The NVIDIA GTX580/570 Clubhouse

[Jamborhgini313]

GTX 570 same settings on everything in post above -

3D Mark Vantage - P23565 3DMarks

Damn I need an i7... lol

OC that 570

 

[Krony]

Does anybody have a Kill-a-watt meter that is running 570/580 in SLI that want to share the draw from the wall?

Got my single up to 476w with a crappy system

 

[chuchnit]

Got my single up to 476w with a crappy system

What type usage is this? Is this the peak during gaming load? I'm most likely going to build a SB rig with either two 570's or 580's. I'm just trying to size up what PSU I need realistically. I'm thinking a solid 1000w would be a couple hundred watts of wiggle room even with 3D/2D stress tests loaded at the same time. I am just interested in what the real users are seeing. Most review sites have lower CPU mhz and vcore vs. what alot of guys run daily.

 

[travva]

i don't have a kaw but i run my gtx 580's in sli, i7 @ 4ghz, 3 hds, dvd rom, and a few fans/h50 etc and have no issues at all. my psu is old but is a decent one. if you're going for a 1kw psu and don't get a shitty one you should fine.

 

[chuchnit]

i don't have a kaw but i run my gtx 580's in sli, i7 @ 4ghz, 3 hds, dvd rom, and a few fans/h50 etc and have no issues at all. my psu is old but is a decent one. if you're going for a 1kw psu and don't get a shitty one you should fine.

Ya I have a Antec TPQ-1200w vanilla, but the cables have those darn capacitors on the cables. Plus I use that for the bench rig. I always try to size a PSU for 100% load on CPU and GPU knowing that you'll never see 100% use on both at the same time in the real world. I figure a good 850w would actually run a rig like I want with watts to spare, but 1000w is probably what I'll choose to give even more cushion. I just find the PSU calculators to way overstate numbers, and can't think of a credible review site that runs heavy overclocks.

 

[Krony]

What type usage is this? Is this the peak during gaming load? I'm most likely going to build a SB rig with either two 570's or 580's. I'm just trying to size up what PSU I need realistically. I'm thinking a solid 1000w would be a couple hundred watts of wiggle room even with 3D/2D stress tests loaded at the same time. I am just interested in what the real users are seeing. Most review sites have lower CPU mhz and vcore vs. what alot of guys run daily.

That is full load on the system to the left, will go up a bit with a 4GHz+ i7 i should think, and yea a decent 1000w should run sli easy, i know of ppl running 580 sli on 850w

 

[Jamborhgini313]

Would a Antec Quatro Truepower 1k watt power 2 580's OC'd and an 4ghz i7?

 

[HammerON]

It should. However I would go for a 1200W PSU just to be safe

 

[Krony]

Got my single up to 476w with a crappy system

Had a bash on MW2 today and on the snow lvl climbing the mountain got a reading of 540w ish

 

[Jamborhgini313]

Anyone getting their voltages beyond 1.15mv in afterburner?

 

[the54thvoid]

I thought that was the maximum? At least my slider says 1150.

But i'm not happy pushing voltages past 1.1v but thats because i'm a noob

 

[Jamborhgini313]

I heard you can push a bit more? But I'm not sure
I just want to hit 1Ghz

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

So whats the stablest you guys can get on stock voltages?

 

[Jamborhgini313]

So whats the stablest you guys can get on stock voltages?

Not much...Stock volts is 1.0

 

[erocker]

GTX 580 backplates are available in the EU. http://eu.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=M020-00-000215&family=Accessories

High flow bracket: http://eu.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=M020-00-000171&family=Accessories

 

[the54thvoid]

So whats the stablest you guys can get on stock voltages?

My stock is 1.0 v and it was bumming out at 820. It runs unigine and 3D Mark 11 at 920 @ 1.088v.

 

[Krony]

GTX 580 backplates are available in the EU. http://eu.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=M020-00-000215&family=Accessories

High flow bracket: http://eu.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=M020-00-000171&family=Accessories

Yea the backplate is in stock but the high flow bracket is still on "notify me" and it's 15 Euro shipping so ill wait till both are available.
Edit: was told it still didn't ship to the UK so i went and hit pay and it's ordered, gonna cost another 15 euro to ship the bracket now

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Not much...Stock volts is 1.0

My stock is 1.0 v and it was bumming out at 820. It runs unigine and 3D Mark 11 at 920 @ 1.088v.

Hmm.. your stock voltages is 1.0? Afterburner reports I have 1.038v (not unless you rounded it off) and I can only get stablest in 800 core lol. Crysis Warhead dx10 x64 just crashes above that.

 

[the54thvoid]

Well played through some metro 2033 high settings on. Core 900@1.088v and it played fine. Fan whirled a bit but still quieter than when I played metro with my 5850's.

Was Playing there for an hour on Metro 2033 with the 900 oc. Temps stayed steady at 85 degrees - fan wasn't too loud and no graphical problems. I'm assuming 85 degrees is fine at that overclock with the settings i was using (1920x1200, AAA, Tesselation on, Physx on, DOF off, All else highest settings.)

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

^ have you tried warhead dx10 x64? That game just pushes the system to the limits.. really shows crash on an unstable oc. I switched from evga oc scanner to just playing warhead on enthusiast 8xAA lol.

 

[trt740]

Hmm.. your stock voltages is 1.0? Afterburner reports I have 1.038v (not unless you rounded it off) and I can only get stablest in 800 core lol. Crysis Warhead dx10 x64 just crashes above that.

Believe it or not TRINE will max your gpu as well on high settings. I gotta say I am impressed with these 500 series cards mine flies.

 

[Krony]

Started to get blue screens and crashes to desktop now with mine, Far Cry 2 is the main game but Metro 2033 has done it also, testing the 266.44 driver atm to see if it's any better but i don't think its a driver issue as it's been fine for a month, set gpu, cpu and ram back to stock clocks to see if this helps.

 

[the54thvoid]

I'm on the 263.09 drivers. Thats the official ones from the nvidia uk website. Gonna try crysis warhead now on my 900 overclock but having no luck getting 1920x1200 resolution - buggy shitty game :shadedshu (oh, 4xAA and enthusiast).

Edit: got it on 1920x1200 through config file. Settings as above and Fraps running, steady 40-50fps with the overclock. Hitting a steady 85 degrees but no artifacts or issues.

 

[trt740]

Does anyone else think EVGA has just unreal customer support.

 

[erocker]

Does anyone else think EVGA has just unreal customer support.

I think they have proper customer support. It's what CS should be and it's a shame that most other companies are below my expectations.