*** Nvidia GTX 460 Overclocking Thread ***

[Gaul]

Damn, check the cooling on that! Surely it has 1.1+v bumped from the factory to get those clocks. I would love the read the bios from that card!

YUP, best GTX 460 ever. .........anyway it will be only available in Asia…
I'M SURE easly touch > GPU 1 GH with this CARD, daily and on air


Colorful’s iGame GTX 460 comes with a 6+1 multiphase VRM (6 phases for the GPU and one for the memory).




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COOL HSF

[cantankerous]

Holy smack!

[Gaul]

Holy smack!

Perhaps MSI GTX 460 HAWK killer ?

[xcaninox]

Perhaps MSI GTX 460 HAWK killer ?

they r quite similar in terms of hardware "horsepower" but i still think HAWK is better..

[Mungri]

That Igame beast also has 5000 Mhz ram modules on it instead of 4000 Mhz ones.

[Pekalion]

Thanks a lot canino! Hmm, so far the only one is the EK, but I don't see a great deal adding u$100+ to a GTX460, that's why I was looking for a universal GPU waterblock. Yesterday I see in sidewinderscomputer a Swiftech MCW80 adapter, for G80 and GTX400, could it be a solution?

Damn, would love that iGAME GTX460, looks amazing!

[Aedubber]

Wow that card is gonna cause some damage to others lol , I wanna see that babies scores and temps .. Is there a full shot of the PCB anywhere ?

[Gaul]

Wow that card is gonna cause some damage to others lol , I wanna see that babies scores and temps .. Is there a full shot of the PCB anywhere ?

as u wish

[xcaninox]

Thanks a lot canino! Hmm, so far the only one is the EK, but I don't see a great deal adding u$100+ to a GTX460, that's why I was looking for a universal GPU waterblock. Yesterday I see in sidewinderscomputer a Swiftech MCW80 adapter, for G80 and GTX400, could it be a solution?

Damn, would love that iGAME GTX460, looks amazing!

i don't think so..the Swiftech GTX400 adapter is only for GTX470 and GTX480 cards. it also have the holes in a square format and yours have a rectangular format.

G80 kit have the same dimensions (2.3mm X 2.3mm) as the GTX400 kit that's why you can use the G80 kit instead, but note that the GTX400 have 6 holes instead G80 kit which only have 4..



i think there's a homemade solution for you, but this will depend if you know how to do it, or if you know someone how can do it.. it's a homemade adapter... you just get a rule and measure the mount points of your boad, then you draw in CAD a adapter or ask someone to and then u make it real using those high-expensive machines which can be rented

here in my country a lot of people do it, i'm sure there's people who do it there too.. you just have to find them... the full process require a bit of experience and some tests before put it to work in the real vga, especially if you do the whole process by yourself, but it's not a big deal you can learn it if you have pacience..

Wow that card is gonna cause some damage to others lol , I wanna see that babies scores and temps .. Is there a full shot of the PCB anywhere ?

all i could find is this... which is pretty interesting btw

[Aedubber]

Damn , def could get a waterblock on there but too many VRMs .. I'll have to inspect my blocks tonight and see what can be achieved .

[Funky]

I know some people are laughing about it in the news section, but I am telling you, whoever designed that iGame is a brilliant man. We need more like him working in this industry. There are no corners cut anywhere. They even went to lengths of designing two distinct fans for same card. That is going to be a cracking card if a half decent GPU makes it on that PCB.

Anyway here is my latest run on Galaxy GTX 460 1GB GC Ed. Good result I guess considering this is all stock cooling still.
I broke the fan blade on this, Galaxy gladly sent the replacement in mail.
I was using it with 80mm fan stuck in a hole where the stock fan bracket goes, it was good enough for gaming, but not good enough for benching. So finally got the fan today and started benching again.

