Now that I've had my system cleaned out a bit, I've been pondering to squeeze just a few more drops out of my system without taking big risks. Thus, I'm looking to properly OC my card as far as it's stable without changing the voltage.
[B]Speccy:[/B]
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8632815/Stock%20temp.png[/img]
[B]MSI Afterburner:[/B]
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8632815/MSI.png[/img]
Furmark tests (stock test setting, but 1920x1080 resolution) show that @ 100% fan speed, 99% GPU load, the temperature won't go pas 81/82. Above Speccy screenshot was taken a minute after the test. It usually idles around the 47-48 mark after it's on a while.
Everything's stock. Stock CPU clocks, stock GPU clocks, stock cooling, stock case etc.
PSU is a 500 watt OCZ model.
Tools I've got currently:
- Furmark.
- Ntune.
- MSI Afterburner.
Anyone got personal experiences with this card and OC'ing?
What are my options?
Appreciate any feedback and tutorials if possible :smile:
that seems a bit high for stock speeds, I bet reapplying thermal paste would lower the temps considerably.
I know how to take out the card. But I don't think I'm nearly experienced enough to take out a heat sink from a GPU(what some describe as a BITCH to do). I do, however, have some Thermal paste that I purchased in case the CPU needed a new layer, which it doesn't
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Idle temps just dropped to 45/46
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Also, I've set the fan to running 100% all the time.
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Setting my fan to 50% <50C makes it idle at 47. Pretty decent, I suppose. A lot more quieter as well.
At 100% it must sound like a jetengine.
More like a vacuum cleaner on low setting.
The Nvidia overclocking tools are much better. You can make profiles to only overclock the card when under load so you don't have to have the fan at 100% 24/7 (which has to be really annoying.) It'd also probably increase the longevity of the card, overclocking it too much and leaving it like that 24/7 will burn the card out quick.
I need to know/find out safely how much I can overclock it without increasing the voltage. I'm a first timer on GPU overclocks, and I can't afford breaking this card.
Then you probably shouldn't be overclocking. If you want to learn how to overclock, do it on something you can afford to replace if you break it.
Oh, and you can still fry a GPU from overclocking, even if you don't increase the voltage.
Usually the gain isn't significant enough at the cost of possibly damaging something. Unless you've had past experience in overclocking GPU's then I'd advise not to if this is your primary card.
I was under the impression that OC'ing it through Ntune in small increments, then benchmarking it on Furmark for the heat/power draw would be enough. The worst that could happen is a BSOD due to not enough power being drawn, right?
Worst case scenarios:
- Blowing a MOSFET from overcurrent.
- Cracking the BGA mounts on the GPU from extreme heat.
- Fan failing and frying the GPU from heat.
- Some other component failing due to overload.
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