GeForce 260 GTX / 280 GTX Overclocking Thread

[nfm]

Seems like there are more and more users with 260 GTX / 280GTX. Post you overclocks here, don't be shy :).
Please if you can, include actual core, shader and memory clocks.

[nfm]

Card: eVGA GeForce 260 GTX
Cooling: Stock
vGPU: Stock
vMem: Stock
GPU: 774Mhz
Memory: 1269Mhz
Shader: 1566Mhz

3DMark06 shot, card is not 100% stable:
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/3532/17619ab3.th.jpg (http://img240.imageshack.us/my.php?image=17619ab3.jpg)

[GAR]

756/1512/2600 seems stable so far, ati tool stable, crysis stable and grid stable, those 3 put the most stress on a card.

BFG GTX 260

[junkmonk]

756/1512/2600 seems stable so far, ati tool stable, crysis stable and grid stable, those 3 put the most stress on a card.

BFG GTX 260

is that on the stock cooler?

[Linchpin]

eVGA GTX 260 SC @ 795/1590/2580 with stock air cooler at 60%. 100% stable. Just need to dig up my GPU-Z validation.

[Kondik]

Mine was born special :hehe:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ddg53/

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/338/kondikfa7.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kondikfa7.jpg)

[GAR]

is that on the stock cooler?

Yup. 60% fan speed.

[GAR]

eVGA GTX 260 SC @ 795/1590/2580 with stock air cooler at 60%. 100% stable. Just need to dig up my GPU-Z validation.

Very nice card man, i think thats the best ive seen so far, :up:

[BenchZowner]

Brand: Asus
Model: ENGTX280 ( GeForce GTX 280 ) ( Card #0 )
Cooling: nVIDIA Reference Cooler ( stock )
GPU Voltage: Stock
Memory Voltage: Stock
Fan Duty Cycles (%): 60%
GPU Core Clock: 756MHz
SPs Clock: 1566MHz
Memory Clock: 1404MHz ( GDDR3-2808 )

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Brand: Asus
Model: ENGTX280 ( GeForce GTX 280 ) ( Card #1 )
Cooling: nVIDIA Reference Cooler ( stock )
GPU Voltage: Stock
Memory Voltage: Stock
Fan Duty Cycles (%): 50%
GPU Core Clock: 729MHz
SPs Clock: 1512MHz
Memory Clock: 1323MHz ( GDDR3-2646 )

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Brand: Gigabyte
Model: GV-N28-1GH-B ( GeForce GTX 280 )
Cooling: nVIDIA Reference Cooler ( stock )
GPU Voltage: Stock
Memory Voltage: Stock
Fan Duty Cycles (%): 50%
GPU Core Clock: 729MHz
SPs Clock: 1512MHz
Memory Clock: 1332MHz ( GDDR3-2664 )

Full stable clocks ( 6 continuous gaming hours with Crysis and Call Of Duty 4 )

[Nunzi]

evga 700,1506.1300

[Malik]

Some results of my 260 :)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1134/oooocop1.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oooocop1.jpg)

I think this score will be better with higher fsb - i will try :)

and photo with old and new gtx:

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1158/dscf0329pl3.jpg

[Kondik]

Looks like I hit the max with GTX280

702 / 1484 / 1296 if I give Shaders + Core 750/1500 It ends up with an blank screen after 2 - 3 minutes of benching so probably PWM overheating, they're now on load around 100 oC

[Cassell98]

best I can do is 715/1430/1265 any ideas why I cant get my shader clock any higher?

[xplozion]

BFG GTX 260 OC2

Mine is:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5827/ocxt6.jpg

OCing it more day by day.

Temp never go up 53, stock cooler + freezing room :P
Today i will go way high and do some stress test

[xplozion]

eVGA GTX 260 SC @ 795/1590/2580 with stock air cooler at 60%. 100% stable. Just need to dig up my GPU-Z validation.

How long have you stress test under this clocks?
Very nice clocks, will try to get mine there! :D

[Waxking1]

Best I can do is 756/712/1296. By the way, CPU-Z doesn't validate your score. It doesn't even report the clocks correctly.

nfm,
Your 3Dmark06 scores are way too low. Your SM2 and SM3 scores should be over 8000 as mine are at a lower clock.

malik,
Your 734/1566 is as good as I have seen. I'll have to try running Vantage to see how my graphic scores compare. I can't make it through 3D06 at 1566.

The shader is the stumbling block on these card. You have to go from 1512 to 1566 as there is nothing in between. Since you can only clock your core up to 1/2 the speed of the shader, then this limits the core to 756.

[GAR]

Just got myself an Asus GTX 280, its an overclocking DUD when it comes to shader, 702/1404/2600 is max......do you guys think i should replace the thermal paste.

[WeldZilla]

Nice to see a thread about clocking these cards only.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/06trials.jpg

For a single card that can be had for under $240 this card shines bright.

WZ

[Waxking1]

Just got myself an Asus GTX 280, its an overclocking DUD when it comes to shader, 702/1404/2600 is max......do you guys think i should replace the thermal paste.

I would if it were my card. What are your temps like? I don't see why a 280 shouldn't clock near what a 260 will do if you keep the temps down. Your shaders are the problem. I'm not sure where the shaders jump to after 1404 on the 280. Too bad the clocks aren't able to go up one at a time. That's why I'm stuck at 756/1512 on my 260. The next jump for the shaders is 1566 and I'm not completely stable at 1566. I wish I could set the shaders on 1550 Your core would probably go higher but unless you can bump up the shaders you are stuck at 702.

I've seen where a lot of the 280s get stuck at 1404. I've got a 280 coming in on Monday and I'm sure I will change out the thermal paste. Hope I can get over 1404.

[MomijiTMO]

Just got myself an Asus GTX 280, its an overclocking DUD when it comes to shader, 702/1404/2600 is max......do you guys think i should replace the thermal paste.

Hey there. So far do you think it's a big improvement over the GTX260?

[Kondik]

Just got myself an Asus GTX 280, its an overclocking DUD when it comes to shader, 702/1404/2600 is max......do you guys think i should replace the thermal paste.

Good to see you back GAR.

My Gigabyte GTX 280 with changed GPU grease for MX2 and 2x Noctue P12 1300 Direct blow fans has max Freq. 702/1458/1296*2 [ BIOS Modded FAN profile ]

This is the last Stable freq before the card starts to produce artifacts.
The max Temps are 77 GPU 69 Memory 68 PCB 92 VRM [ on the max OC ]

[GAR]

Hey there. So far do you think it's a big improvement over the GTX260?

Nope, its not a big improvement at all, the GTX 260 overclocked to 756.1512/2300 is a fast card and very close to an overclocked GTX 280. The only reason i got this card is because it was $40 bucks more than my GTX 260.


Good to see you back GAR.

My Gigabyte GTX 280 with changed GPU grease for MX2 and 2x Noctue P12 1300 Direct blow fans has max Freq. 702/1458/1296*2 [ BIOS Modded FAN profile ]

This is the last Stable freq before the card starts to produce artifacts.
The max Temps are 77 GPU 69 Memory 68 PCB 92 VRM [ on the max OC ]

Thanks man. I will try to re-apply the paste and report back with results.

[dnottis]

Water cooled -
http://3dxtreme.net/other/PNY%20GTX%20260/12-3-2004-1.02.49%20PM9-7-2008-2.48.13%20AM.jpg

[nfm]

Card: eVGA GeForce 260 GTX
Cooling: Stock with side 120MM fan, stock thermal paste
vGPU: Stock
vMem: Stock
GPU: 756Mhz
Memory: 1269Mhz
Shader: 1512Mhz
PSU: OCZ PowerStream 520W

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1459/260gtx756core1512shaderiv0.jpg

[GAR]

Nice temps!!! I dont do water cooling because i upgrade and change parts so much....but those are some nice temps for full load....im going to try to take the voltage down, since the gtx 260 didnt gain any voltage with 1.18v vs 1.12, im thinking it wont hurt the gtx 280 to run at 1.12v.....imma try it see what happens, it should decrease temps a bit.

[roedzzz]

This my POV 260 GTX on stock cooling..

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/162/98477523oh5.jpg

[Waxking1]

Card: eVGA GeForce 260 GTX
Cooling: Stock with side 120MM fan, stock thermal paste
vGPU: Stock
vMem: Stock
GPU: 756Mhz
Memory: 1269Mhz
Shader: 1512Mhz
PSU: OCZ PowerStream 520W

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1459/260gtx756core1512shaderiv0.jpg

This is interesting. It appears that 1512 stable on the shaders is the limiting factor of these cards. It also appears that cooling the chip further doesn't allow you to run the shaders faster.

So unless someone has a really exceptional chip it appears likely that the limits to this card is 756/1512 stable. I'm sure the core could go faster but is limited by the shaders.

[nfm]

This is interesting. It appears that 1512 stable on the shaders is the limiting factor of these cards. It also appears that cooling the chip further doesn't allow you to run the shaders faster.

So unless someone has a really exceptional chip it appears likely that the limits to this card is 756/1512 stable. I'm sure the core could go faster but is limited by the shaders.You are correct, with 1566Mhz shader card craps out after 2 seconds but I still managed to run 3DMark06 before just like in post #2. We need to change the ratio of core to shader in BIOS :D.

