*** Nvidia GTX 460 Overclocking Thread ***

[LoWRiDeR]

Wow! How did u hit 980 mhz? What mod/vcore?

[Spencer980]

Wow! How did u hit 980 mhz? What mod/vcore?

whit 1,187V and watertemp. 19°C

[LoWRiDeR]

How did u get 1.187V? Did you mod the bios?if so can you explain how?

[Mungri]

This msi card is very powerful

This one?











Its the same length as the ATI 5770, I managed to install them without having to remove my side fan. The first thing I noticed after installing them was 'damn, were my 5770s really that loud?'. These MSIs are super silent as are all my case fans, the only thing that makes a slight amount of noise now is my CPU cooler.

[Ket]

Damn those cables look like a rats nest

[Mungri]

Damn those cables look like a rats nest

Aye, not much I can do about it. I have too many fans and the top backplate hole on my case is too far away, and the middle one is now covered up by my EATX motherboard .

I just about managed to install the motherboard with the 24 pin cable going through the side hole first.

[Mungri]

Hmmm, I installed everything from the CD first - Drivers and afterburner software, and the voltage tweak in afterburner was grayed out.

So I then uninstalled Afterburner and installed the latest version from MSI's website, 1.6.1 which says - 'Added NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 series and MSI N460GTX Cyclone series graphics cards support (including voltag control!)', but the voltage setting is still grayed out

Emailing MSI.

[Ket]

Just use nVidia Inspector, problem solved

[kaktus1907]

Hmmm, I installed everything from the CD first - Drivers and afterburner software, and the voltage tweak in afterburner was grayed out.

So I then uninstalled Afterburner and installed the latest version from MSI's website, 1.6.1 which says - 'Added NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 series and MSI N460GTX Cyclone series graphics cards support (including voltag control!)', but the voltage setting is still grayed out

Emailing MSI.

check this

[Mungri]

check this

Oooooh, they put in a dummy lock for dummies, and it worked!

Heres my result, PPU was disabled in the vantage settings, I dont know how do disable it on GPU-Z though:



They start to artifact at 900 Mhz,I think I need more voltage

[4n70n]

Wow, those are really nice! I cant wait for my pair to arrive tomorrow

BTW you really need to overclock your CPU.

update my score, change to others systems and flash the bios from another thread :

[Ket]

That GPU clock is just mental

[kup]

[*]Brand: Asus ENGTX460 Direct CU
[*]Stock GPU: 675MHz
[*]OC GPU: 950MHz
[*]Stock vRAM speed: 3.8GHz
[*]OC vRAM speed: Not tested yet but fine @ 4.2GHz
[*]Stock GPU Voltage: 0.975v
[*]OC GPU Voltage: 1.087v
[*]Mods: No mods

Furmark @ 1920x1080 32xMSAA 30mins+ 60c LOAD.

I'll grab some screenshots tomorrow evening for ya.

[Mungri]

update my score, change to others systems and flash the bios from another thread :

How did you overclock it that high? Mine wont go over 880 Mhz without artifacting, but I have two so they run a bit hotter.

[Ket]

Every GPU is different. Clock differences can be explained by manufacturing tweaks, some IHS being better applied than on other cards, people using more voltage, better cooling, etc.

[cory1234]

What voltage was used for 970 core? I have 950 core stable @ 1.125v with no artifacts, but I'm having trouble going any further.

[Mungri]

How can I use more than 1.087v without bios tweaking?

[cory1234]

You can't. If you ask Nvspec he will probably give you a modded bios.

[MrBeer]

My Asus 460 i GHz can do 912 but that is all untill i do bios mod for votage


At 900 now . I think i might stay with this setting

Update had to go to 1087 on voltage

[Mungri]

My Over

Me thinks you missed an 'L' :p

[Aedubber]

Hey guys well i just shoved 1 card in for now, im on air cooling with them. I just did a minor OC on the card, im at 875 mhz Voltage is 1.08 , i tried 900mhz but i get artifacts and i cant overvolt past 1.087. Hmmm anyways is this a decent score for minor OC on air with 1 card?

[LoWRiDeR]

Hey guys well i just shoved 1 card in for now, im on air cooling with them. I just did a minor OC on the card, im at 875 mhz Voltage is 1.08 , i tried 900mhz but i get artifacts and i cant overvolt past 1.087. Hmmm anyways is this a decent score for minor OC on air with 1 card?

Hey Aedubber!!! I hope you are enjoying your little beasts!
It's a very nice score and the overclock capability is good as well!!! Post some SLI results now gogo!

p.s. nice wallpaper!Any links where I can find similar ones?

[Ket]

Mmmm... your all making it so tempting for me to take a knife to my GPU and remove that IHS..

[Aedubber]

Mmmm... your all making it so tempting for me to take a knife to my GPU and remove that IHS..

LOL Ket i never removed the IHS or anything, just threw the single card in and called it a day , hey i tried that inspector and MSI but it wont let me over volt more then 1.087.. Do i gotta flash the BIOS?

LowriDer - Hey thanks man, ya i gotta wait for my stupid SLI bridge to come in since i accidently threw out the one that came with the MB lol..Placed the order with evga yesterday, ill have the bridge either sat or monday then ill post up SLI scores for sure!

[Ket]

Yep you have to flash a modded BIOS to get more than 1.087v.