JerkMan

Gotcha. I did notice the fan profile and it helps at idle. If I only plan on OCing on air and my goal is game-stable clocks, is it worth flashing the BIOS?

Slider6996
I just my card in yesterday and just finally installed it ( been sick lately still ) and highly impressed with card compared to 980 acx i previously had. What i dont understand and maybe there is explanation is on description page it says BOOST clock is 1393 right? So i hook up card and use 0 OCs on any settings, everything stock and run crysis 3 and notice the boost clock is actually 1446. Was like O.o Not complaining of course just assumed would be 1393 till i OCed card. I did apply a mild OC of just 60ish and stable so far at 1503 and 60 on memory ( dont have memory boost numbers ) but everything still default, voltages ect ect. 
 
 
Plan to tweak some more but so far everything maxed on crysis 3 and maintain 60 fps on 1080. Strangely enough on my 980 ACX on crysis 3 i noticed FPS drops in first stage where its raining outside, on the classy it was constant 60 which didnt realize be that much of a difference but who knows, maybe other card had a issue i did not know about but yea, def loving the card so far and look forward to testing some other games once i get time. 

JerkMan

Slider6996
I just my card in yesterday and just finally installed it ( been sick lately still ) and highly impressed with card compared to 980 acx i previously had. What i dont understand and maybe there is explanation is on description page it says BOOST clock is 1393 right? So i hook up card and use 0 OCs on any settings, everything stock and run crysis 3 and notice the boost clock is actually 1446. Was like O.o Not complaining of course just assumed would be 1393 till i OCed card. I did apply a mild OC of just 60ish and stable so far at 1503 and 60 on memory ( dont have memory boost numbers ) but everything still default, voltages ect ect. 
 
 
Plan to tweak some more but so far everything maxed on crysis 3 and maintain 60 fps on 1080. Strangely enough on my 980 ACX on crysis 3 i noticed FPS drops in first stage where its raining outside, on the classy it was constant 60 which didnt realize be that much of a difference but who knows, maybe other card had a issue i did not know about but yea, def loving the card so far and look forward to testing some other games once i get time. 

The boost out of the box is always higher than the numbers on the release notes, at least in my experience. The numbers the manufacturers put out are just conservative guarantees. Honestly, it's a good marketing strategy to lowball those numbers as far as I see it.

Andrew_WOT

Slider6996
I just my card in yesterday and just finally installed it ( been sick lately still ) and highly impressed with card compared to 980 acx i previously had. What i dont understand and maybe there is explanation is on description page it says BOOST clock is 1393 right? So i hook up card and use 0 OCs on any settings, everything stock and run crysis 3 and notice the boost clock is actually 1446. Was like O.o Not complaining of course just assumed would be 1393 till i OCed card. I did apply a mild OC of just 60ish and stable so far at 1503 and 60 on memory ( dont have memory boost numbers ) but everything still default, voltages ect ect. 
 
 
Plan to tweak some more but so far everything maxed on crysis 3 and maintain 60 fps on 1080. Strangely enough on my 980 ACX on crysis 3 i noticed FPS drops in first stage where its raining outside, on the classy it was constant 60 which didnt realize be that much of a difference but who knows, maybe other card had a issue i did not know about but yea, def loving the card so far and look forward to testing some other games once i get time. 

NVidia dynamic overclocking http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_680/30.html. Advertised boost is base or minimum clock, depending on temperature and voltage it can go up. It did the same on 980 ACX SC which I also had.
With KBoost enabled you can always see what the max "actual" boost is.

Andrew_WOT

Slider6996
I just my card in yesterday and just finally installed it ( been sick lately still ) and highly impressed with card compared to 980 acx i previously had. What i dont understand and maybe there is explanation is on description page it says BOOST clock is 1393 right? So i hook up card and use 0 OCs on any settings, everything stock and run crysis 3 and notice the boost clock is actually 1446. Was like O.o Not complaining of course just assumed would be 1393 till i OCed card. I did apply a mild OC of just 60ish and stable so far at 1503 and 60 on memory ( dont have memory boost numbers ) but everything still default, voltages ect ect. 
 
 
Plan to tweak some more but so far everything maxed on crysis 3 and maintain 60 fps on 1080. Strangely enough on my 980 ACX on crysis 3 i noticed FPS drops in first stage where its raining outside, on the classy it was constant 60 which didnt realize be that much of a difference but who knows, maybe other card had a issue i did not know about but yea, def loving the card so far and look forward to testing some other games once i get time. 

NVidia dynamic overclocking http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_680/30.html. Advertised boost is base or minimum clock, depending on temperature and voltage it can go up. It did the same on 980 ACX SC which I also had.
With KBoost enabled you can always see what the max "actual" boost is.

JerkMan

Andrew_WOT

Slider6996
I just my card in yesterday and just finally installed it ( been sick lately still ) and highly impressed with card compared to 980 acx i previously had. What i dont understand and maybe there is explanation is on description page it says BOOST clock is 1393 right? So i hook up card and use 0 OCs on any settings, everything stock and run crysis 3 and notice the boost clock is actually 1446. Was like O.o Not complaining of course just assumed would be 1393 till i OCed card. I did apply a mild OC of just 60ish and stable so far at 1503 and 60 on memory ( dont have memory boost numbers ) but everything still default, voltages ect ect. 
 