[GAR]

You are correct, with 1566Mhz shader card craps out after 2 seconds but I still managed to run 3DMark06 before just like in post #2. We need to change the ratio of core to shader in BIOS :D.

If anyone figures this out please share.......i might go ahead and try to mod the bios but im real busy opening my store....if anyone does it let us know. :up:

[dnottis]

Here is my max linked core / shader clocks one notch higher on the core and instant artifacts - still playing with memory.

http://3dxtreme.net/other/PNY%20GTX%20260/756core.atitool.jpg

http://3dxtreme.net/other/PNY%20GTX%20260/3dmark-19323.jpg

[nfm]

:slobber:, 1566Mhz is nothing to sneeze at :up:. Were you able to do the same shader with stock cooler before or you did not try?

[BenchZowner]

As far as I know you cannot change the core/shaders ratio, sorry guys.
I've just modded my best GTX 280 and I'm preparing the other components for a LN2 session this Wednesday.

[dnottis]

:slobber:, 1566Mhz is nothing to sneeze at :up:. Were you able to do the same shader with stock cooler before or you did not try?

I got it from someone here was doing 702/1458, never tried higher on air.

[Waxking1]

I can run at 1566 but it is not totally stable. I did finish a 3D06 at 1566 but my 1512 shader did better because when I ran 3D06 at 1566 I saw artifacts a couple of times during the test. If you ever see artifacts while running a test it will kill the results.

I have the stock cooler but I have used AS5 on the spreader. Once you get to 1566 on the shader, if you want to increase the core past 756, you have to jump to something around 780. With my cooling I am not stable at all at that speed, so the best I could do was 756/1566, but not stable.

[dnottis]

I can run at 1566 but it is not totally stable. I did finish a 3D06 at 1566 but my 1512 shader did better because when I ran 3D06 at 1566 I saw artifacts a couple of times during the test. If you ever see artifacts while running a test it will kill the results.

I have the stock cooler but I have used AS5 on the spreader. Once you get to 1566 on the shader, if you want to increase the core past 756, you have to jump to something around 780. With my cooling I am not stable at all at that speed, so the best I could do was 756/1566, but not stable.

I have a feeling 756 will be the max 99% of them can do stable.

[Waxking1]

I have a feeling 756 will be the max 99% of them can do stable.

I think you are right about that. On the other had I just got a 280SC and I think it may run clock a little faster than my 260. The trouble is that it overheats too quickly and I don't have water. I'm going to order an aftermarket cooler as soon as they start selling them(thermaright). The memory on the 280 will run at 1400 until it gets up to the mid 70s temp and then starts artifacting. Also the shaders will run at 1566 until the heat gets higher. Not sure about the core yet as it seems to max out in the 730s but here again I hope some cooler temps will help this also.

[ChaosAD]

Since ATI cards have so many issues i decided to go with Nvidia, again. The cheapest GTX 260 is EVGA GEFORCE GTX260 for 244 euro and the chaepest GTX 280 is GAINWARD 9351 GTX280 1GB or XFX GEFORCE GTX280 1GB GX-280N-ZDF for 390 euro. Do u think the extra 150 euro worth it, either they both run overclocked or not.

I can also get XFX GEFORCE GTX260 896MB XXX for 295 euro. Count this option in too.

[WeldZilla]

Take one very eager 260GTX and strap one crazy E8400 Rocket to it's ass and let them go. :shocked:
you won't be disappointed!!!:yepp:

This combination just keeps getting faster and faster!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/05done.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aqmk3260gtxruna-1.jpg

It's very hot here now but winter is coming!!!:rolleyes:

My Card is the MSI although I believe them all to be quite great.:clap:

WZ

[mikeyakame]

hmm my 280 with ref cooler and modified memory timings in bios.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/nhu6u/

735 core, 1512 shader, 2700 memory.

no matter how much more i loosen timings wont go next step up on memory, needs more voltage. it's stable for gaming all day long and benchmark thrashing at those clocks.

[koc]

just ordered two EVGA 280GTX from newegg
i intend to kill my games with SLI setup :)

[pcaddict]

little bit offtopic,but should I upgrade my 7950gx2 to gtx 260? cuz I need new graphics card and gtx 260 looks nice..

Could gtx260 handle SkethUp, photoshop and other stuff like that smoothly? (and of course some games like crysis, bf2142)

[Kondik]

Photoshop is CPU and Memory based :hehe:
And for gaming of course It will handle them.

[pcaddict]

okay, Bfg gtx260 is coming in few days :)

[BenchZowner]

I'm ready :p:
http://i33.tinypic.com/2mmsr9g.jpg

[cantankerous]

oh sweet. Loving the thermalright on the shader chip!

[pcaddict]

that looks cool

[Mango31]

Finally... after a 2 month odyssey the RMA 280 arrived. And it clocks excellent - happy camper over here :up:


http://stormcell.us/Mango/Other/oc2.jpg

[Kondik]

I hate you for those clocks , I really do !
GPU-Z Temps please ?

[Waxking1]

Very nice clocks Mango. Temps look to be 50 degrees to me. Has to be watercooled. I would like to see a 3DM06 score just for comparison. And what happens when you clock your core to 783?

[nfm]

Finally... after a 2 month odyssey the RMA 280 arrived. And it clocks excellent - happy camper over here :up:
Holy memory :shocked:, you lucky bastard :D.


I hate you for those clocks , I really do !
GPU-Z Temps please ?QFT :yepp:.

[dejanh]

Sort of off topic but an important question nonetheless...

What is the minimum CPU needed to completly remove the bottleneck of two GTX 260 cards in SLI clocked to 769/1538/1281?

I know I am getting bottleneck on my system as the Vantage GPU scores tend to be too low compared to a lot of people. The best score I managed for GPU in SLI was ~15600. A lot of people scored much higher than this (up to ~19000) with much lower clocks on the cards...

I'm sure my X2 5000BE @ 3.2GHz on an old nForce 570 SLI board cannot be enough, can it? If yes, then what the heck is causing my scores to be so low?

[janjan]

hi people

i have zotac 8800 gt amp! sli on my system and i think of selling them to buy the new GTX 260.
Is my sli 8800 gt way better than gtx260 or are they almost equal to each other
does anybody have a tangible test result or something convincing me expect the ones in >tomshardware<
what do you think?

and also what about the gtx260 sli performance lol

[WeldZilla]

Since loading the latest 177.98 drivers I can now game at 756/1536/1236. With no problems at all I am idling at 32C and after 1 1/2 hrs. of Free-for-all fun on COD4

my temps were only at 43C. It does not matter what I play or test I just don't have any heat issues. This new bios is very stable for me and my card.

dejanh to not bottle neck your sli you would probably need to get a wolfdale up around 5000 to 5500mhz. Or a quad around 4500mhz depending on what you were running

janjan it Depends on the rest of your system. My single cards scores may well whack your sli scores. But you haven't posted anything to go by.

Suffice it to say you have a pretty good set up in those cards but, the 260GTX is a wow card. It is up to you!!


WZ

[BuBBle.D]

Just recieved my GTX280 and boy is it a bad overclocker. Most probably the worst one on the planet. 670mhz on the core gives me heavy duty artifacts in AtiTool. Have tried furmark at 700mhz core and it does not crash but from time to time black squares appear and dissapear for a milisecond.
Its frustrating, should have gone with a 4870X2.

[Mango31]

Hehe yeah, it's in a loop with a 3.8 GHz E8500 (mobo won't take above FSB400...). PA 120.3 and MCP 655, room temp was about 27 C. With FurMark i can push it to 57 C at 1920x1200, 2x AA. That's pretty good to say the least. I'll look for the 3DMark06 score again (didn't make a screen shot).

[cantankerous]

Just recieved my GTX280 and boy is it a bad overclocker. Most probably the worst one on the planet. 670mhz on the core gives me heavy duty artifacts in AtiTool. Have tried furmark at 700mhz core and it does not crash but from time to time black squares appear and dissapear for a milisecond.
Its frustrating, should have gone with a 4870X2.

I had the same thing in Furmark when I overclocked my GTX 260 a little too far. It would run without crashes, but if I sat there and watched it long enough I would get black checkerboards flashing on the screen now and then for a split second, then it was gone. It is definitely a sign of the core being too high as once I backed off it was all gravy again.

[BuBBle.D]

I just recieved an info that going above 1400MHZ on the shaders makes the card so darn unstable. Havent tried it yet cos im at work. Can anyone confirm this?

@cantankerous: yes checkerboards at me too, not squares. Im not native English/American.

[Kondik]

Well I'm something in the middle with my GTX 208 , Freqs are in the SIG , those are stable on solid temps with stock cooling, will try more when the new GTX280 Thermalright cooler comes out. The only thing I'm afraid of are the VRM's temps ./... the core his around 75 max but VRM's are 95 that's bad ...

[Mango31]

I just recieved an info that going above 1400MHZ on the shaders makes the card so darn unstable. Havent tried it yet cos im at work. Can anyone confirm this?

@cantankerous: yes checkerboards at me too, not squares. Im not native English/American.

My 1566 on the shaders is perfectly stable so far. I can run FurMark at 1920 resolution for hours. Looks like those newer 280 GTX are quiet... different.

