[Official] NVIDIA GTX 690 Owners Club - Page 79

Originally Posted by jcde7ago 

Okay, DEFINITELY done with benchmarks for tonight...another successful run with OC'd clocks, this time on 3DMark11!
Note: I'm using the 301.34 drivers for the GTX 690.
First run on stock clocks:
P15124
Graphics Score: 16,477

Tonight's run, OC settings at: 135% Power Target, +140 Mhz Core Offset, + 300 Mhz Mem. Offset, 1055/1652/1160 (Core/Mem/Boost):
P17532
Graphics Score: 19,906

And I still haven't found my max OC yet!

Originally Posted by jcde7ago 

Here is the thread:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1235557/official-top-30-heaven-benchmark-3-0-scores/
And yes, even with Quad-SLI, you will still qualify. Just make sure you read and follow all the requirements for score submissions. Good luck man, can't wait to see what Quad-SLI with a pair of 690s can do!

Originally Posted by jcde7ago 

The GTX 690 is voltage-capped at 1.175mv.
The max power target = the limit of the voltage capping - so, if you ever use the full 35% TDP overhead...it means the card is at its 1.175mv limit.
Just know that upping the Power Target to the max of 135% doesn't mean you'll actually use 35% more power than TDP in all cases - it just gives you that headroom to do so. The card will only use as much power as it needs, so, if you set a core and memory offset that it will try to attain and it needs less than 135% power target, it will dynamically use voltage only as needed.
Personally, I leave it at just 135% PT. The way boost works for the 600 series is that you may not even need to set core/mem offsets for an OC - simply raising the power target will make the card boost on its own and give you a performance boost within your PT range.
By the way, the maximum 135% Power Target is absolutely, completely safe. This is actually a rather conservative voltage setting, so setting it to the maximum isn't even beginning to tap into the power of GK104 (at the expense of increased temps and power consumption of course).
In theory, Nvidia could have probably gotten away with using our current max voltage cap of 1.175mv for stock, but again, they wanted to be conservative with voltages and clock speeds to stay well within the TDP and keep the low temp. range (and also avoid any possible 590-esque scenarios). That's the amazing part about all of this is that the stock of performance of these cards could have been the OC's we're hitting now, and even after keeping them choked a little, they still manage to pull completely beastly numbers and ridiculous performance.

Originally Posted by Supper 


Side note, gtx 680 will be fully available end of this month as my favorite retailer told me so that goes for 690 as well.