory set to 2200.

I'm running a MSI GTX 580 TwinFrozr 2

what volts you running that at?

stevie_vee · 14 Feb 2012 at 11:07

Hi...volts are on max...1150. Noticed we have simular systems. Have you had any issues with the card/afterburner not ramping down to idle?

Shadow-King · 15 Feb 2012 at 02:09

nope cant say i have. What are your temps like under load? Im hitting at 67c with 825. Getting new cpu+mobo 2moz tho so wont push for a gpu overclock yet.

stevie_vee · 15 Feb 2012 at 02:45

I'm getting 72-76deg c on BF3/ultra/no aa. Thats running at sig specs.

Shadow-King · 15 Feb 2012 at 03:10

wkd, your case cooling must be pretty good then. Just hit 71c at 850mhz 1055volts. Running BF3, everything max, but AA differed off. What case are you using and cooling setup?

stevie_vee · 15 Feb 2012 at 16:53

I have an Antec 902 with the stock fans. All air cooled system. I do have it set up to exhaust more air through the top 200mm fan. No fan on the side of the case and regular filter clean seems to keep things cool. GTX 580 monitored with afterburner which i'm messing around with at the mo.