[laragirl83]

I have a Zotac GTX260.
Now running at 650/2200/1400MHz, no swaet, rock solid, done a lot Furmark, ran Vantage and 3dmark06 twice, no errors! :)
Guess I could go a little higher...

[dejanh]

I guess it's time to post my clocks as well...swapped out my 2 GTX 260s in SLI for a $420 GTX 280 SC :) It's nice to just work with a single card. SLI is finicky sometimes and heat is a problem with no water cooling.

After about 30 minutes of work I am running 708/1539/1328 on the stock cooler at 75% (still reasonably quiet in my Antec 900 or I'm deaf :p:). 170GB/s memory bandwidth. Temps are 64.0/56.3/52.8 +/- 1 Celsius :D

Not bad for a first try. I will update as I push the max :) Screens to come later.

Here is the first screen...

[Kondik]

*a silent voice whispers to dejanh* Use the Fur Mark ... Uuuuuse the furmark

[laragirl83]

Is is worth to use "Link Clocks"?
I use to OC nvidia cards having this option off, so I can set core and shader independently...

[BenchZowner]

Nope.
The link clocks just keeps the ratio steady for "amateurs" ( ROFL :p: ).
It's better to max out everything ( possible ) ( there are some limitations on the GTX 260 & GTX 280 ).
[ reminds me that I have to update the GeForce 8, 9 and GTX series overclocking & BIOS flashing guide :p: ]

[Kondik]

Nope.
The link clocks just keeps the ratio steady for "amateurs" ( ROFL :p: ).
It's better to max out everything ( possible ) ( there are some limitations on the GTX 260 & GTX 280 ).
[ reminds me that I have to update the GeForce 8, 9 and GTX series overclocking & BIOS flashing guide :p: ]

*pokes him*

Ey buddy I allready gave a proper burial to your GTX 280 you killed.
If you update it I'll end up serving a funeral for a dead VGA a lot often.
And my schedule :fact: can be full very soon :yepp:

[dejanh]

*a silent voice whispers to dejanh* Use the Fur Mark ... Uuuuuse the furmark

Lol, no need. I already killed it :rofl:

The card started whistling and artifacting, even at stock speeds. I think it was a dud right from the get-go. Temps never went over 64.0/56.3/52.8 but it died. It whistled right when I put it into my system, then it went away, and then it came back and never stopped. Finally, it started artifacting massively. It's back in the shop now getting tested but I have a feeling I will be getting rid of this all together and waiting for the 55nm parts. They are supposed to be out late October :p:

I may just pick up some piece of junk in the meantime to play with :)

[WeldZilla]

That whistling is a lot of the time capacitors that are a bit voltage starved. What PSU have you dejahn?? And how are it's rails.

I have pushed mine a little harder this afternoon but now it is evening and off to the movies!!

Here are my latest clocks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aqmk3260gtxrunb-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/3D01SE.jpg
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9419498

As you can see by the clocks it was a good afternoon....Come on winter!!!!

WZ

[laragirl83]

I got that whistling as well, when 3D apps are running, worst was under Crysis, but as soon as I turned VSync ON, whistling was gone....

[laragirl83]

Here I go...

[dejanh]

That whistling is a lot of the time capacitors that are a bit voltage starved. What PSU have you dejahn?? And how are it's rails.

I have pushed mine a little harder this afternoon but now it is evening and off to the movies!!

Here are my latest clocks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aqmk3260gtxrunb-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/3D01SE.jpg
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9419498

As you can see by the clocks it was a good afternoon....Come on winter!!!!

WZ

Um pulling from some of my EE days whistling/whining caps are a sign of leaky or in general somewhat faulty caps. Not always, but in a lot of cases. It has nothing to do with being voltage starved ;)

But just for reference the PSU is a 1KW PSU with 100A distributed over 4 12V rails. More than enough to easily power two of these, not one :)

The card was no good BTW. I took it back to the shop after testing it myself and they to found it artifacting at stock speeds and whistling under any load. Now I'm waiting I think until October 22nd (speculatively).

Now, a general question to any of you that have a DX10 machine running with GTX 260/280...if you run the first Vantage test (Jane Nash) do you get any artifacts at all in that scene? My GTX 260s gave artifacts in that scene but nothing under ATITool and same with the GTX 280. I typically got them in the following places:

1. At the beginning of the bench when the guy is entering the cave around the corner with sun rays breaking through where there should be none (below the rock just as he makes the corner)
2. After the guy enters the back of the cave the camera pans across the scene and you can see the top of that building in the cave, and in its top corner there are flashing bits.
3. Finally when the guy is walking on the lower platform a few seconds later his uniform texture is all corrupted.

I'm sure there are others, but this is what I noticed so far. This happens every time, without a difference and at least in both 177.92 and 177.98. I have not tried other drivers unfortunately. Anyways, it was very strange so I'd thought I'd share.

[TurboDiv]

I got an EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 today. So I am guessing around 700 mhz on the core and 1100 on the memory is acceptable expectation ? I am still enjoying it at STOCK but soon I shall torture that baby. It is scoring 60% more 3d marks @ stock than my old 8800GTS 640mb overclocked. :D

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8718/260ca9.th.gif (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260ca9.gif)

[dejanh]

I got an EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 today. So I am guessing around 700 mhz on the core and 1100 on the memory is acceptable expectation ? I am still enjoying it at STOCK but soon I shall torture that baby. It is scoring 60% more 3d marks @ stock than my old 8800GTS 640mb overclocked. :D

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8718/260ca9.th.gif (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260ca9.gif)

Don't take too long to post results :) I am really curious what those can do...

[TurboDiv]

Dejan the card does @ stock on my machine:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9027/gtx260rb4.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtx260rb4.jpg)


Than I decided to do a mild overclock:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8967/score3os3.th.jpg (http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=score3os3.jpg)http://img217.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

I tried the overclock above with shader clock of 1566 but i got some artifacts, so around 1500 on the shaders is the maximum for stability. Tomorow i will do another test. This is not with tweaks and it was a first run directly to those clocks... :p:

ps; I did an additional tests about the shader clocks and EVGA precision lets me set either 1458, 1512 or 1566. 1566 is not stable and so i put it down to 1512 and it seems to be rock solid. The score also went up to P11940 with shaders at 1512.

[dejanh]

Dejan the card does @ stock on my machine:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9027/gtx260rb4.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtx260rb4.jpg)


Than I decided to do a mild overclock:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8967/score3os3.th.jpg (http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=score3os3.jpg)http://img217.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

I tried the overclock above with shader clock of 1566 but i got some artifacts, so around 1500 on the shaders is the maximum for stability. Tomorow i will do another test. This is not with tweaks and it was a first run directly to those clocks... :p:

ps; I did an additional tests about the shader clocks and EVGA precision lets me set either 1458, 1512 or 1566. 1566 is not stable and so i put it down to 1512 and it seems to be rock solid. The score also went up to P11940 with shaders at 1512.

It's a good idea to run Vantage on High...takes out the CPU out of the equation better. I find P to be kind of pointless nowadays as almost nobody games at 1280x1024. The OC seems alright so far, but core should be able to go higher, or at least I hope it does. 700+ should be very possible. Try RivaTuner to OC for finer adjustment. I sort of found the shader cap for several GTX 260s to be around 1530-1540. Core about 750-770. Memory is a crapshoot. It varies wildly from card to card. One of my GTXs did 1328 on memory, the other could not do more than 1256.

[largon]

I hope they fix G200 lackluster OC'ing ability in coming revisions & process'.
It's pretty sad that a slightly OC'ed G92 can easily beat the shader performance of a stock G200-100 (GTX260) and a voltmodded G92 matches G200-100 watercooled/vmodded.

[icecpu]

I got an EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 today. So I am guessing around 700 mhz on the core and 1100 on the memory is acceptable expectation ? I am still enjoying it at STOCK but soon I shall torture that baby. It is scoring 60% more 3d marks @ stock than my old 8800GTS 640mb overclocked. :D

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8718/260ca9.th.gif (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260ca9.gif)

please post some 3dmark 06, stock and overclock

[TurboDiv]

I have updates guys. I turned off the PhysX from the drivers. The greatest news is that it is all about the shaders on this card. I had my shaders at 1516 and I thought it was stable but my GPU would not overclock past 700 with those shaders and it would not even pass 1 run of 3D mark - greatly unstable to overclock past 650mhz on the core with shaders > 1500. Than I lowered them to 1458 and that gave me headroom to push the GPU to 730mhz. I have ran 3D mark Vantage a few times with absolutely no artifacts or hiccups. This is not the maximum overclock of the card. I have yet to see where is the limit of the memory and the GPU with those new shaders speed. So given those discoveries i have ran vantage a few times at 730/2430 with PhysX disabled(many ATI people don't like the results with PhysX so I had to disable it):

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9049/recent01hb0.th.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=recent01hb0.jpg)http://img519.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)


ps: I have very important update. There is some really weird stuff going on with the shaders. Before i was trying to do vantage on 700 core and shaders of 1512 but i had absolutely no chance in completing even 1 run, the whole thing was going black screen 2 minutes in the run. After I saw Dejan's post about the shaders and the core clocks I decided to skip the range between 700 and 730 with 1512 shaders and jump directly to 756 mhz. Surprisingly it passed vantage with absolutely no problems or artifacts. So the moral of the story is to NOT set up high shader values and than force core clock of anything less than 730... Here are the new scores:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/65/recent3td3.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=recent3td3.jpg)http://img140.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)


ps2: Ok guys i played around and the final values are 756 core/1512 shader/1224 memory. For core speed higher than 756 i need higher shade speed than 1512 - EVGA precision does not let me set a higher value than 756 with 1512 shaders, so i try to turn up the shaders but the next option is 1566 which is not stable. The maximum is somewhere between 1512 and 1566 and for that i would need RIVA TUNER but don't want to install it now... Nonetheless, that would give me like 10-20 mhz max which is not significant since the memory is maxed at 1224. here are the final results:

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/363/recentfnaldz2.th.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=recentfnaldz2.jpg)http://img518.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[WeldZilla]

I hope they fix G200 lackluster OC'ing ability in coming revisions & process'.
It's pretty sad that a slightly OC'ed G92 can easily beat the shader performance of a stock G200-100 (GTX260) and a voltmodded G92 matches G200-100 watercooled/vmodded.



