*** NVIDIA 470/480 Series Thread ***

[LedHed]

I don't see any proof, just a screen shot of current settings; I can set my E8500 to 5ghz, doesn't mean it will stable.

[donmarkoni]

Can you guys link me what tools to use for my 480 testing (have not done much gpu over-clocking in a while - used to use ATI tool to OC)?

FurMark, MSI Kombustor, and for DX11 Unigine Heaven Benchmark

I don't see any proof, just a screen shot of current settings; I can set my E8500 to 5ghz, doesn't mean it will stable.

Why are you like that?! Guy just gave us a WORKING Afterburner 1.6.0.X beta 6. I tried it. If you didn't, that is your problem.

[Fantom007]

FurMark, MSI Kombustor, and for DX11 Unigine Heaven Benchmark

ur funny man... heaven and other s h i t(furmark,kombustor) can run hours on hardest settings without any crash but in a real game u will crash after minutes... heaven LOL..

super safe oc - occt tool -> gpu test - 10min without a fault is rock stable
normal safe oc - TPU gputool ctp1 -> stability test - 10min without a fault is normally rock stable

gamestable oc -> TPU gputool ctp1 -> stab test
-> just hold down the errors until clusterblobs (for my personal choice i would avoid getting more than 1000 err/sec (cluster blobs included) for stable gaming)

ram has to be super stable, so dont wank around with gpu clocks without being sure that ur ram is "ok"

dont be disappointed if ur "oh wow im so cool with mega overclock" setting in reality produces endless errors (u can use furmark in background to push the card faster to an "oc test ready" status and punish the mcu a bit more)

[QuadDamage]

Yeah i'm not a big fan of Furmark either. It's a totally useless pile of junk that can kill your card in minutes by putting enourmous stress on your clocked and overvolted card while not really testing gaming 3D benching stability. CS:S is a much better stability tester than this POS.

[donmarkoni]

ur funny man... heaven and other s h i t(furmark,kombustor) can run hours on hardest settings without any crash but in a real game u will crash after minutes... heaven LOL..

super safe oc - occt tool -> gpu test - 10min without a fault is rock stable
normal safe oc - TPU gputool ctp1 -> stability test - 10min without a fault is normally rock stable

gamestable oc -> TPU gputool ctp1 -> stab test
-> just hold down the errors until clusterblobs (for my personal choice i would avoid getting more than 1000 err/sec (cluster blobs included) for stable gaming)

ram has to be super stable, so dont wank around with gpu clocks without being sure that ur ram is "ok"

dont be disappointed if ur "oh wow im so cool with mega overclock" setting in reality produces endless errors (u can use furmark in background to push the card faster to an "oc test ready" status and punish the mcu a bit more)

You need to work on your attitude and vocabulary.

[Fantom007]

i wanna prevent XS from getting noob crushed... Years ago XS was top notch!!

im not english, so my voc is ok, its enough for hardwarenoobtalk. dont feel pissed love.

[Funkwagen]

Lets just say I can't wait for some aftermarket coolers for the 470/480... I can't even OC my 470 right now because of the temps (90c when playing just cause 2?!)

I'd think even a bigger all copper heatsink that fits under the shroud would be an awesome improvement... but who knows.

[roki977]

reply to Funcwagen;
Ser your fan speed manualy to 70-80% then you will have much better temps.It is very noisy but you can use headphones when gaming.

[snoro]

ur funny man... heaven and other s h i t(furmark,kombustor) can run hours on hardest settings without any crash but in a real game u will crash after minutes... heaven LOL..

super safe oc - occt tool -> gpu test - 10min without a fault is rock stable
normal safe oc - TPU gputool ctp1 -> stability test - 10min without a fault is normally rock stable

gamestable oc -> TPU gputool ctp1 -> stab test
-> just hold down the errors until clusterblobs (for my personal choice i would avoid getting more than 1000 err/sec (cluster blobs included) for stable gaming)

ram has to be super stable, so dont wank around with gpu clocks without being sure that ur ram is "ok"

dont be disappointed if ur "oh wow im so cool with mega overclock" setting in reality produces endless errors (u can use furmark in background to push the card faster to an "oc test ready" status and punish the mcu a bit more)

Do about 3-4 run of 3d mark 06 and check out for artifacts or any other bizarre stuff. If there is none, i can grantee you you will never crash a single time in a game. How i know ? My max 3d mark 06 for a hd5770 is 1075core and 1450 mem. It is now running 24/7 on collatz ( a distributed computing project in boinc) and it has never error-ed a single work unit and i can game with those clock no problem.

At Xs gpugrid and wcg grid, we have a little motto that is : Want to prove your stability come try gpugrid and wcg. You will see what stable really mean.

Also got email from newegg, should get my gtx470 sometime next week.

[DuraN]

I don't see any proof, just a screen shot of current settings; I can set my E8500 to 5ghz, doesn't mean it will stable.

He just posted the max possible settings in the Afterburner Beta, not what he is running his card at

[roki977]

http://www.imagesforme.com/show.php/...8_DSC00096.JPG
My new gtx470. Temps are not problem. 66% fan profile ,temps are in low 70 in game without noise.
720mhz gpu on stock voltage but memory oc is very bad.This card is great for people that are ugrading from gtx260 etc.,but i you have radeon 58xx stick to it,especially if you playing BF2.
Max oc on 1.087 is 860mhz.