vladdimplr
The overclocking is crap on these cards because of the voltage limits.

sym30l1c

xblackvalorx
Depends on how high your card boosts to on its own.

I did some more testing. In Heaven, with fans at max rpm and max power:
- At stock clock, I get up to 1965MHz, max temperature is 51C.
- With +85 clock and +900 memory, I get up to 2040MHz, max temperature is 60C (and almost always below).
If I increase the clock, it crashes at some point. If I increase the memory, there's no crash, but some strange flashes.
The same happens with Time Spy.
 
If I try the same settings in Fire Strike, it always crashes. It runs fine at +70 clock, +700 memory.
 
Seeing some of the results other people are getting, I was honestly expecting to get better results.
Granted, in games this is not gonna make much of a difference, but it's still a little disappointing.

sym30l1c

xblackvalorx
Yea that is a bit low
I have to rma my card, keeping my fingers crossed I get one that ocs as well
I was 2185-2210/7900mhz stable. Hearing that some can't hit 2.1 reliably is disappointing
Mine was 1985 and occasionally even 2 flat out of the box. +90 puts me at 2115

Assuming you're at max power limit and voltage with the oc bios?

All the test I ran were with max fan speed, max power limit, max voltage.
The tests I ran this morning were with normal bios though.
Yesterday I ran similar tests with OC bios, but the results were similar, and apparently the OC bios only gets you a more aggressive fan curve.
 
I'm surprised that just by putting +90 you get 2115, while putting +85 gets me only 2040.
How did you test your card? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I have completely reinstalled the drivers and set the Nvidia settings to max performance.
 

sym30l1c

vladdimplr
That's awesome brother! I am on HC block with a beefy beefy cooling, card does not cross 35 degrees, 2100 at best, 2080mhz is about the average, memory does go 8000 no issues.
 
Unlucky maybe, idk. I am for sure upgrading to the Kingpin soon as that hits, or doing a mod to remove the voltage limit.

 
Looks like the lottery wasn't on our side. In some benchmarks I can get 2055 with some rare spikes at 2070, but that doesn't work everywhere.
To achieve that I have to crank the power to the maximum and also all the fans (gpu+cpu) at max rpm as well to keep the temp under 60C.
But that is just to push the card, and not something I would do for regular usage.
In games I keep the overclock very conservative at +60 clock, +500 memory. I can raise it a bit more, but I prefer to be on the safe side.
How much MHz I get in game, it depends on the game/settings, but it usually stays under 2000MHz.
I might consider a water block in the future, but I don't think it's gonna make things much better.

I was 2185-2210/7900mhz stable. Hearing that some can't hit 2.1 reliably is disappointing

ty_ger07

xblackvalorx
Frankly I don't care what y'all believe. Lol.

Fair enough.  I see that you also chose to not provide proof 3 months ago.  I choose to not believe you.
 
@ the OP, I think any core frequency between 2040 MHz and 2115 MHz is admirable.  I think you should be happy.  Especially, I think that the difference in performance between 2040 MHz and 2115 MHz is not perceivable.

xblackvalorx

bcavnaugh

xblackvalorx
Frankly I don't care what y'all believe. Lol.

I am not Lol, No need to be sour here on the Forums.
Well that is kind of a bummer that I will not have a score to compare with on my new Hydro Copper Cards.
Maybe you can create a  for us all to see this great rig.

I've just never been one to care about stuff like synthetics.
I don't even see why y'all are in such a tizzy about it. Not like I gain anything from lying about it.
I also only have one card so I don't think you'd get much of a comparison anyways, unless they let you see individual card scoring. But I wouldn't know, as I don't really partake in that stuff.

xblackvalorx

bcavnaugh

xblackvalorx

bcavnaugh

xblackvalorx
Frankly I don't care what y'all believe. Lol.

I am not Lol, No need to be sour here on the Forums.
Well that is kind of a bummer that I will not have a score to compare with on my new Hydro Copper Cards.
Maybe you can create a  for us all to see this great rig.

I've just never been one to care about stuff like synthetics.
I don't even see why y'all are in such a tizzy about it. Not like I gain anything from lying about it.
I also only have one card so I don't think you'd get much of a comparison anyways, unless they let you see individual card scoring. But I wouldn't know, as I don't really partake in that stuff.

Then why are you even posting on EVGA's Forum?

I wasn't aware this forum was only for benchmarking enthusiasts. Says 20 series cards on the header, I've got one of those from evga. Didn't know you weren't welcome if you only use your card for gaming instead of staring at a fancy number all day.

ty_ger07

xblackvalorx
I've just never been one to care about stuff like synthetics.

Synthetics are used to reliably track a product's performance, health, and make comparisons.

I don't even see why y'all are in such a tizzy about it. Not like I gain anything from lying about it.

Maybe you aren't lying.  But, also, maybe you never even properly tested the card.  You might not even know that your card isn't stable at such a high overclock since you never properly tested it in the first place.  You can't properly test it without having a test which performs validation and provides you a result for you to sanity check in comparison to others.