Hey largon why don't you post up links to these G92 cards that leave the 260GTX in their wake. I have not seen them.

1262. 3Dmark 2005 - 20281 marks - largon (Team Finland) - (GeForce 8800 GTS 32... @ 756/1107mhz on h2o)

1669. 3Dmark 2006 - 13632 marks - largon (Team Finland) - (GeForce 8800 GTS 32... @ 729/1152mhz on h2o)

I can't find where you even own one.

So keep on trolling.

WZ

PS. my scores with a Stock cooled 8800GTS 320 absolutley crush your H2O cooled one. Perhaps you better just concentrate on your equipment.

[largon]

WeldZilla,
Firstly, for your information, those are not G92s, they're age-old G80s. 320MB RAM hello?
And secondly, I'm not interested in 3DMark. It's a CPU benchmark.
Third, I haven't updated my HWBot in, what, a year now?
Fourth point, read my post. Here, let me quote myself:

It's pretty sad that a slightly OC'ed G92 can easily beat the shader performance of a stock G200-100 (GTX260) and a voltmodded G92 matches G200-100 watercooled/vmodded.


My current G92-400 (GTS) with benchable shader core @ 2.43GHz (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85707&stc=1&d=1222149682) (= 622GFLOPS) beats a stock G200-100 (= 497GFLOPS, ~600GFLOPS if MUL works about 40% of time) by 25%.
^ my 1st claim -> □

Once you watercool/vmod (of which latter doesn't gain anything) & OC a G200-100 to maximum you might reach some 1.574GHz shader core (604GFLOPS, ~725GFLOPS if MUL works... 40%).
^ my 2nd claim -> □

And those are just my results. I'm sure there are better ones out there.
Was there something else?

PS.
And, as an interesting detail, none of the G200s in this thread can match in texture fillrate against a G92...

[WeldZilla]

OK now post a benchmark as opposed to a stress test..

you know 3D03, 3D01SE, 3D05, Aqmk3, 3D06, hey even the Devil May Cry bench we have seen of late.

I will say that is a great furmark score. Nice temps too.


WZ

[pcaddict]

FINLAND pwn everythng! gtx260 is coming..:D

[WeldZilla]

I look forward to seeing you post up some results pcaddict!! sooooooon

WZ

[koc]

Yesterday i recieved my two evga 280GTX cards , and the install them in SLI

the performance is very impress , i can play crysis and crysis warhead with ultra high setting and 16AF - 16AA very smooth without any lag :up:

[laragirl83]

Final clocks...

[laragirl83]

Done some furher testing, then again, Furmark stable.

[Brahmzy]

Done some furher testing, then again, Furmark stable.

That's exactly what I've settled on with my vanilla eVGA GTX260. Any higher and I get artifacting in Crysis. Fan speed on AUTO.

So, do ya think if I step up to a 260 216, I can get those same clocks? I'd hate to take a "step" backward. Ba da bump.

[turtletrax]

Hey guys, been working on my new build for some time and have got some results now. My GPU loop is pretty sick and consists of EK GTX280 FC with the LC ram back, DDC-2 w/Petra top, Feser Xchanger 120.3, 3x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm San Aces'.

I have an XFX GTX 280 Vanilla but am getting pretty impressive clocks out of it. Top so far is 792/1620/2664 Vantage stable.

Here is my Vantage result, but has PhysX driver enabled...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=413340

Will have more validation shortly, but seems pretty solid and I think I have more in the memoryclock department.

:up:

[nfm]

Hey guys, been working on my new build for some time and have got some results now. My GPU loop is pretty sick and consists of EK GTX280 FC with the LC ram back, DDC-2 w/Petra top, Feser Xchanger 120.3, 3x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm San Aces'.

I have an XFX GTX 280 Vanilla but am getting pretty impressive clocks out of it. Top so far is 792/1620/2664 Vantage stable.

Here is my Vantage result, but has PhysX driver enabled...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=413340

Will have more validation shortly, but seems pretty solid and I think I have more in the memoryclock department.

:up:That's excellent, your card will probably benefit from extra vGPU, hello voltmod :D, congrats on good silicon.

[turtletrax]

That's excellent, your card will probably benefit from extra vGPU, hello voltmod :D, congrats on good silicon.

I was thinking of Vmodding the card, but read that it has minimal gains and cooling is more of an issue. I think I have that covered :)

Also dont want to fry the card and have no warranty, I am eyeballing a QX9650 LOL, need to save my cash for that :)

Also want some Murdermod parts for my TJ-07 :up:

Thanks for the kind word nfm ;)

[GAR]

Hey guys, been working on my new build for some time and have got some results now. My GPU loop is pretty sick and consists of EK GTX280 FC with the LC ram back, DDC-2 w/Petra top, Feser Xchanger 120.3, 3x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm San Aces'.

I have an XFX GTX 280 Vanilla but am getting pretty impressive clocks out of it. Top so far is 792/1620/2664 Vantage stable.

Here is my Vantage result, but has PhysX driver enabled...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=413340

Will have more validation shortly, but seems pretty solid and I think I have more in the memoryclock department.

:up:

Man thats the best GTX 280 overclock i have ever seen.

[BenchZowner]

I just RMA'd my dead GTX 280 ( the good one doing 771/1566/2808 on stock cooling & stock volts :( )

[turtletrax]

Man thats the best GTX 280 overclock i have ever seen.

Thanks, its all me :rofl:

I am really glad I got a good GPU. I spent a fortune on cooling for it, so I am happy it was worth it :)

And sorry to hear of your dead card BenchZowner. Seems luck has not been on your side lately. I just wanted to say I really enjoy your hard work and hope your luck improves.

Edit: a few pics :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/turtletrax/DSC_0113.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/turtletrax/DSC_0108.jpg

[icecpu]

my card suck when it come to shader overclocking, stuck at 1402
At 1458 , ATItool artifacts right away, any ideas ??
fan @ 70 %


EDIT : Riva Tuner does not let me set any thing between 1402 and 1458

[BenchZowner]

my card suck when it come to shader overclocking, stuck at 1402
At 1458 , ATItool artifacts right away, any ideas ??
fan @ 70 %


EDIT : Riva Tuner does not let me set any thing between 1402 and 1458

The SPs just like the GPU Core and the RAM can be overclocked in steps, not single MHz.
The steps for the SPs are 54MHz.

[dnottis]

Water cooled - running like this since I got it about 2 months now. Game stable, furmark, vantage, etc.

http://3dxtreme.net/other/PNY%20GTX%20260/Capture110-5-2008-11.30.45%20AM.jpg

Don't hate :D

[bito]

largon.....have a look here at the texture fillrate............granted your G92 is excellent also.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3290782&postcount=47

[Carfax]

This is ridiculous. How come my GTX 260 is only stable up to 685 while everyone else is getting well into the 700s?

Are you guys running your cards with a BIOS volt mod?

[BenchZowner]

There's no BIOS volt mod for the GTX 260 & GTX 280 cards Carfax.

[Carfax]

There's no BIOS volt mod for the GTX 260 & GTX 280 cards Carfax.

Why do you think my card is such a :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty overclocker then? Is it just born that way? :ROTF:

I checked my voltage using Nibitor and it's at 1.12v for extra.

I might take off the heatsink today and see if it has any thermal paste on it.

C'mon guys, I need some help.. What do you think I should do? My temps hits 60c at 700mhz on 100% fan speed, so it's not like it's getting that hot.

[BenchZowner]

Why do you think my card is such a :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty overclocker then? Is it just born that way? :ROTF:

I checked my voltage using Nibitor and it's at 1.12v for extra.

I might take off the heatsink today and see if it has any thermal paste on it.

There are good cards and bad cards. Overclocking-wise.
You might be lucky and pick a 730+ MHz GPU GTX 280 or a 680-690MHz max GPU.
So far I had 4 GTX 280s, one of them was benchable at GPU:771MHz/SPs:1566MHz... my second best now is a 753MHz/1512 card.

There's also another factor, stability.
Some believe that 1 hour of gaming is fully stable, others don't.

And of course...there's also the "lie" case.
Beneficial or not, some people tend to lie on such stuff for no apparent reason.