 
Plan to tweak some more but so far everything maxed on crysis 3 and maintain 60 fps on 1080. Strangely enough on my 980 ACX on crysis 3 i noticed FPS drops in first stage where its raining outside, on the classy it was constant 60 which didnt realize be that much of a difference but who knows, maybe other card had a issue i did not know about but yea, def loving the card so far and look forward to testing some other games once i get time. 

NVidia dynamic overclocking http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_680/30.html. Advertised boost is base or minimum clock, depending on temperature and voltage it can go up. It did the same on 980 ACX SC which I also had.
With KBoost enabled you can always see what the max "actual" boost is.

On the topic of K-Boost, I tried it for this first time. My screens flickered off then back on and my windows were resized and moved. also my memory usage is showing a ridiculous 7-digit number, I'm assuming it's the correct number in Bytes (4194304) and both core clocks are now 540 idle. Does that sound right? Using PX 4.2.1 btw...

WhiteDragon_
I love k-boost for gaming :)
 
 

robt1386

trawetSluaP
Well I'm a little confused...
 
At stock voltage which is displayed at 1.206v I can add +104 to the core and +600 to the memory for final clocks of 1533/8200.  I'm pretty impressed with this as the fans don't go above 45-50% and max temps have been 65-68.
 
My confusion comes for adding voltage.  I've been under the assumption that adding additional voltage will allow me to OC the card further.  However, when I add voltage even to the already stable OC mentioned above the driver crashes.  Now I'm clearly missing something.  Can someone explain my error?
 
Thanks,
Paul

You need to be able to keep the card cooler.  lower temps+more volts equal higher overclocks.

robt1386

trawetSluaP

robt1386

trawetSluaP
Well I'm a little confused...
 
At stock voltage which is displayed at 1.206v I can add +104 to the core and +600 to the memory for final clocks of 1533/8200.  I'm pretty impressed with this as the fans don't go above 45-50% and max temps have been 65-68.
 
My confusion comes for adding voltage.  I've been under the assumption that adding additional voltage will allow me to OC the card further.  However, when I add voltage even to the already stable OC mentioned above the driver crashes.  Now I'm clearly missing something.  Can someone explain my error?
 
Thanks,
Paul

You need to be able to keep the card cooler.  lower temps+more volts equal higher overclocks.

Might wanna read my post again...

I can read that your temps are already above 60c which means your maxed out already unless you can cool the card better.

robt1386
Your card is not faulty lol.  Your just not familiar with overlocking and additional voltage is all.  You cant just up the volts expecting better clocks when your air cooled.  You should be happy with what you got.  IF you want better clocks water cool your card and you'll be able to up the volts and clocks.

WhiteDragon_
Hi Paul...
 
Ok,
First - what are you using to add volts? -- MSI Afterburner or Precision X?
Second - which drivers are you using?
Third - does it just crash on desktop or are you using a benchmark to test? - if benchmark which one?
 

WhiteDragon_
1) I would not use Precision X as of right now because of the bugs -- good that you switched to MSI AB - Are you using 4.0.0?
2) I would load up Drivers 344.16 -- I game and all and that driver set has never given me any problems - Smooth and Fast - You can always give it a shot and see if you like them better than 344.75
3) Heaven is what I use for the initial stability testing and then on to gaming for the final results. If you crash in game keep lowering the core by 10 until you don't crash and then lower it 5 more and you should be good there.
 
Now for the voltage reading -- here is something you can always remember as for right now anyway. Software never tells you accurately what your voltages are. The Only Way to read them accurately is with a DMM (Digital Multi Meter in case you didn't know :)) so I would not worry at all about that not going past 1.231 That sort of thing has happened to me many times. If you have a DMM check it out that way and then you can see if it continues to go up.
 
If the card goes through Heaven and will add the initial volts then your golden. You have to remember that these newer cards don't always OC like the older gens. Sometimes adding volts to these will make them crash where the older gens you could pretty much count on higher OC's with more voltage. They are just a different beast. To give you an example I can add .87 mV to my card and get an extra 35 on my core.
 
I forgot to ask you are running your fans @100% when benching right? If not, try that :)

WhiteDragon_
The cards fans will not affect your OC bud - not at all - and by saying that I do believe you saw your core clock going down but it was not because of the fans. You might get a little higher OC with fans at 100% and you should see if you can get a higher OC just so you know that the card is working correctly due to temps ya know? I would not game at 100% fans that for sure :) but this way you can see how far you can go with that chip :)
 
If you play Far Cry 4 and don't have any issues with the newest driver than go with it :) -- as far as running less efficiently I have not heard that before. I would say pretty much the latest drivers run the same as far as power draw is concerned.
 

Slider6996
I can tell u for a fact the cards dont downclock at 60C...kinda crazy to even think that rly. On my classy i was playing AC unity and when ur in the menu picking gear and all, i noticed the gpu usage goes up higher and i was using AB monitoring temps and all. Noticed when the card reached 71C ( only in this menu does it go that high for some reason ) the gpu did downclock by about 20mhz or so. Soon as i exited that menu and back in game, clock went back up to 1542 and temps went back to 57C. Not sure it does that in menu but point is card dont downclock at 60c >.> 
 
Maybe idk what im talking bout just going by what i saw today by chance, and AC unity is pretty buggy so who knows, maybe gpu was downclocking cuz wasnt needed at that time but temps say otherwise.