That stinks john.  I have a dead 480 HC FTW that failed somewhat similarly.  No big bang here but when overclocking, the rig just gave up, powered off, and would not boot with the bad card in the mobo if it had power.  Unpowered it was OK.  I still need to contact EVGA about RMAing it, just been a bit tied up with other random things.

diynoob

That stinks john.  I have a dead 480 HC FTW that failed somewhat similarly.  No big bang here but when overclocking, the rig just gave up, powered off, and would not boot with the bad card in the mobo if it had power.  Unpowered it was OK.  I still need to contact EVGA about RMAing it, just been a bit tied up with other random things.

same exact thing here
and you can set that rma in motion in from the rma page...they get back pretty quick

kram36

Bummer John. Curious what block you went with and the max temp while running Vantage?

I guess you might be chilling the card?

1: koolance
2: 21 to 24 idle of about 15C 

yeah?
now you know how i felt when you guys all had blocks..lol

Governator

johnksss

yeah?
now you know how i felt when you guys all had blocks..lol

ahh so you are chilling, different story entirely than just water. Now way in hell on straight water with that core clock. Nice work, keep it up and good luck with the new one

that's what the "get it colder crew" is all about.
we are in it to win it..lol
and air or regular water really can only go so far.
i got stopped at that clock because my card went with the power failure. i was on a very good run when it happend...we shall see if this card is just as good...

as a fellow member once said in this thread......now that's what im talking about!!!!

get those numbers sniper!!

SniperOZ

So Close..........ran out of time will try again next week......need more power....but happy with results


SniperOZ ------------- i7 980X @ 4.78 -------- (3) 480SC 1900/2000----------- 50,025 --- 96,846 --- P56,902 --- Water  

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2295949

YES, YES, YES!  I knew it!  Great job Sniper!  I know you'll be over 57k in no time....power is all you need now.  Once you solve that, it's on to 58k.

Just a question out of curiousity, does the size of the monitor affect the score in Advantage. So to put it simply a 19" monitor at the default resolution will give you the same score as a 30" monitor at the same default resolution.

kram36

WoW sniper you are killing it. Just a few more points and you take down the best quad sli score listed. Nice work!

Yes untill the LN2 crew rain on everyone's parade

On another note, I'd be interested in what you all run for normal 24/7 or gaming use for comparison sake.

johnksss

surge protector
battery backup

but i was also running
42 in tv
26 tv
1 server
1 laptop
benchstation
ps3
xbox
water chiller
phase change

system was running at a pretty high over clock drawing like 1000 watts or so

dont know what happen, but all is well and im back up and running.

John with that kind of load, I'd want GFI outlets and also may want to consider those industrial surge suppressors that affix directly to the wall panel, those of which are used often on Holmes on Homes. I'm having some electrical work done here a few weeks and will do the same.

awe crap sorry john that sucks! but that setup is completely sick! i hope one day to worry about condensation ;)

johnksss

GTX 480 SuperClocked EK Nickel WB @ 900 1.2v <---is that really 1.20000V's????
that is way to high for that low of an over clock.

John you forget, it's 900x2 for 1800 clock and my guess he's obviously using Eleet with it that high. Speaking of which everyone, are any of you overclocking the PWM and if so what settings are working out well for 1800 and above, thanks.

johnksss

Governator

johnksss

GTX 480 SuperClocked EK Nickel WB @ 900 1.2v <---is that really 1.20000V's????
that is way to high for that low of an over clock.

John you forget, it's 900x2 for 1800 clock and my guess he's obviously using Eleet with it that high.

nope, i did not forget, but when the card runs warm, it takes far more voltage.
even on air, i was 925/2200 @ 1.1138

Sorry, but 1800 isn't exactly a low overclock. I don't understand how any are able to OC at that core on air with that low a voltage without the VRMs crapping out. I too have the Koolance block and get excellent temps but cannot get past 1790 on core.

So when you say air, what exactly was your setup, are you just referring to the regular OEM heatsink and nothing else, no external box or portable fans blowing onto the pc box?

For future posts I think that a distinction should be drawn to exactly what setup one is using for their cooling so others if they wish can try and recreate the settings rather than just saying "I'm on air or water".

I can run 900 MHz core clock (therefore 1800 MHz processor clock) on the stock cooler at 1.150 VGPU.  This is stable as well - passed one hour in the EVGA OC Scanner with power draw enabled at 1024 x 1024.  The problem is E-LEET is too buggy to use so I uninstalled it.  I'm now running 1.138 VGPU via MSI Afterburner and running 863/1726/1050.  This is the most I can get out of 1.138v.

Governator

johnksss

Governator

johnksss

GTX 480 SuperClocked EK Nickel WB @ 900 1.2v <---is that really 1.20000V's????
that is way to high for that low of an over clock.

John you forget, it's 900x2 for 1800 clock and my guess he's obviously using Eleet with it that high.

nope, i did not forget, but when the card runs warm, it takes far more voltage.
even on air, i was 925/2200 @ 1.1138

Sorry, but 1800 isn't exactly a low overclock. <---yes it is, vs 2000 @ 1.2 volts


I don't understand how any are able to OC at that core on air with that low a voltage without the VRMs crapping out. <--because, over clocking is far more than just upping and downing your clocks. it's base off of a few more variables than just that. i have explained this many times.

So when you say air, what exactly was your setup, are you just referring to the regular OEM heatsink <---the first set of rounds, with stock heat sink and fan and nothing else. 1800/2200 on room temp air and fans at 100 percent. my max over clock with cold air pointing at it.


and nothing else, no external box or portable fans blowing onto the pc box? <--not sure what your trying to get at, but if you want the numbers, then get creative.

For future posts I think that a distinction should be drawn to exactly what setup one is using for their cooling so others if they wish can try and recreate the settings rather than just saying "I'm on air or water". <--not gonna happen. way to many scenarios for this.

water temp
room temp
air temp
case temp
out side temp
card temp
how many fans
how many pumps
chiller
phase
ln2
le
dice
morning
noon
night
how much power
setups
how many cards
and the list goes on....



side note:

guys...use eleet to set you main voltages..then exit out of it.
then the rest will work fine.
try a more balanced over clock first.
try the 1800/2100 at 1.1137 to 1.1500

you should be able to pull this off with some good numbers...depending on what you have set in the bios and what your running your ram at..ram can cause many potential over clocks to fail.

that is not harsh.
lol.