[Carfax]

There are good cards and bad cards. Overclocking-wise.
You might be lucky and pick a 730+ MHz GPU GTX 280 or a 680-690MHz max GPU.
So far I had 4 GTX 280s, one of them was benchable at GPU:771MHz/SPs:1566MHz... my second best now is a 753MHz/1512 card.

There's also another factor, stability.
Some believe that 1 hour of gaming is fully stable, others don't.

And of course...there's also the "lie" case.
Beneficial or not, some people tend to lie on such stuff for no apparent reason.

Well, I'm going to take the heatsink off right now and put some thermal paste on to see if that helps with the overclocks.

I don't think I'll edit the BIOS to increase the voltage, since I'll be getting rid of this card in a few months once Nvidia releases the 55nm version.

[BenchZowner]

No matter what you select in the BIOS, the voltage applied will be the same.

[Carfax]

LOL, I was just about to try and remove the heatsinks, when I saw the screws..

They're tiny little things, and I don't have a screwdriver small enough to work them..

Oh well, I guess I'll have to put it off for another day.

[Carfax]

Some suggestions from GAR helped me to break the 700mhz barrier. I guess my shaders were holding me back, as setting them to 1455 and increasing the core to 702 did not result artifacts.

Now I'm going to start increasing the core while keeping the shaders in check to see how far I can go.

Generally speaking though, it doesn't see the 216 core edition overclock as well as the regular 192 core, which isn't too surprising I suppose.

[Carfax]

Final clocks:

Core - 740

Shaders - 1485

Memory - 1300

Much better than before, but I'm still a bit disappointed that my shaders won't go any higher. They were what was holding me back in the first place though. Oh well, it will have to suffice.

Thanks GAR for the advice :D

[TurboDiv]

Now run Furmark with 16x MSAA on your maximum supported resolution on stability test for at least 40-50 minutes and report back. :)

[Carfax]

Now run Furmark with 16x MSAA on your maximum supported resolution on stability test for at least 40-50 minutes and report back. :)

Haha! I downloaded that Tropic benchmark so thats what I've been using :p:

[turtletrax]

I guess I am being called a liar. I will report back with validation beyond this one soon....

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/9k3v4/

You think 15300P vantage link ((PhysiX enables mind you)with a E8400 woud be enough to not be call full of :banana::banana::banana::banana:...

I did report Mem clocks wrong though, it waas 2670 instead of 2660. EVGA Precision is hard to see at high res.

[3oh6]

finished shaking down my BFG GTX 280 OCX, CPU under a single stage & GPU on stock air, no volt mod.
hoping to have it insulated and ready to go this weekend but getting LN2 might be tough this week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/3oh6/xsforum/01_101109_5355_750-1250-1644.png

[BenchZowner]

I guess I am being called a liar. I will report back with validation beyond this one soon....

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/9k3v4/

You think 15300P vantage link ((PhysiX enables mind you)with a E8400 woud be enough to not be call full of :banana::banana::banana::banana:...

I did report Mem clocks wrong though, it waas 2670 instead of 2660. EVGA Precision is hard to see at high res.

I might be wrong, but I haven't seen anyone accusing you or anyone.

[turtletrax]

I might be wrong, but I haven't seen anyone accusing you or anyone.

Sorry but your post sure smacked of it. My appologies if it was not directed at me.

[BenchZowner]

Sorry but your post sure smacked of it. My appologies if it was not directed at me.

It wasn't directed to anyone.
If I am about to accuse somebody I say it clearly, so if I was accusing you, you'd already knew it :D
I was talking in general...

[BATISTA]

POV 260GTX Stock cooling
Aq3:
GPU 749
MEM 1202
Shader 1631

3DMark05
GPU 769
MEM 1206
Schader 1642

[Mr GRiM]

That's a great overclock on your CPU 4.7Ghz @ only 1.47v, I have the same one and I managed 4.5Ghz @ about 1.56v, nice 3DMark score too. My GTx260 216 core will be here soon I hope and then I will post some results, Hope it clocks as well as yours

[davidoff619]

any body looking to go gtx 280 sli its not worth the extra money two 260's haddle crysis at 1080i HD at min of 37 fps all my rig is at defaults atm till i get a day off to overclock the lot.

i have a q9650 @3ghz watercooled of course
ocz flex 9200 @800mhz 5-5-5-18
and two gtx260s
evga 780i

cost me just short of £700 and plays all games mint no problems.

This is the future of gaming. This is the power of SLI

[BATISTA]

yes 2 of 260 is best and cheap solution it koast abot 500 € :)

[mep916]

I'm currently running my 280 @ 702/1512/1242. I've found these settings to be most stable for F@H....

[Carfax]

Hehe, I RMA'd my card last week and got my replacement a few days ago.

Good news is, this card overclocks much better than my old one. :)

My old one maxed out at 730/1456/1300.

The new one does 756/1566/1300, and is very stable with no artifacts.

If I had attempted these speeds with my old card, it would have locked up the system.

[WeldZilla]

Hey turtletrax come in strong with runs of 3D01se, 3D06, 3D05, Aquamark3, 3D03 show us those clocks on these benches.
Post up a gpuz right beside the bench and a cpuz too then of course post the links...

Then of course we will ooh and ahhh to your hearts content...

WZ

[revogamer]

load temps, dtek fuzion gpu v2, it got to maybe 30 max after another 10 mins or so

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4365/28load.jpg
By revogamer (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/revogamer) at 2008-10-19
opps with 03, forgot to add front page of gpu-z :P
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7553/66104.jpg
By revogamer (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/revogamer) at 2008-10-19

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1125/29666.jpg
By revogamer (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/revogamer) at 2008-10-19

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4138/21983.jpg
By revogamer (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/revogamer) at 2008-10-19

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3229/90147.jpg
By revogamer (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/revogamer) at 2008-10-19

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/469/277k.jpg
By revogamer (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/revogamer) at 2008-10-19

[WeldZilla]

Nice results revogamer. I gotta tell you I am surprised you didn't crack 30,000 0n 05 with those clocks, both cpu and fpu were rockin!

See people that is the way way to come in.

Nice results for you too Batista!! Looks great from here!!

Now for some of mine!! too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aq.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/3D01SE.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/05run.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/cooltrpoics.jpg

It's all good here guys.....


WZ

[BATISTA]

THX ur CARD is Nice too

[roller11]

LOL, I was just about to try and remove the heatsinks, when I saw the screws..

They're tiny little things, and I don't have a screwdriver small enough to work them..

Oh well, I guess I'll have to put it off for another day.

I also didn't have a small screw driver, so I used the tip of a kitchen knife.

You may need to try several before you find one that works, the screws are in not very tight, so easy to remove with the right knife tip.

[fayt_shadows]

ok i have been trying to get a decent mark in 3dmark06 with my old 8800 gts 512 i was scoring about 14800 with an intel 9450 stock.
with my cpu overclocked to 3.1 ghz and a 260 gtx xxx edition from xfx im only scoring about 15500 with it over clocked to 756/1512 and 1250
any ideas on what might be wrong? is it a cpu bottleneck?

[revogamer]

yep, cpu bottleneck, get that quad to 4ghz and then you will see a much better score.

[fayt_shadows]

im still quite new to overclocking my cpu, it took me about three weeks to go from 3.1 to 3.2 (i just achieved that about 10 minutes ago) what do you reccomend for cooling, right now im using a thermaltake max orb, but now with it clocked at that 3dmark06 crashes before it can even finish the first test

[fayt_shadows]

ok i think im somewhat stab,le @ 3.2 but i had a hell of of a time including flashing the biso and clearing the cmos about 20 times, with that 3dmark has given me a score of 16275. The breakdown is thus sm 2.0 6515 sm 3.0 7531 and cpu 4605. i would be happier if my sm 2.0 score was the same as my sm 3.0 like it used to do with my old 8800 gts 512 :(

[DMH]

Hey is a 720/1566/1100 a good overclock for a 216 GTX260?

[BenchZowner]

Hey is a 720/1566/1100 a good overclock for a 216 GTX260?

Yeap, better than the average :)

[1nf3c710n]

i can push my GX2 over 800Mhz and Memory is over 1000+ (can't remember).
from what i've seen the 260s/280s can only do a few more FPS in Crysis so i'm going to wait for the next gen Nvidia GPUs or perhaps even the ATIs at the rate their going ....

[Budwise]

anyone get a 55nm version yet?

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Hey is a 720/1566/1100 a good overclock for a 216 GTX260?

Like 60mhz more than what my card does. My mem does 1150+ though.

I'd rather have your core clock.:p:

What kind of cooling? Stock cooling?

[DI3S3L]

I'm running at:

Core: 756
Shader: 1566
Mem: 1215

My memory craps out at anything above that for some reason. Maybe more testing will fix it.

**Edit: The memory, with another fan on it, is now good to go at 1260.

[little_scrapper]

Just got my EVGA GTX 260 216 a week ago (actually ordered the 1260 version 192, got a 1267 version 216. Nice!) I havent had a chance to really fine tune it but some preliminary results:
Stock cooler
Stock voltages
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/763/oc3dmark2001scorewithclzu0.jpg

3DMark 01 & 06 stable, Crysis stable.

[flesheatinvirus]

My EVGA 280GTX with a EK water block. 780 core-1250 mem-1566 shader so far.

