Hi guys.
I'm trying to overclock for the first time my GTX 580 SOC but there are some things that bring questions to my mind.
I'm new to overclocking, so I've tried to follow the safest settings I can find online for my card. It's made for Overclocking and from what I read online it seems to cope fairly well with 950 Mhz (Standard clock is 855), so I decided to give it a go, but there are issues.
1. Voltage: Well, I discovered that my card runs at 1.12 mv by default. MSI Afterburner gives that as the standard setting, OC Guru too, even if it's dynamic so it moves a bit.
The strange thing is that from the review I'm reading, the 580 SOC tested online were running much lower default voltages, around 1.00. A voltage of 1.125 mv is what they get when people try to push them beyond the 900 mhz mark. How can it be? My card runs fine and it's 8 months old now, but I suddenly fear that the default voltage is too high.
2. Clock: keep in mind that my voltage is always 1.12 mv. While overclocking I didn't change it because I felt that it was high enough... So, I tried to move from 855 mhz, by steps of 10 (I'm using MSI Afterburner so shaders clock goes up accordingly). Up to 900 it seems to be fine, but I don't see a big performance gain in terms of FPS. 920 seems still ok, 930 gives me some stutters, 940 the rig crashes after 2 mins of play, 950 it crashes as soon as the game is launched.
That's a bit strange, because it seems that the 580 SOC should cope with 950 easily.
Temperatures are under control, never over the 75°C mark, so that's not the reason. What else could it be?
Here is my rig:
CPU: Intel i5 760 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E
RAM: 2 x 2GB Corsair XMS DDR3
Hard Disk: Samsung HD103SJ 1TB
Graphic Card: Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2470 HD
Power Unit: Corsair TX650
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Case: Cooler Master Centurion + 3 fans (enermax, cooler master)
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm trying to overclock for the first time my GTX 580 SOC but there are some things that bring questions to my mind.
I'm new to overclocking, so I've tried to follow the safest settings I can find online for my card. It's made for Overclocking and from what I read online it seems to cope fairly well with 950 Mhz (Standard clock is 855), so I decided to give it a go, but there are issues.
1. Voltage: Well, I discovered that my card runs at 1.12 mv by default. MSI Afterburner gives that as the standard setting, OC Guru too, even if it's dynamic so it moves a bit.
The strange thing is that from the review I'm reading, the 580 SOC tested online were running much lower default voltages, around 1.00. A voltage of 1.125 mv is what they get when people try to push them beyond the 900 mhz mark. How can it be? My card runs fine and it's 8 months old now, but I suddenly fear that the default voltage is too high.
2. Clock: keep in mind that my voltage is always 1.12 mv. While overclocking I didn't change it because I felt that it was high enough... So, I tried to move from 855 mhz, by steps of 10 (I'm using MSI Afterburner so shaders clock goes up accordingly). Up to 900 it seems to be fine, but I don't see a big performance gain in terms of FPS. 920 seems still ok, 930 gives me some stutters, 940 the rig crashes after 2 mins of play, 950 it crashes as soon as the game is launched.
That's a bit strange, because it seems that the 580 SOC should cope with 950 easily.
Temperatures are under control, never over the 75°C mark, so that's not the reason. What else could it be?
Here is my rig:
CPU: Intel i5 760 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E
RAM: 2 x 2GB Corsair XMS DDR3
Hard Disk: Samsung HD103SJ 1TB
Graphic Card: Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2470 HD
Power Unit: Corsair TX650
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Case: Cooler Master Centurion + 3 fans (enermax, cooler master)
Thanks in advance for your help!
