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

[donmarkoni]

i can say that my evga 1.000vid , never saw 70 C* even with stock cooling, 950/960/965 1.100 > 85% fan, now that i've koolance'd my evga, can't have 1ghz ... as don markoni did :|

Give it some more juice!

you 1ghz video card how much voltage does it need to run at that speed?! and wich thermal grease have you used?

Mine is 1.012 VID card and it needs 1.175V for 1000/2000/4800. Cooled with EK GPU Supreme, which is GPU ONLY WB (see below). Used OCZ Freeze thermal paste.

asus tweak voltage cards has max 1.22v i've seen in some screens, i was wondering if i put that bios in my evga card if it will work or even edit ma bios ..... don't know if it works, and first of all if it's safe to do!

It's safe, as long as you keep it cool. I used up to 1.3V and it's still alive and kicking.

I think core binning may not depend on VID but other properties too, and there is evidence of a MHz cap most can't push past regardless of VID/vGPU.

Agreed. Pushed up to 1.3V, but 1030MHz is just about all I can get with water cooling.

Is there like a specific crysis or warhead benchmark loop that really stresses out the hardware that much ?

@ Demo - Yeah jump in multiplayer and find a map no one is on, or just game like me in populated maps but make your own squad and lock it so no one joins you or just don't select put me in a squad so you can game alone.

I was just about to say: play Crysis 2 multiplayer demo for couple of hours, it's stressful for graphic card, and releases stress from you. It does the the job for me.