[Penny]

Evga Superclocked 260 192Shader Version


760core
1534shader
1250mem

:)

[Penny]

My EVGA 280GTX with a EK water block. 780 core-1250 mem-1566 shader so far.

Wow, are you volt modded?

[flesheatinvirus]

Wow, are you volt modded?

No volt mods yet just stock juice right now.:)

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

You guys have some incredible cards! My doesn't OC for jack!

[dan7777]

gtx260-216 maxicore 3d mark 06 20k 3d mark vantage 14,500 core 750 shaders 1520 mem 1250

[little_scrapper]

gtx260-216 maxicore 3d mark 06 20k 3d mark vantage 14,500 core 750 shaders 1520 mem 1250

Any chance you can post some links, screenshots, and system settups?

Same with you flesheatinvirus, can you show some system settup screenies? CPU setting and memory speeds & timings

You guys are running not far out in front of me, but posting a good 15-20% higher score.

[WeldZilla]

Liquid cooled processor. Stock cooled on the vid card.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/01setest.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aqmk3a.jpg

I game at 767/1536/1236 I run my processor at 4500mhz when gaming although here of late since it has
been colder out I have been running a click just over 4600mhz. Not any real difference, I do it cuz I can.

It's all good here. I can play anything just fine thankyou....



WZ

[flesheatinvirus]

My card is on a EK nickel block with a GTX240 rad, the CPU is on its own loop with a Fuzion block and PA120.3 rad. Ram is Team Extreme running at 2.5v.This was at 5100mhz.:D

[garbageacc3]

Heres my 260 GTX 216 @ 785/1566/1296

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=595605

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=595609

those are with physX disabled

attached is score with physx enabled

i also scored H9417 with physx enabled

[Talonman]

My water cooled 280:

My new MAX Core is 756. I can't cross that line due to my MAX Shader OC, and Nvidia's Core to Shader ratio rule. If I could up my shaders a bit more error free, it would allow me to up my Core further.

My re-verified MAX Shader is still 1512. If I set it to 1566, ATI Tool starts ringing like a bell, and artifacting real bad. 1512 runs error free all the time. (No way to misunderstand what my 280 is telling me here!)

Memory I still am playing with, but I do know I can run at 1296 with no issues. I still am not really sure how much I should go for here, or if the 280 needs the extra bandwidth provided from the OC.

Here are my current settings that I am having great success with.
280 set to Core=756, Shaders=1512, and Memory=1296.
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/1771/75615661296sq8.jpg (http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=75615661296sq8.jpg)
Not too shabby for your run of the mill vanilla 280!

[Wolf132]

Here is my 140$ GTX 260 after rebates and cash back.

[Nazu]

Crysis Warhead stable at 700/1506/1250. Haven't really tried more but that's enough (atleast for now) :)

[jas420221]

GTX260 216 sits at 729/1566/12xx. Anything over that solid lockups.

[WeldZilla]

Here is a late shot!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aq-1.jpg

Love this card!!

[flesheatinvirus]

Here is 3DM06 at 5100 and Aquamark3. Very fast card indeed.:cool:

[hifiking]

280GTX, Gigabyte OC and MSI

750 core
1400 mem
SLI, stock cooling on gpu
http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=783754

single, dicecooled, no vmod
core 910
mem 1440
http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=770124

[nowakjan2000]

Hey guys,
Take a look at what I've managed to achieve with my liquid cooled BFG GTX280 OC. I think this isn't the end of the story. I'll give it a little push and see where it ends.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9832/capture2sp8.jpg

[Talonman]

Outstanding!! :p:

[Aleslammer]

Bought this card at Fry's NEW off the shelf last Friday, get it home New Shrink Wrap, Box & Static Bag Seal Broken. screw marks on the card. eVGA GTX 280 plain vanilla Super Clock Spec's for the default clock. Made 735/1270/1510 with AM3 with room air had to drop back all most to defaults for 06.

100% Fan Speed
http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo174/Aleslammer/HeatPost.jpg

[Retrolock]

Damn I need to be xs'ed. I was just at 665/1125/1404 lol lame. I need to push it a little bit more. :D I'll post my results hopefully tonight.

[flesheatinvirus]

Got my GTX280 clocks up a little higher yet. This is at 5100mhz with my Teamgroup at 680 at 2.5v. Stock vcore on the card.:cool:

[nowakjan2000]

Wow! Air or Water?

[Nazu]

I'm pretty sure both the cpu and gpu are watercooled when looking the clocks.

[flesheatinvirus]

Yes both CPU and Card are on there own loops, one PA 120.3 rad for the chip and a GTX240 for the card.

[Talonman]

800 .... Wow!! :p:

The best I have seen. :)

[OliverM84]

GTX280 @ 842/1730/2700

Q9650 @ 4x4600MHz,
4x2GB DDR2 @ 512MHz 5-5-5-15,
Gigabyte EP45 Extreme,
PhysX On,
Geforce 185.20,
vMod > 1,36v GPU
Watercooled by Watercool Heatkiller

Vantage Performance
http://www.partypicssaarland.de/verschiedenes/PC%20Datenbank/Review/GTX280/87s.jpg (http://www.partypicssaarland.de/include.php?path=galerie/pic.php&pid=599)

[xguntherc]

wow.. some crazy stuff here.. I have the vanilla 260 and i bench at 744/1566/2400 on air.. thats it.

And to the guy above that said he got a BRAND new, in box 280 from Fry's and it was actually open inside. When the GT200 first came out, it had been about 2 weeks. I went to fry's and got the eVGA GTX 260 vanilla.. and I got home opened it up, and it was a 260, had a 260 sticker, accessories were all for the 260, yet it had a 6 and a 8 pin connect, it also had a LED by the DVI plugs.. I was confused.. after finally figuring it out. I installed it, and it was sure enough the GTX 280.. I was soooo exited. it was a 280 with a 260 sticker..in a 260's box. I was all exited, thought I had scored. So, i try a game, and within 30 seconds the card got over 105C and would crash. I even got the card to 109c.. but it kept playing. I played Crysis with great fps at 108c.. for 25 minutes. hahah.

It wasn't a faulty sensor or anything, as there was some hot hot air coming out the back, and most games it crashed. but I eventually took it back and sadly had to settle for a regular 260.

maybe you got the SC version in your Vanilla.. just flashed wrong.. Meh, oh well huh.

[largon]

(...) it was a 280 with a 260 sticker..in a 260's box. (...)

It wasn't a faulty sensor or anything, as there was some hot hot air coming out the back, and most games it crashed. but I eventually took it back and sadly had to settle for a regular 260.What?!?!
You got a GTX280 instead of a GTX260 you paid for and you returned the card just because it had a bad HSF mount?!?!

:eek:
:doh:

[OliverM84]

What?!?!
You got a GTX280 instead of a GTX260 you paid for and you returned the card just because it had a bad HSF mount?!?!

:eek:
:doh:

What should he do? Heatbug = 105°C+

[dan7777]

What should he do? Heatbug = 105°C+

mine runs at 72c load is this ok ? 750-1540-1250:up: gtx260-216

[largon]

What should he do? Heatbug = 105°C+"Heatbug"? No such thing exists.
It couldn't be anything else but a heatsink mount gone awry during assembly.
Remount -> normal temps.

[xguntherc]

well.. i see your point there, It wouldn't just get really hot.. the fan would start pulsating high and low like really really hard.. almost felt like it was moving or going to break inside.. bam bam bam.. it sounded all sorts of scary.. and then it would crash.. the card was getting so hot. it could have been a bad mount. I don't know. it had only been out like 2 weeks, there wasn't much support. and no one knew what was wrong. I was exited and wanted my new card to work right for my games, so I took it back.

I'm not to worried about it though. I've had a great experience with my 260. It's almost just as good. and now I'll be going SLI. so it's ok.

but I see what you mean. Why take it back. but I didn't know what to do at that time.

[=[PULSAR]=]

lets seem some oc'd 280's running FahMon!!! :) just curious on pts.

[itslogz]

Heres the max I could get stable for daily grind. I use 760/1585/1260 for bench runs though, it works though. 65C under full load for 17 minutes, 40C idle. On air of course, maybe one day V-modded and on water.

eVGA GTX 280 (Regular version) 750 Core / 1530 Shader / 1225 Memory

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj93/itslogz/ATITOOL.jpg

[flesheatinvirus]

Nice clocks on that card Logz. I have the same one only with a EK water block installed and GTX240 rad on its own loop. EK blocks are the Bees Knees.:)

[Kondik]

=;3574698']lets seem some oc'd 280's running FahMon!!! :) just curious on pts.

7.5 ~ 8 K on normal WU's

[flesheatinvirus]

Here is another new score this time at 4987mhz on the Wolfy. 3DM06 is not reading my CPU 9.5 multi correctly but I managed to remote my 280GTX rad outside which in 20 degree weather let me get the core up a little further, No Vmods done yet. This EK block simply rocks.:D

[trt740]

to 1.15v in the bios and if so is there away to mod it to 1.18v

[BababooeyHTJ]

I just oced my GTX280 to 725/1512/1295 and the vrms hit 95c after about 5 minutes of Furmark! Is that normal? Im a little worried if I pull back on the core a bit its not as bad. This is on stock cooling 80% fan speed, btw.

