Gtx 580 oc

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 12:20 AM

Hey.

Thought I would OC my card just to see what the cooler (Arctic Cooling Xtreme Plus) could do. I did not change any voltages, just the clocks and ran a quick 10 minute furmark (will run an hour later). I do not have much experience clocking graphics or CPU for that matter. They are set at 930 / 1860 / 2300 at the moment. I tried 950 / x / 2400 but this caused an nvlddmkm.sys stopped working popup.

A couple of questions:
1. Is furmark not suitable to stress the 500 series? What should i use instead?
2. Where do i go from here?

phanbuey · Jan 28, 2011, 12:42 AM

yeah your card powers down in furmark... best thing to do is play a ton of games anyway.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Jan 28, 2011, 04:11 AM

Crysis Warhead dx10 tend to push stability. Heaven as well. The moment it 'drivers stopped working' or hangs, means you have unstable oc.

{JNT}Raptor · Jan 28, 2011, 10:32 AM

Older versions of furmark do not power down the card....I use version 1.0 of Furmark the card does not throttle.......temps will blow up on you with no throttling....be mindful and don't leave the PC unattended or you may come back to a fried card......and use MSI Afterburner for your overclocking...it has voltage adjustment in it.

Hope it helps.

LDNL · Jan 28, 2011, 11:19 AM

Older furmark, 3dmark vantage, 3dmark 11, some crysis for a few loops and if you freeze or start seeing snow give the voltage a small bump with afterburner and try again

wolf · Jan 28, 2011, 11:22 AM

what the other guys have said is great advice, throw some other games and benchmark loops at it and see if its stable and doesnt artifact.

I bet you'll see some great temps with that cooler on it too, leaving you room to start cranking up the core votlage in order to raise the GPU clock past whatever stability wall you reach on stock voltage.

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 12:06 PM

What kind of voltage are you guys thinking is safe if the card will be folding (as long as its on) other than when i am gaming (about an hour on weekdays and lots of weekend). PC is on for just over 15 hours a day.

{JNT}Raptor · Jan 28, 2011, 12:29 PM

Max voltage is 1.150v unless you flash your card to unlock the full 1.250v limit.

I've done bench runs with 1.150 on the standard cooler in my low temp basement with no issues.....with your better cooler you shouldn't have any Issues.

Hope it helps.

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by {JNT}Raptor

Max voltage is 1.150v unless you flash your card to unlock the full 1.250v limit.

I've done bench runs with 1.150 on the standard cooler in my low temp basement with no issues.....with your better cooler you shouldn't have any Issues.

Hope it helps.

Will use E-leet to push it to 1.15v then =D

{JNT}Raptor · Jan 28, 2011, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by va4leo

Will use E-leet to push it to 1.15v then =D

E-Leet to do your voltage and precision to OC....MSI Afterburner has both abilities in one app.....much better if you ask me...and works on non MSI cards as well.

Hope it helps.

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by {JNT}Raptor

E-Leet to do your voltage and precision to OC....MSI Afterburner has both abilities in one app.....much better if you ask me...and works on non MSI cards as well.

Hope it helps.

oooooooook ill cave in! :P

Thanks for help!

Tried it...but the Voltage slider is greyed out even though i "unlocked". =(

yogurt_21 · Jan 28, 2011, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by va4leo

oooooooook ill cave in! :P

Thanks for help!

Tried it...but the Voltage slider is greyed out even though i "unlocked". =(

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1892/84213613.png

you sure that's the latest version? should have voltage control with a 580.

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yogurt_21

you sure that's the latest version? Should have voltage control with a 580.

2.0.0

yogurt_21 · Jan 28, 2011, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by va4leo

2.0.0

that was released prior to your card.

try the latest beta. dated 1/15/2011

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Afterbur...load-2604.html

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yogurt_21

that was released prior to your card.

try the latest beta. dated 1/15/2011

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Afterbur...load-2604.html

Thanks. That worked like a charm!

Does this look ok? I could not push the clocks any further. Reduced the Voltage to allow for those clocks. Ended up with 900 / 1800 / 2230 on 1.038V.

yogurt_21 · Jan 28, 2011, 07:25 PM

looks good

va4leo · Jan 28, 2011, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yogurt_21

looks good

That is only OC Scanner...still need to run heaven etc... WIll do when i feel like staring at a screen for hours....stock clocks for now xD

Jan 28, 2011, 12:20 AM	#1
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Jan 28, 2011, 10:32 AM	#4
{JNT}Raptor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NY Posts: 724 (0.25/day) Thanks: 131 Thanked 88 Times in 84 Posts System Specs	Older versions of furmark do not power down the card....I use version 1.0 of Furmark the card does not throttle.......temps will blow up on you with no throttling....be mindful and don't leave the PC unattended or you may come back to a fried card......and use MSI Afterburner for your overclocking...it has voltage adjustment in it. Hope it helps. __________________ <----- Specs

Jan 28, 2011, 12:42 AM	#2
phanbuey Eligible for custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 5,010 (2.48/day) Thanks: 1,484 Thanked 959 Times in 812 Posts System Specs	yeah your card powers down in furmark... best thing to do is play a ton of games anyway.

Jan 28, 2011, 04:11 AM	#3
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Jan 28, 2011, 11:19 AM	#5
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Jan 28, 2011, 11:22 AM	#6
wolf Performance Enthusiast Join Date: May 2007 Location: Enrichment Center for Aperture Laboratories Posts: 5,312 (2.40/day) Thanks: 1,676 Thanked 844 Times in 707 Posts System Specs	what the other guys have said is great advice, throw some other games and benchmark loops at it and see if its stable and doesnt artifact. I bet you'll see some great temps with that cooler on it too, leaving you room to start cranking up the core votlage in order to raise the GPU clock past whatever stability wall you reach on stock voltage. __________________ “my goal is speed, full ultra, and extreme gaming” -Ephraim “Yeah you can always overclock the 2gb memory to 4gb” -jaredpace

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Jan 28, 2011, 12:06 PM	#7
va4leo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: London Posts: 283 (0.22/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 30 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	What kind of voltage are you guys thinking is safe if the card will be folding (as long as its on) other than when i am gaming (about an hour on weekdays and lots of weekend). PC is on for just over 15 hours a day. __________________ Heatware: va4leo & eBay: va4leo

Jan 28, 2011, 12:29 PM	#8
{JNT}Raptor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NY Posts: 724 (0.25/day) Thanks: 131 Thanked 88 Times in 84 Posts System Specs	Max voltage is 1.150v unless you flash your card to unlock the full 1.250v limit. I've done bench runs with 1.150 on the standard cooler in my low temp basement with no issues.....with your better cooler you shouldn't have any Issues. Hope it helps. __________________ <----- Specs

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