Hi,

I have recently just purchased a new PC with an EVGA GTX680 SC Signature. The rest of the specification is as follow:

Intel 3570k @ 4.6Ghz
MSI Z77 GD65
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB @ 1866Mhz
Corsair AX860
Software: Precision X and Heaven 4.0


I have the problem that the power usage is stuck at around 80-90%:

- Even when I set the power target to 130%;
- No matter how high I set the GPU clock offset to;
- If I increase the voltage slider to maximum (Kepler auto boosts the voltage to 1.175V anyways).


I know for a fact my GPU is not throttling, I have set up a constant fan curve of 75%. I did not touch memory offset, so my memory clock is at default.


As a result I think, I only get about 13-26mhz of Kepler Boost. The EVGA SC Signature comes factory overclocked at 1085mhz/1150mhz, and with ~80% power usage, the highest overclock I have achieved is +75mhz offset from the factory default clock, getting 1241mhz on the max clock (boost clock + Kepler boost). The GPU fails at 1254Mhz max clock.


So can anybody identify the problem and help me to reach 100+ power usage, I think I can get some super overclock with that.



Thanks in advance!
 
 

Sadly there is not enough info ;(
 
Are you using the on screen option in Precision X or Afterburner to monitor, or just going back into the application after benching?
 
Driver version?
what monitoring/overclocking applications do you have installed/running when this happens?
 
Have you updated the drivers? if so what process did you use?