[CharMz]

my gtx 260 is sweet..but god damn does it get hot playing devil may cry 4..im worried about it..its barly OCed

[flesheatinvirus]

They do get rather toasty with stock cooling and can certainly hit 95c or more depending on comps room temp. For stock sinks I remove the tim they supply and replace it with something real then use EVGAs Precision tool for total control of fan speed. My newest GTX280 has its own EK block and loop so cooling is not an issue.

[Rinaun]

Just got mine assembled ffom the Buy.com sale, with my new D-tek Fuzion and Uni-sink with washers and Mx-2. I'll get some pics after I install drivers and my other software, but I'm pulling 750 core 1520 shader and 1240 memory with 41c load (dual block single loop with circuit setter), and I haven't hit my limit yet :D\

edit: I can see what people are talking about the shader walll. I didn't fully understand how unlinking them worked, but I understand now. The 1566MHZ wall hurts :*

[Leeghoofd]

Nice clocks here, even watercooled I never got by the 1482 shader clock... GPU was fine up to 745 and ram at 1250... got me a new 285 and that one does 730/1663/1300 out of the box...

[CryptiK]

What company/version GTX285 did you get Leeghoofd? Nice clocks.

[Leeghoofd]

I only buy EVGA ones mate, very good warranty and RMA makes me wanting a pay that little more...

[flesheatinvirus]

I completely agree with Leeghoofd that EVGA is worth the extra over some of the other brands, its all I buy now also. My current GTX280 on water has reached 816/1672/1290 with no issues or bleeding at all and with no vmods.

[CryptiK]

... got me a new 285 and that one does 730/1663/1300 out of the box...

What fan speed are you running for this clock? What temps are you getting and is it stable in Crysis?

[Biker]

Folks.

Just in case aanyone has been living under a rock for the last few days the 280 has been cracked! Thanks to the combined genius of several people and the tenacity and dedication of others it is now possible to vmod your 280 / 260 via software using Rivatuner :)

Brilliant guide explaining how to do it is here (http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=4427)

My card is up to 1566 shader rock solid with 1.25v when it was totally unstable with anything over 1404 at default 1.1875v before.....

ps. do not flame me if you run 1.7v air cooled and brick it :D

pps. Rivatuners voltage monitor shows some voltage spikes during testing but so far this has been deemed spurious by those checking this out with a multimeter.

[Talonman]

We have some 280 and 285 clock speeds being recorded here:

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=769979&mpage=1&key=��

I don't think they all are 24/7 clock settings, but fun to look at, and do run Vantage. :p:

I like to see how other CPU's do with the 280 too.

[flesheatinvirus]

Here is another one with a Q9550 I just got in, I grabbed a 9650 as well but have not tested it yet. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9880716

[WeldZilla]

I just broke through the 30,000 barrier in 3D05 with my 192 core MSI 260GTX!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/3d05.jpg

It was a great evening here last night!!

Then it was off to break 90,000 on 3D01se

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/3D01seSE.jpg

This is one hell of a card for under $200!

WZ

[flesheatinvirus]

Nice scores there, I bet that 8600 has more yet for that card.

[WeldZilla]

I'm sure it does! I would love to give your processor a go too!!

[Laraxior]

Q9550 + Zotac GTX280 AMP!@ 837/1720/2756MHz (http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8814/24090ze5.jpg)
eVGA Voltage Tuner :yepp:
watercooling

[Loony]

I got an eVGA 260 216 55nm and I can't get it to overclock. :mad:

The core won't go over 620mhz. It's not that it crashes, if you set it 1mhz over 620 and apply it just resets it to 620...:shrug:...that's with Precision Tool and Riva. I'm using the 180.48 driver.

Also, I think the card is squealing while I run stresses. Anyone else experience this?

[r1ncew1nd]

The 1566MHZ wall hurts :*

My vanilla EVGA 260 (192sp) has a 1674 wall :D
No amount of voltage will get it over that, but I'm happy running 810/1620 @ 1.08v for games (it seemed fine at 1.05v, but as 3D'06 requires 1.08v I use that for the sake of stability). Using Furmark to load test the vrm's get considerably hotter running 837/1674 @ 1.13v, so I think the swiftech GT200 'unisink' starts to struggle there (has a medium speed yate blowing over it).
Memory is clocked at 1296, but I haven't really tried to find the upper limit.

[r1ncew1nd]

Also, I think the card is squealing while I run stresses. Anyone else experience this?

Some whine is perfectly normal on these cards, although the 285/295's seem to have it worse (different voltage regulator). The sound from my 260 is barely noticeable even at the highest overclocks, and usually there is none to be heard (or at least audible over the low hum of my chassis/rad fans).

[Blkout]

My 285 whines only when a 3D app is first loading where the FPS goes into the hundreds, but stops as soon as the application starts. It's really not bad and I'm a real fanatic about my PC being quiet since it's all watercooled with silent fans.

[Soulburner]

My 285 whines only when a 3D app is first loading where the FPS goes into the hundreds, but stops as soon as the application starts. It's really not bad and I'm a real fanatic about my PC being quiet since it's all watercooled with silent fans.
I have heard this for years, going way back to my Nvidia 5900 / ATI 9800 Pro cards and probably even the Ti4x00 series now that I think about it. I think its the CPU or the board, but I could be wrong.

I mostly heard it in the 3DMark03 plane test.

[r1ncew1nd]

Q9550 + Zotac GTX280 AMP!@ 837/1720/2756MHz (http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8814/24090ze5.jpg)
eVGA Voltage Tuner :yepp:
watercooling

Awesome clocks :up:
Must be real a power hog now though ;)
I'm tempted to go past the 1.25v limit I set myself and see if I can get 1728 shaders working on my 260 now! How much juice did you need for 1674?

[Blkout]

I completely agree with Leeghoofd that EVGA is worth the extra over some of the other brands, its all I buy now also. My current GTX280 on water has reached 816/1672/1290 with no issues or bleeding at all and with no vmods.

I doubt it will pass Crysis Warhead loops at those speeds though.

[flesheatinvirus]

It might not but its still impressive and I have not even tried there new voltage tuner yet.

[Blkout]

It might not but its still impressive and I have not even tried there new voltage tuner yet.

I can most certainly bet it won't pass, even with the tuner. The only reason I mention it is that it seems hardware forums are just full of people talking about what overclocks they achieve when half the time they aren't even stable so it's ridiculous to even state it to begin with.

If you get much over 750MHz even with the tuner to pass Crysis, that will be an achievement but still asking for a lot.

[kiparosu]

My 192 core GTX260 on MCW60+sinks...:up: rock solid on 1.2vcore

[flesheatinvirus]

My GTX280 on water on its own loop.:D http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10200945

[Blkout]

My GTX280 on water on its own loop.:D http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10200945

Cool, but it's a one trick pony. Pass some loops of Crysis at that speed, then I'll be impressed. ;)

[tommyk999]

900Mhz Core on air :) and the temps lol

Screen (http://www.lucskai.adsl24.co.uk/vectra/PC/OC/oc%20xfx4.JPG)
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/5ehrs/

[KoeiNL]

Right guys, is there a way to truly stress the memory? I've got an EVGA FRX260 SSC (675/1453 /1151 core/shader/mem stock), which I bought like 2 weeks ago when my 8800GTX threw in the towel. Now I got my shader on 1584, core on 754 and am now testing my mem at 1300mhz. Shader higher gave minor artifacts (quite big black parts on the circle in furmark every couple of seconds) and higher clock gave bsod. 754/1584 runs for 20 min no problem. But my memory doesn't give any artifacts at 1300, at least not after 5 minutes. One would expect it to start artifacting right? GPU-Z says it runs at 1300mhz, but I don't really trust it anymore (because its way higher than i expected). Any tests I can use to really stress the memory? Something that would artifact really quickly?

My cooling is stock fan @ auto + 80mm fan tiewrapped on top of the cards own fan. 80mm runs at quite slow speed. Temp in furmark hoovers around 85/86c.

[KoeiNL]

Max clocks found: 756/1584/1300

:)

[Chumbucket843]

Right guys, is there a way to truly stress the memory? I've got an EVGA FRX260 SSC (675/1453 /1151 core/shader/mem stock), which I bought like 2 weeks ago when my 8800GTX threw in the towel. Now I got my shader on 1584, core on 754 and am now testing my mem at 1300mhz. Shader higher gave minor artifacts (quite big black parts on the circle in furmark every couple of seconds) and higher clock gave bsod. 754/1584 runs for 20 min no problem. But my memory doesn't give any artifacts at 1300, at least not after 5 minutes. One would expect it to start artifacting right? GPU-Z says it runs at 1300mhz, but I don't really trust it anymore (because its way higher than i expected). Any tests I can use to really stress the memory? Something that would artifact really quickly?

My cooling is stock fan @ auto + 80mm fan tiewrapped on top of the cards own fan. 80mm runs at quite slow speed. Temp in furmark hoovers around 85/86c.
occt will stress your mem really well.

can someone sticky this thread now that ati and nvidia have their own sections?

[TheGoofyOne]

783/1296/1566 Stable

http://www.thegoofyone.com/Vantage-29110 CPU-3608 GPU-783-1296-1566.jpg

[izallica]

My gtx280 on stock vcore & vmem

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4171/3d03p.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3d03p.jpg)

[WeldZilla]

Check out these clocks on my stock air-cooled MSI 260GTX 192. Not a bad AQMK 3 score either.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/WeldZilla/260GTX/aqb.jpg

I call this the little card that could!!

