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756core is a great overclock though.
756core is a great overclock though.
need expert advice on OC gtx 260 216
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You need to use it in games now.. applying Q features can stress the shaders a lot more, and reveal instabilities, where some synthetic benchies cant [mainly ones that dont allow resolution increases + AA].
Try gaming on your settings with 8xAA and 16xAF + a good resolution..see if it holds and monitor temps. If all is well, I would say, try for another 15-30mhz on each core and mem. Temps are really good..no doubt, what is helping you hold your shaders at 15xxmhz.
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Try gaming on your settings with 8xAA and 16xAF + a good resolution..see if it holds and monitor temps. If all is well, I would say, try for another 15-30mhz on each core and mem. Temps are really good..no doubt, what is helping you hold your shaders at 15xxmhz.
I would lower the clocks if your temps regularly go over 70c.. other than that, nothing you are doing will affect the longevity of the GPU. Manufacturer rating for GPU cores is upwards of 90+c ...so dont worry about loading in the 60's.
Temps can limit your OC, so you may find, if your ambient temps change dramatically [ie- summer to winter OC's]. Mainly, for GPU clocking, you will hit either a temp limit- preventing the GPU from holding high OC's... or a voltage limit- in which the GPU would be running at its max speed, on its current voltage.
*I run heavily mod'd 8800GS's, and have for over a year now, with no issues. They are on water most of the time, which helps prolong their life running 1.32v ...up from their stock 1.08v
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Temps can limit your OC, so you may find, if your ambient temps change dramatically [ie- summer to winter OC's]. Mainly, for GPU clocking, you will hit either a temp limit- preventing the GPU from holding high OC's... or a voltage limit- in which the GPU would be running at its max speed, on its current voltage.
*I run heavily mod'd 8800GS's, and have for over a year now, with no issues. They are on water most of the time, which helps prolong their life running 1.32v ...up from their stock 1.08v
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dude i ran the test on furmark and atitool tog when i was sleeping i left both on and it ran for like 7-8 hrs
still i need to worrry?
Originally Posted by DeadSkull Download OCCT 3.0 and run the GPU stress test for at least 30 minutes at those clocks and see if its stable. atitool and l4d aren't particularly stressful 3d apps, you better use crysis and furmark and run those for longer periods of time then 6 minutes. |
still i need to worrry?
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If you ran Furmark for that long without monitoring it, two things are true:
1. You are at least partially insane.
2. Your card is absolutely stable if you did not get any crashes.
If you ran both programs simultaneously for that long without monitoring it, one thing is true:
1. You are completely insane.
Be careful when running stress tests. They are designed to make your card work as hard as it possibly can, and that is far more likely to cause damage to your card than a solid overclock and playing games for the next couple of years.
I can only reach 730 core / shader linked on my card before it begins to artifact. Don't forget that you can get artifacts in ATI tool that aren't reported by the program, so you have to actually WATCH it to make sure there aren't any problems.
If you can get as high as 750 and then some more, then you have one beautiful card.
Originally Posted by paras dude i ran the test on furmark and atitool tog when i was sleeping i left both on and it ran for like 7-8 hrs still i need to worrry? |
If you ran Furmark for that long without monitoring it, two things are true:
1. You are at least partially insane.
2. Your card is absolutely stable if you did not get any crashes.
If you ran both programs simultaneously for that long without monitoring it, one thing is true:
1. You are completely insane.
Be careful when running stress tests. They are designed to make your card work as hard as it possibly can, and that is far more likely to cause damage to your card than a solid overclock and playing games for the next couple of years.
I can only reach 730 core / shader linked on my card before it begins to artifact. Don't forget that you can get artifacts in ATI tool that aren't reported by the program, so you have to actually WATCH it to make sure there aren't any problems.
If you can get as high as 750 and then some more, then you have one beautiful card.
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I suppose I can believe it, but then again, that's not too demanding of a game and we don't know what your ambient temperature is.
On the other hand, I'm glad to see that you're going to be a bit more careful with your hardware. None of us would like to see your card ruined.
Originally Posted by paras ok guys i think ill stick with this OC core 730 shader 1460 memory 1150 fan 80 was playing TF2 for 30 min or more and man temp did not rise more than 47 C lols can u believe it? ok now i wanna ask is shld i go beyond this OC coz i really dont wanna my fps in TF2 did not go less than 25 i think but it was a 32 player server and my fps for most time did not lag as it did earlier and was above 30 fps mark 99% with all that happening this is great and sry for running those tests like that wont do it again i promise ok guys any more advice or am i done here ocing? |
On the other hand, I'm glad to see that you're going to be a bit more careful with your hardware. None of us would like to see your card ruined.
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Originally Posted by paras yah thnxs for the heads up i think ill stick with this OC u think this is a good OC? also which game is more demanding on which i can try ? |
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Stick with it, I can only get 720/1440/1107 stable in ATI Tool, 3DMark06, 3D Vantage, Crysis, GTA IV, 4 hours in FurMark for 4-5 hours at a time, so I'd say that would be stable.
Originally Posted by paras yah thnxs for the heads up u think this is a good OC? also which game is more demanding on which i can try ? |
I can run 3DMark 06, and Vantage and ATI Tool at speeds of 744 Mhz, 1512, and 1150 and have no problems. I've never went over 744 Mhz on the core. and I can run 1544 on the Shaders but it doesn't like it very much.
As far as gaming. Most games I cannot run those though. Most games I'm able to play stable with 720/1512, 1150, but Games like Crysis, FarCry2, and Warhead I can't play Stable with anything over 680 Mhz Core and 1466 Shaders.. not sure. I know crysis is the most demanding game around. and it gives it a workout. so I usually just stay around default for regular use, and eVGA precision loads on startup and I run with my fan set to 61% (Wont run at 60%). then I close it. I then have a few profiles set up. One is default speeds with the high fan speed. one is the eVGA FTW edition speeds of 666 and so on. and then I have a third that runs this. 680/1466/1120 for regular and most gaming. I sometimes go higher on like COD4, but I don't really need to with SLI.
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you got a good card, enjoy it. and don't hurt it by running ATI tool for 7 hour unattended..
As far as gaming. Most games I cannot run those though. Most games I'm able to play stable with 720/1512, 1150, but Games like Crysis, FarCry2, and Warhead I can't play Stable with anything over 680 Mhz Core and 1466 Shaders.. not sure. I know crysis is the most demanding game around. and it gives it a workout. so I usually just stay around default for regular use, and eVGA precision loads on startup and I run with my fan set to 61% (Wont run at 60%). then I close it. I then have a few profiles set up. One is default speeds with the high fan speed. one is the eVGA FTW edition speeds of 666 and so on. and then I have a third that runs this. 680/1466/1120 for regular and most gaming. I sometimes go higher on like COD4, but I don't really need to with SLI.
you got a good card, enjoy it. and don't hurt it by running ATI tool for 7 hour unattended..
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