ORB Result link : http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2479615

[Aedubber]

Wow nice score considering physX is off as well

[andressergio]

love that GTX460 like hot cakes

guys what you recomend me for my first SLI of GTX460...i will run the loop only for CPU taking out the GTX285 of it...

im thinking of the MSi Cyclone i like that cooler very much but i dont know if i can get 900 core on them

any help i appreciatte

Cheers to all
Sergio

[CrazyNutz]

love that GTX460 like hot cakes

guys what you recomend me for my first SLI of GTX460...i will run the loop only for CPU taking out the GTX285 of it...

im thinking of the MSi Cyclone i like that cooler very much but i dont know if i can get 900 core on them

any help i appreciatte

Cheers to all
Sergio

Yeah the MSI Cyclone is one of the best for cooling.

I have the Palit sonic, I like it alot, and It flashes to the platinum bios no prob.
I have it on water, the stock cooler is a little lame. Anyhow it easily hits a stable 900mhz with just 1.075v
Load temps on water @ 800/1600/4000 are 40c

[andressergio]

Yeah the MSI Cyclone is one of the best for cooling.

I have the Palit sonic, I like it alot, and It flashes to the platinum bios no prob.
I have it on water, the stock cooler is a little lame. Anyhow it easily hits a stable 900mhz with just 1.075v
Load temps on water @ 800/1600/4000 are 40c

thanks mate i had my cards on water but every change is a mess i got sick of it, i wanna try them in SLI an on air as they're not too hot cards and give the cpu all da cooling

cheers !
Sergio

[Aedubber]

Palit and MSI for sure .. Im gonna see what i can do with my EVGAS lol

[dafour]

Max core found on my MSI,didnt touch ram.
This is with 1.087v,i'm waiting for better cooling,then bios fix 1.2v...

[CrazyNutz]

Yes if you want to stay on air then MSI's are your best bet.

[andressergio]

Max core found on my MSI,didnt touch ram.
This is with 1.087v,i'm waiting for better cooling,then bios fix 1.2v...

very nice

So what you think guys the MSI Hawk or the Cyclone ?

[andressergio]

Palit and MSI for sure .. Im gonna see what i can do with my EVGAS lol

yes that why i was asking as a guy here on my town got the basic EVGA and passed 900 core, 768 OC models

[andressergio]

Max core found on my MSI,didnt touch ram.
This is with 1.087v,i'm waiting for better cooling,then bios fix 1.2v...

can u game at those clocks ?

[Mungri]

My MSI's are completely stable in everything clocked to 890 / 4250. The temps are brilliant for two overclocked cards, adding a side fan vastly improves their efficiency as they are unshrouded.

The overclock you get is purely based on luck and getting a good GPU on the card, but the Cyclone cooler is a beast for stock air cooling making the MSI worth getting.

[andressergio]

My MSI's are completely stable in everything clocked to 890 / 4250. The temps are brilliant for two overclocked cards, adding a side fan vastly improves their efficiency as they are unshrouded.

The overclock you get is purely based on luck and getting a good GPU on the card, but the Cyclone cooler is a beast for stock air cooling making the MSI worth getting.

thanks mate very much i know is luck to get good ones but theres the option of sofmoding volts wich on my GTX285 is not possible so i modded electronically and put on water but im sick of the time i want to test anything and taking out the vga is a pita, so i want to put 2 Cyclones in SLI and forget...

[xcaninox]

very nice

So what you think guys the MSI Hawk or the Cyclone ?

HAWK for sure, only 20 bucks more expensive and u get 100mhz, if u consider it in SLI u get more 200mhz which is to much btw... this bad boys in sli @1000MHz on core would rock anything..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-518-_-Product

PS: i think this gpu @1000mhz can get GTX470@oc... anyone can confirm this?

The overclock you get is purely based on luck and getting a good GPU on the card, but the Cyclone cooler is a beast for stock air cooling making the MSI worth getting.

that's partially true... all GTX460 i have seen till now DO OVERCLOCK at least 850mhz with or without overvolt.. even if the gpu were the badest i would be very happy considering that at 850mhz this beast offer more performance than a GTX470..

[Mungri]

Ive seen a couple, both gigabyte + MSI that the users said wouldnt go over 840 Mhz, but I think that those would be incredibly rare. You have far more chance of getting a 920 mhz capable card than one which wont reach 850.