Soldato
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You already have a good score for a GTX 780. Water cooling can help but don't expect huge gains with a stock card, you may be able to overclock by another 13mhz or so. What is nice about using water is running the cards in the 30s rather than the 70s.
Are you using PCI-E 3.0 this is also good for a few more points.
And on the scoreboard.
I got it in a pci-e 3.0 slot although it picks up at 2.0, and in boot up it says GEN2, even though i set it at gen3, i also read that there is some registry patch to enable 3.0 but that didn't do anything, its a asus x79? rampage formula motherboard (bf3 edition)
no idea why it wont do 3.0 any ideas?
Yea I might go with water cooling as i got a pump and everything just need a water block either that or a aftermarket fan cooler
3770K @ 4.1Ghz
7970 @ 1095/1425
1005
1600p
2500k @ 4.6 Titan @ 1228/1801
When you use the patch you need to reboot afterwards for it to take effect.
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2148/nvidia-geforce-kepler-pcie-3-0-mode-enabling-patch-for-sandy-bridge-e-systems/
When you install drivers it removes the patch so you have to re install that as well.
So Kaap! what does yours say? Mine also reads the same as above in GPU-Z
PCI-E 2.0 x16 @ x16 2.0
Never noticed that until now.
Hmm! dunno then. In bios it's set to Gen 3
I have just realised you are using a HD 7970, for that and PCI-E 3.0 it should be plug and play on X79.
Just installed that patch from Techpowerup and it's now reading in GPU-Z as PCI-E 3.0 for what it's worth.
Bah! I should have done some before and after results.
i5 760 @ 3920mhz
680 Power Edition 1254/3506