Post your gpu's ASIC quality

[Pill Monster]

Admitedly I'm going by another rumor and not much else... do let us know if it's true!

ASIC is current leakage, that's exactly what the % values mean. 100% is no leakage, but at 50% the vrm's basically have to output 50% more power.
The ASIC is not at all related to how well a chip overclocks, it correlates to how much power it needs from the vrm's compared to whatever the ideal power/performance ratio is.

The BIOS voltage tables are actually programmed around ASIC, in steps of roughly 10%. In a nutshell a GPU with low ASIC is going to be handicapped by the VRM's rather than the chip, that's what it comes down to....
Even with LN2 or dice the vrm's (or the Total Power Limit) are still the limiting factor. The lower the ASIC the higher the power limit, check any Tahiti or Cayman BIOS.


I watched the YT vid as well, but tbh I found it a little vague and confusing. And the guy Jay? made a comment made which surprised me: he said the GPU is the whole card including vram and vrm's etc, which is an absolutely false statement. The GPU is the die package,


That would be like calling our entire systems i.e mobo, RAM, GPU, soundcard - "the CPU" .



Oops almost forgot:

It can do about 1170 before choking....

 

[P4-630]

 

[Hamed DC]

My Laptop:

 

[kn00tcn]

MSI gtx 660 OC (not TI, 2gb) = 65%

 

[By-tor]

 

[Smir]

haven't seen anyone beat mine yet? is it really that rare to get a good quality gpu?

 

[kn00tcn]

haven't seen anyone beat mine yet? is it really that rare to get a good quality gpu?

y....yes

what brand & model do you have?

 

[Smir]

y....yes

what brand & model do you have?

EVGA GTX 770 SC

 

[FedericoUY]

Here goes mine... 90,5%. GTX 770 Classified. can do 1320 / 8000 without votage changes....

 

[Toothless]

Here goes mine... 90,5%. GTX 770 Classified. can do 1320 / 8000 without votage changes....

Wow. That's one strong 770.

As for me..

 

[xvi]

As for me..

Didn't know you had dual 780s! Now I'm jealous.

 

[Toothless]

Didn't know you had dual 780s! Now I'm jealous.

Just got the second and they push hard. I'll have to post them in the "Your PC ATM" as par request from the one who sold it to me.

 

[Iam74Gibson]

I just got a MSI 980 ti Lightning with an ASIC of 63.4... should I be worried? seems pretty poor for such a high end card... Should I RMA it?

 

[Toothless]

I just got a MSI 980 ti Lightning with an ASIC of 63.4... should I be worried? seems pretty poor for such a high end card... Should I RMA it?

Not a reason to RMA. Just try overclocking and see how it goes.

 

[Vellinious]

73.3%

and

80.8%

 

[EarthDog]

I just got a MSI 980 ti Lightning with an ASIC of 63.4... should I be worried? seems pretty poor for such a high end card... Should I RMA it?

The is, for all intents and purposes, made for extreme overclocking. That lower ASIC means its leaky and will likely respond better to cold because of it so it also may not overclock as well on ambient. But it sure as hell isn't a reason to RMA it... that is the luck of the draw there.

Perhaps next time save some money (over $100) and get something that isn't specifically intended for subambient overclocking. You paid for features that you wont use/need.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I just got a MSI 980 ti Lightning with an ASIC of 63.4... should I be worried? seems pretty poor for such a high end card... Should I RMA it?

I wouldn't worry. My card is 68% and does just fine!

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

Here's my 2nd rig's ASIC. Didn't expect it to be this high... and it's not even a 2nd hand kit.

 

[stevorob]

GTX770

 

[Iam74Gibson]

Thanks for the responses, I am kinda new to overclocking GPU's I was researching what ASIC is an how important it is... the first couple hits I got on youtube stated that an air cooled, top quality card should be above 70 ASIC, and if it is not it should be RMA'd... (mine is not even close.)

2 different video's suggested this... I didn't know if it was a common thing to do in order to get a higher ASIC card... My Goal is just the get it as playable as possible for 4k... right now (stock) the firestorm benchmark looks a little choppy and only gives about 12 FPS...

Here are my system specs..
I-5 4670k clocked to 4.4
MSI z87m gaming MB
G.Skill 1333 Ram 16gb
Samsung 840 SSD

I don't have room in my MicroATX case for a GPU water cooling solution or LN2

Any comments on improvements which would show significant gains (other than starting from scratch on a new system) are appreciated.

Thanks

 

[rtwjunkie]

Thanks for the responses, I am kinda new to overclocking GPU's I was researching what ASIC is an how important it is... the first couple hits I got on youtube stated that an air cooled, top quality card should be above 70 ASIC, and if it is not it should be RMA'd... (mine is not even close.)

2 different video's suggested this... I didn't know if it was a common thing to do in order to get a higher ASIC card... My Goal is just the get it as playable as possible for 4k... right now (stock) the firestorm benchmark looks a little choppy and only gives about 12 FPS...

Here are my system specs..
I-5 4670k clocked to 4.4
MSI z87m gaming MB
G.Skill 1333 Ram 16gb
Samsung 840 SSD

I don't have room in my MicroATX case for a GPU water cooling solution or LN2

Any comments on improvements which would show significant gains (other than starting from scratch on a new system) are appreciated.

Thanks

Watch the video in the initial post here. It does a very good job explaining ASIC, and revealing too much emphasis gets placed on it by people who look theirs up. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...y-and-how-does-it-affect-overclocking.215107/

 

[dorsetknob]

Here's my 2nd rig's ASIC. Didn't expect it to be this high... and it's not even a 2nd hand kit.

Cannot view picture wuckin google wants me to sign in Pisses me off

 

[EarthDog]

Odd... i saw it earlier, and now I see that same error.

 

[dorsetknob]

Odd... i saw it earlier, and now I see that same error.

Yeh almost as Stupid as posting files here for download then password protecting them
yeh its been done

 

[Enterprise24]

My Zotac 780 Ti AMP! ASIC = 61%
Stock Voltage = 1.187V
Stock Clock = 1084Mhz
Can OC to 1203Mhz with stock voltage.
Skyn3t BIOS seem to help my chip go further. I can run firestrike or valley at 1301Mhz 1.212V. But I notice stability problem if the chip hotter than 70C. If I try Kraken G10 I might able to use 1301Mhz for 24/7.