* * * POST Your GPU ASIC Quality Thread

[KillBoY_UK]

GTX 480 SLI
GPU1 63.1%
GPU3 73.8%

 

[humbug]

What's your ASIC quality?

78.8

 

[borley]

Not if your on water it isn't

 

[Surveyor]

There's already a thread for this: * * * POST Your GPU ASIC Quality Thread

You can also have a look here: What does Asic actually mean?? GTX 680 at 100%

 

[humbug]

There's already a thread for this: * * * POST Your GPU ASIC Quality Thread

So there is, the last post was made 6 months ago, do delete this thread, reply and bump it?

 

[fishboyuk]

GB WF 7870 - 1200/5600 @ 1.256v

74.3%

 

[Surveyor]

So there is, the last post was made 6 months ago, do delete this thread, reply and bump it?

I've requested that your thread be merged with the other thread so it should sort itself out.

Edit:

Sorted

 

[humbug]

I've requested that your thread be merged with the other thread so it should sort itself out.

Edit:

Sorted

Ta very much

 

[Guest2]

EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked

51.4%

Is that gash? I am uisng some pretty old drivers, does this make any difference?

 

[Surveyor]

EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked

51.4%

Is that gash? I am uisng some pretty old drivers, does this make any difference?

The numbers seem a bit meaningless but trend I've seen - which actually seems slightly different to what the GPU-Z author suggested:

Cards with low number <=60% seem to run fairly hot but overclock well, respond better to enhanced cooling than they do higher voltages.

Cards with >60% don't seem to overclock as well on stock but respond better to extra voltage and get good results when watercooled and a voltage boost.

What does Asic actually mean?? GTX 680 at 100%

 

[Surveyor]

Ta very much

No problem

 

[kharma45]

Bit lower than my last 7850 but still pretty good.

 

[Guest2]

thanks surveyor. So in theory my 570 should be a good clocker but bad for taking more voltage?

Ill test this theory out tonight as I have never overclocked it.

 

[andybird123]

thanks surveyor. So in theory my 570 should be a good clocker but bad for taking more voltage?

Ill test this theory out tonight as I have never overclocked it.

that's the basic theory but there are plenty of people who report the opposite to what the list on GPU-Z says

 

[Blackheart_72]

MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV

 

[Locky]

Means nothing, 74%, 71% and 82% for each of my cards, the one that is 74% out clocks the other two by nearly 100mhz.

 

[Kaapstad]

Means nothing, 74%, 71% and 82% for each of my cards, the one that is 74% out clocks the other two by nearly 100mhz.

+1

Heres mine and for ocing their not good.

88.6%
90.5%
91.1%
86.5%

 

[Guest2]

+1

Heres mine and for ocing their not good.

88.6%
90.5%
91.1%
86.5%

Isnt that right then? The lower % ones clock better on air, the higher % ones clock better on water / take more voltage.

(in theory anyway)

 

[Locky]

+1

Heres mine and for ocing their not good.

88.6%
90.5%
91.1%
86.5%

2 cards one 71% other 82% will do about 1260/1270mhz on their own which is a great clock anyway, other one at 74% will do 1360mhz.

 

[Rroff]

After quite a bit of passively noting the qualities and characteristics of various cards I've had my hands on the only thing that the ASIC quality seems to definitely indicate is the power consumption of the cards - those with higher percentages are almost always lower power consumption than a comparable card with a lower ASIC quality.

How warm the card runs is also generally inline with what GPU-z says with lower cards generally running warmer the mixed results for this might be due to the temperature sensors not being the most accurate sometimes.

In terms of the overclocking abilities and how well they respond to voltage or what level of cooling your using seems very hit and miss I don't think the number fully represents the characteristics of the materials to a high enough level to be a reliable indication there.