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While I was fleshing out all of my EVGA GTX 680's to find which was the best over-clocker I found out I have a beast card. I always wondered why this card all the way at the end in my 4-way SLI config operated so much cooler than the others. It is crazy efficient. 1328 MHz core, 3580 MHz memory at stock voltage! Also EVGA Scanner X and OCCT stable at these frequencies. My other three GTX 680's would top out around 1240-1260 MHz core when used on their own. This core is so efficient it idles at 18 C! Anyone else see clocks like these? It will make a nice single GPU for my new mini-build. http://www.youtube.com/wa...k&feature=youtu.be
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:41 AM
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callsignvega
While I was fleshing out all of my EVGA GTX 680's to find which was the best over-clocker I found out I have a beast card. I always wondered why this card all the way at the end in my 4-way SLI config operated so much cooler than the others. It is crazy efficient.
1328 MHz core, 3580 MHz memory at stock voltage! Also EVGA Scanner X and OCCT stable at these frequencies. My other three GTX 680's would top out around 1240-1260 MHz core when used on their own.
This core is so efficient it idles at 18 C! Anyone else see clocks like these? It will make a nice single GPU for my new mini-build.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...k&feature=youtu.be
 Golden chip INDEED! Great vid vega! Let's hope the 680 Classy HC get this high of an OC 
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:56 AM
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Pretty sweet. Those artifacts you mention in the vid are probably glitches in Heaven.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:06 AM
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Yeah that is a verrrry good chip indeed.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:29 AM
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1325mhz core 7000mhz mem here with a pny 680. I hit stability issues at 1350mhz core but am rock solid at 1325mhz.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:14 PM
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Yeah, some cards have that Golden-chip, and others aren't as good, which bothers me since all GPUs should be alick in how high you can clock.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:00 PM
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I have a friend who has an EVGA GTX 680 which idles at 23C while mine idles at 31C. We both have the high flow bracket installed and he also has the backplate. I would say that my friend has a golden chip just as long as he can overclock in the 1300 Mhz range.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:28 PM
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You'd be surprised... sometimes the hotter boards can OC better.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:31 PM
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You'd be surprised... sometimes the hotter boards can OC better.
I'm totally happy with my 680. It's a fantastic card. That's good to know by the way.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:33 PM
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These are likely the kind of GPUs NVIDIA is looking for to power the GTX 690. GPUs that can operate at lower voltages and run more efficiently overall in order to stay within the 300w power window.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:59 PM
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1325mhz core 7000mhz mem here with a pny 680. I hit stability issues at 1350mhz core but am rock solid at 1325mhz.
Ya, I am running now 1325 MHz core and 7000 MHz mem, didn't realize I could bump the mem that high until I saw some people at that mem and it's working great. Seems our chips are pretty rare that can do this.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:07 PM
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Is water cooling a must to reach 1300+ stable or are some of you aircooling with those overclocks? I'm debating watercooling my next build with 680sli.
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Re:Golden chip?
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:54 PM
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 0:47 PM
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Is water cooling a must to reach 1300+ stable or are some of you aircooling with those overclocks? I'm debating watercooling my next build with 680sli.
These cards run so cool stock that it isn't a must, but still preferred to water cool to get the absolute max out of it. That will really help once the voltage unlocked cards come out. Zotac already has a card with up to 1.5v core coming out. Hopefully EVGA has some nice stuff up their sleeve with the Ultra Classified. If I can get 1425+ core out of it water cooled, I will upgrade my 1325 MHz core 680.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 1:51 AM
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Is water cooling a must to reach 1300+ stable or are some of you aircooling with those overclocks? I'm debating watercooling my next build with 680sli.
Nope, I did it with the stock cooler by keeping the fan at 65%. Now I have installed a $40.00 arctic accelerro twin turbo 2 cooler which keeps my load temps at 52c with the overclock.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:16 PM
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My card is 100% quality and can do 1325 MHz core and 3702 MHz memory viewing with the new GPU-Z.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:49 PM
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My card is 100% quality and can do 1325 MHz core and 3702 MHz memory viewing with the new GPU-Z.
That's a good point. The ASIC Quality in gpu-z 0.6.1 and 0.6.2 can show you how good of a chip you have. This can also mean how good it can overclock as well.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:54 PM
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Was it the golden chip to Willy Wonka's Nvidia factory? Are you and 5 others going there on a tour?  Nice chip.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:59 PM
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Was it the golden chip to Willy Wonka's Nvidia factory? Are you and 5 others going there on a tour?
Nice chip.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:17 PM
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Pretty sweet. Those artifacts you mention in the vid are probably glitches in Heaven.
Those artifacts are from the card when benching Ungine Heaven 3.0, and the clock frequency is close to crashing the card. I've seen them before, but the 6990 puts on a better light show before it goes belly up, and the amd driver crash msg pops up. QF 6990s @ 0.96 GHz clock speed x 4 AMD gpus will almost replicate the same affect, but with more pretty dots in different colors on certain frames. Edit: Adding more detail. 0.96 GHz clock speed, 1.5Ghz mem speed, +20% power settings, avg temp between all 4 gpus at 46 deg c
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:24 PM
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kram36
Pretty sweet. Those artifacts you mention in the vid are probably glitches in Heaven.
Those artifacts are from the card when benching Ungine Heaven 3.0, and the clock frequency is close to crashing the card. I've seen them before, but the 6990 puts on a better light show before it goes belly up, and the amd driver crash msg pops up. QF 6990s @ 0.96 GHz clock speed x 4 AMD gpus will almost replicate the same affect, but with more pretty dots in different colors on certain frames.
Edit: Adding more detail.
0.96 GHz clock speed, 1.5Ghz mem speed, +20% power settings, avg temp between all 4 gpus at 46 deg c
Could be, but Heaven has been full of graphics glitches on versions above 2.0 for me no matter if the card(s) are at stock speeds or oc.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:31 PM
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Ya the older versions are glitchy. Even the 3.0 has some minor graphic glitches with AO in certain frames.
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Re:Golden chip?
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:06 PM
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I seen those same artifacts when testing my dual GTX480's at there upper most limit of there OC.
So your most likely right at the edge of its max OC before seeing more artifacts at a slightly higher OC.
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