GTX580: 1.025VID: 950/1900/2300: stock cooler: guaranteed?!?

[pakitoesp]

Well I am new to the forum and do not speak very good English, because I am Spanish, but here I explain my setup to see what you think, greeting:


http://img713.imageshack.us/i/cimg0107n.jpg/


And a bench in 3Dmark 11 with two GPUs to Ghz :

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/328599

[Nemon]

Hello,

Got my GTX 580 FTW HYDRO COPPER 2 installed last week.
Yes 2- 580's would be better on my custom liquid cooling!!
But one is enough for me. On stock settings the GTX 580 runs BC2 with all settings maxed 60fps ( smooth as butter) and a lovley temp of 30C.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=30


Safe Voltages--- GXT 580 FTW Hydro Cooper 2 ??

Dont think I need to OC but its fun and it Liquid!!

So far my results but only a short stress test, next time i will try for a few hours!!

How far can i push this? !!



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[Hugo381]

Hello,

Got my GTX 580 FTW HYDRO COPPER 2 installed last week.
Yes 2- 580's would be better on my custom liquid cooling!!
But one is enough for me. On stock settings the GTX 580 runs BC2 with all settings maxed 60fps ( smooth as butter) and a lovley temp of 30C.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=30


Safe Voltages--- GXT 580 FTW Hydro Cooper 2 ??

Dont think I need to OC but its fun and it Liquid!!

So far my results but only a short stress test, next time i will try for a few hours!!

How far can i push this? !!

EVGA OC Scanner does not stress GTX 580's no matter what. You need to run really stressing programs like Heaven Benchmark, 3DMark11 at Extreme, GPU3 from Folding@Home, etc. Those overclocks you have at 1.1v doest not look right. You would need more voltage to get those clocks to run stable.

Anyone...?

[dengyong]

EVGA OC Scanner does not stress GTX 580's no matter what. You need to run really stressing programs like Heaven Benchmark, 3DMark11 at Extreme, GPU3 from Folding@Home, etc. Those overclocks you have at 1.1v doest not look right. You would need more voltage to get those clocks to run stable.

Anyone...?

EVGA OC Scanner/MSI Kombustor is furmark and stresses the card pretty hard. Some chips just get it done on less volts.

[cole2109]

MSI combustor or furmark does not stress GPU like vantage or 3DM11.

[Hugo381]

EVGA OC Scanner/MSI Kombustor is furmark and stresses the card pretty hard. Some chips just get it done on less volts.

Exactly why I say so. Kombuter, FurMark, and OC Scanner are currently not working properly with GTX 580s, if you REALLY want to stress you card and see the temps rise, use 3DMark11 @ Extreme and Full Experience, you will see the combined heat with CPU n GPU if you WaterCool. Also, GPU3 from Folding@Home stresses the card by itself pretty hard.

Try Heaven Benchmark with all settings High and I bet you will see a ton of artifacts.

[Chickenfeed]

Honestly as useful as these synthetics can be heat / stress wise, in the end I've always found it best just to use the thing running actual games. I had a fair share of cards in my testing that had no issues with Furmark/Vantage/Heaven yet in real games would be unstable. They are a good base line but I wouldn't consider them the be all and end all.

[cole2109]

[Hugo381]

Honestly as useful as these synthetics can be heat / stress wise, in the end I've always found it best just to use the thing running actual games. I had a fair share of cards in my testing that had no issues with Furmark/Vantage/Heaven yet in real games would be unstable. They are a good base line but I wouldn't consider them the be all and end all.

What he said, hehe. Just make sure you run the most stressing game since some dont take your component's potential to the edge. If you try to go from say, Modern Warfare to Metro 2033, you will definitely see a diference after you thought you might be safe with your settings

COLE: That looks really nice! Hope you get the heat issues solved. What kind of thermal paste you using? What RAD do you have on that WC system?