WZ

[Dahmer]

damn that's nice =o
mine's stuck at 702/1404/1153 :(

obviously I'm only changing clocks and fan speed :D

[Anemic]

damn that's nice =o
mine's stuck at 702/1404/1153 :(

obviously I'm only changing clocks and fan speed :D

So is mine! 705 / 1411 / 1125. Kinda crappy but Im going to try to volt mod some see if it helps =)

[syc]

What is the maximum voltage, what the card can handle? And what is recommneded voltage?

I'm talking about gtx 280. :)

[leo27]

I know the default for many 280GTX's is 1.18v. I'm pretty sure the max is around 1.30v providing temps are good i.e. below 105C.

[Cyber-Mav]

nothing special here but atleast its 100% stable during a 12 hour occt gpu test, card is gainward gtx260 gs, max temps in occt gets up to 76c using custom fan profile on the stock cooler.

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/6na.png

[RPGWiZaRD]

Max clocks for my EVGA GTX 280 at stock volts I bought of Linuxfan: 756/1512/1323 MHz (Thx to Linuxfan for this nice OC sample)

But due to a distinguishable difference in squeel loudness I left gpu clock at 729 for 24/7 usage. Card runs very cool in my openbed setup, 60~73C @ 57% fanspeed depending on game/settings.

23k 3Dmark06, quite good imo for a 24/7 config. :) (Win 7 scores like 22.3~22.4k why I rather used XP)
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2883/clipboard03i.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/i/clipboard03i.jpg/)

[JohnZS]

Do you guys run Furmark 1.7 to check for the maximum temp on your GPU's?
I know for me that after 10mins of solid Furmark Stability test @ 1620*1200 with 4XAA and "Post Processing" my GPU reaches a scary 96C (GTX 280!) this is at 666core, 1458shader, and 2400mem (all stock clocks for my BFG OCX)
John

[otogrim]

Wow you guys are getting some good results might have to try overclocking mine even though there's no need with the games i play.

[zeroibis]

I am just glad that I managed to squeeze some nice numbers from my 280 before it died:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=98433&stc=1&d=1257486738

[JohnZS]

Impressive :)
So are you guys afraid of the furmark? or do I put too much into furmark and it's temperature readings?
John

[zeroibis]

Oh I actually prefer furmark it just takes longer. If all you are trying to do is just see if a number can work it is best to just do it with 3dmark especially as I have actually found 3dmark to be less stable.Then you can confirm with a long burn in furmark:

For example here is a test I did with furmark last February where I was looking for clocks that were for actual use and not just seeing how far I could push it. In addition it servers as a great test for measuring your cooling system.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=94437&stc=1&d=1234136123

[JohnZS]

I assume you are using water cooling there zeroibis?
Furmark 1.7 can get my GTX up to a staggering 96C!!!
John

[zeroibis]

Yea it is watercooled.

[JohnZS]

Cool :)
Wonder what values people are getting on air?
By the way impressive results.

[memory]

GTX260 216SP in SLI mode.

All on air
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6544/van25294.jpg

[KizilejdeR]

Msi Gtx260 Lightning +200mv
Cpu: E6300 R0 @3.8Ghz (8.5x448)
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/7656/dasdas.jpg

[JohnZS]

I seriously don't know how you guys are getting these over clocks :D
My BFG 280 OCX card reaches a staggering 92C after 1200 seconds of Furmark @ stock!.
Hats off to you guys :)
John

Just thought I would add an edit to this thread. Warning guys, lots of GT200 cards are dropping like flies, if you are over cooking your cards, I suggest you hold off.

[flesheatinvirus]

I use an EK block with remote rad on my EVGA 280GTX which has worked out great.:cool:

[JohnZS]

Impressive stuff there flesheatinvirus
What do you get on 3dmark Vantage? I am guessing you break the 16K mark.
As for EK Blocks did you get the fancy Nickel Plated one?
I am not going Water cooling.........for a while yet. Am sticking on air as aI am afraid of water ;)
John

[flesheatinvirus]

I have not tried Vantage yet though 16K sounds about right. Yes the block is the Nickel plated finish and works wonderful.

[JohnZS]

I have not tried Vantage yet though 16K sounds about right. Yes the block is the Nickel plated finish and works wonderful.

Beautiful, :)

I would guess you might get around 16.5K as when I clocked mine to an unstable yet 3dmark vantage stable 680Mhz it broke 15K your card is considerably faster. 800Mhz on the core will give a good fillrate and as for 1600Mhz on the shaders... wow!
Careful you do not push that thing too hard.
John

[flesheatinvirus]

EVGA make some decent cards for sure as do BFG. Max shader on this card is about 1655 after the water treatment. This card is on its own loop with a swifty 240GTX rad.

[JohnZS]

Very nice.
This is my 3rd GTX 280 as my 1st one died (pink dots) and went for RMA, the RMA I got back was a DOA (triangles everywhere after 7minutes of gaming). This one is rock solid :) However I don't think it can overclock :(
I am hoping it is a driver issue more than anything....
Or a sign that BFG cards are poorly made?!
John

[flesheatinvirus]

I still use Expert Tool which works smooth and EVGAs own voltage tuner for juice when needed.

[JohnZS]

Ahh expert tool that brings back memories of my ledtek 7800 gtx winfast. how much voltage are you pumping into that GTX280?
I suggest those of you who are pumping voltage in, seriously think about not doing so. GT200 cards (especially BFG cards) are unstable at stock settings.

[Migelo]

I'm currently working on my GTX 260 and I'm wondering when should I start giving it more juice?

[mikecdm]

I'm currently working on my GTX 260 and I'm wondering when should I start giving it more juice?

More important than juice is temperature. The shaders will potentially limit core speed and in order to get higher shader speeds, you need good temps. Without good temps, more voltage isn't going to help.

[Migelo]

Ok, thx. I have followed the riva tuner guide and my fan speed increases according to the temps. My idle temps are core 46°C, memory 38°C, VRM 38°C. At load in furmark, temps don't go above 65°C. It seems that I can't get pass 721 core (default 655) any ideas?.

[mikecdm]

Have you overclocked the shaders as well or just the core? On these cards the core clock cannot excede half of the shader speed. So if you shaders are at 1500, the highest the core can go will be 750. It won't allow the core to go higher until the shaders go up.

[WrigleyVillain]

Is there any advantage to linked clocks?

[Migelo]

Oh, I have to post other frequencies. Here they are: 721/1545/1290 (core/sharder/memory). Clocks are linked. I'm getting a yellow dot just right to the box in ati tool, but I'm able to run furmark for more that 3 hours (I got bored and stopped the test).

[Migelo]

Ok, I hit a sharder wall at 1537. If I increase it just by a noch in Riva tuner, I get artefacts a and my drivers reset. Other clocks are: 767/1537/1206 (core/shader/memory)
Stock clocks are: 655/1404/1125
Should I raise my memory clock or go for the more voltage thing? What are the risks with overvoltaging GPUs?

[Leeghoofd]

What are ya temps Migelo ? My Giga card hits a shader wall at 1600, on air that's as far as she goes with artifacting... Shaders need better cooling to improve

[flesheatinvirus]

Voltage mods come with the same risk as any other hardware, increased stability at the risk of cooking if advanced cooling is not used in conjunction. I use a EK block on my 280GTX on its own water loop with remote rad and I can crank up the card without issue. Here is a run of 3DM06 from last weekend with a new Q9550 on its own water loop.:D

[Migelo]

@Leeghoofd: My idle temps are 45/39/38/37 (gpu/ambient/memory/VRM) and under load in furmar at Xtreme burning mode, max. temps are: 69/53/61/72 . When core temp reaches 69°C fans turn from 80% to 100% and temps go down for 5°C and then again up to 69° and own again.

@fesheatantivurus: If I get you right, no overvoltaging on stock cooling.

[flesheatinvirus]

That was no voltage increase on the card though I am using a EK block for cooling.

[Migelo]

Yes, yes, but your point was that I shouldn't overvoltage if I have a stock cooler.

[Migelo]

Is there no other way for me overclock my GTX260?

[Dinho Fatal1ty®]

My SLI Inno3d GTX260 Core 216..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-M_88Y75c

[madmax999]

Score with my old XFX GTX280, CPU was under LN2. That was done outside with ambient temperature ~-15° and with vgpu @ 1.35V (stock cooling).
975 can go higher for 3DM06 (@ about 5.2GHz) but i didnt push him so hard.

http://www.imagesforme.com/thumb/thumb_a2f2475a.jpg (http://www.imagesforme.com/show.php/916284_screen007.jpg)

Now i have XFX GTX260 216sp but she's a crappy overclocker.

[OC Nub]

Picked up a second BFG gtx260 to try some sli, I haven't used Nvidia cards for a while, looking forward to playing with these some more.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6974/newbest260sli.png (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/newbest260sli.png/)

[SocketMan]

I'v seen a few cards that could run benches and even games at high clocks, but fail fast in folding@home (on gpu).
Anyway: Gigabyte GTX260 SOC - folding 24/7.:up:
Stock cooler,voltage.