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Veteran · *Last edited by Veteran; 05-14-2012 at 16:31.*

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Originally Posted by ..VeNoM..

Seriously Veteran, You are taking a big gamble changing it for a different card. 500+ memory is excellent and to be honest you seem to be doing good on the core too. Not all MSI's will be the same so if his card is good you doesnt mean you will get one that does the same.

Stupid question really as you know more than me but have you tried using MSI AB on the 700mem you want? also did you try the other drivers just for oc purpose?

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Originally Posted by cowie

700 on the ram is 1 in a 1000.
I also would not start there gradually take it up a little at a time.
man if you want 700 i dont even think a vddr mod on the thing would do it in some cases,depending on the spec used.

Thanks guys,i think ill keep my card thinking about it.

Check this out all cards overclocking results from all the reviewers.
Seems most of them all hit 1250 on the core,something ive yet to see from anybody thats bought them,obviously cherry picked gpus sent to the reviewers.Saying that my card beats all of those on the memory and being fully stable in 3d mark and heaven bench.
http://www.gpureview.com/gpureviews-...ticle-945.html

Darren Hodgson · 05-14-2012, 16:12 | posts: 10,039 | Location: England

Have you tried pushing the voltage up a little in Precision X to see if that will allow to achieve +700 MHz on the memory. I was reading some reviews of GTX 680 SLI over the weekend and saw one article mention that increasing the Voltage helped stabilise an overclock even though you have no real manual control over it. I believe it worked because although you cannot push it beyond 1.175 V, you can raise the default 0.987V a little higher which helps makes the overclock more stable. If I can find the article then I'll post the link in this thread.

Veteran · *Last edited by Veteran; 05-14-2012 at 16:29.*

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Originally Posted by Darren Hodgson

Have you tried pushing the voltage up a little in Precision X to see if that will allow to achieve +700 MHz on the memory. I was reading some reviews of GTX 680 SLI over the weekend and saw one article mention that increasing the Voltage helped stabilise an overclock even though you have no real manual control over it.

I dont matter mate,no matter what i try in evga precision(i must try afterburner) if i set the memory to 700 i get that colourful artifacting that you talked about earlier.
With regards to voltage its best to leave it set at stock because it allows the gpu to downclock the voltage when it doesnt need it instead of leaving it at a constant high setting which can generate more heat and possibly stability failure,as long as the power target is high enough the gpu will fluctuate between low and high voltage depending on when it needs it.

..VeNoM.. · 05-14-2012, 17:50 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

FYI I have a completely stable OC on my asus card of 1ghz base clock and 7ghz memory (3500). When my card is boosting they are not the same clock, about 5-10mhz apart from eachother. I'll post more benchmarks when I get home.

Veteran · *Last edited by Veteran; 05-14-2012 at 18:12.*

Yeah thats normal for the clocks to be around 10mhz difference when running.
Also use this template,easier to understand mate.
For example:

PT=135+
Core=130+
Memory=500+
Pcb1=1186 max when bench
pcb2=1176max when bench

Make sure you enable the on screen display in either afterburner or precision and choose what you want to be displayed.

I chose....
speed core
max load
max temps

Agent-A01 · 05-14-2012, 20:06 | posts: 5,706 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by ..VeNoM..

FYI I have a completely stable OC on my asus card of 1ghz base clock and 7ghz memory (3500). When my card is boosting they are not the same clock, about 5-10mhz apart from eachother. I'll post more benchmarks when I get home.

ive found for my 580 sli, with clocks speeds different per card i get a slight microstutter.. best to try and keep them same clock speeds if possible.

..VeNoM.. · 05-14-2012, 20:47 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

I don't think it's possible to keep them the same on the GTX 690 as even without overclock they tend to fluctuate on boost.

Veteran · 05-14-2012, 20:54 | posts: 7,503 | Location: United kingdom

The only way you could do it is un-sync the cards and alter the one that is lagging abit but i dont know how stable this will be.

New heaven bench 3 runs
PT=135+
Core=140+
Memory=500+
Fan speed= 95max
pcb1=1199
pcb2=1186

..VeNoM.. · 05-15-2012, 16:09 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

Done a little OCing today..

PT= +135
Core= +135
Memory= +500
Pcb1= 1202 max
pcb2= 1180 max

I have not tried to take my Memory any higher as to be honest I think +500 on memory is excellent. Although I will probably get curious one day

I noticed my Power ran up to 135% when pushing the core this far so I have decided that maybe a max core of +130 would be best?

Anyway, loving this Asus board

Veteran · *Last edited by Veteran; 05-15-2012 at 17:30.*

Nice one Venom,personally i would push it as far as i can to see how far i could go past 1200mhz seeing as nvidia claimed to reviewers that most cards will easily hit 1200mhz.Do us a favour mate and see if you can select 700mhz on the memory without the desktop artifacting please.

This is my max oc i cant go any higher without instability in either heaven or 3d mark 11.I now use this profile on EVGA precision as soon as windows starts for 24/7 use although the fan speed is set at 65 for gaming,temps dont even go above 70 degrees in gaming

PT=135
Core=135
Memory=500
Gpu1=1194
Gpu2=1182
Fan speed 80(Benching only)

..VeNoM.. · 05-15-2012, 20:09 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

Done +700 on memory for you mate. Worked fine and even done full benchmark of 3DMark 11 with no problems.

errorrrr · 05-15-2012, 20:17 | posts: 362

not all card are made the same even from the same vendor, same series, same chips :*(

..VeNoM.. · 05-15-2012, 20:26 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

Tried 150+ on core but driver crashed during 3DMark 11 so I'm guessing it's a no go for 150. I think I'll try 140+ on the core then if it's stable leave it at that. As for memory my benchmark score was not much better at 700+ than 500+

Veteran · 05-15-2012, 21:49 | posts: 7,503 | Location: United kingdom

Ok thanks Venom and great oc,im going to send my card back because i plan to put this card under water but evga precision and msi afterburner refuse to let me even select 700mhz,so even if i was cool this card on water,phase change or even liquid nitrogen i still could NOT go past 500mhz on the memory,its as if the card just wont accept 700mhz without artifacting,seems to me the memory is abit dodgy,if im gonna pay £900 for a gpu i want to make sure im happy with it,putting this card underwater could potentially be a waste of time tbh,i also noticed that even when i have the same core as other people,there mhz on the core goes higher,its not a bad card and its not great,but the memory thing im concerned about for water later on so its going back

..VeNoM.. · 05-15-2012, 21:58 | posts: 194 | Location: Liverpool, England

Sorry to hear that Veteran. Keep us posted with how your new card turns out. I do some further tests with mine 3DMark 06, 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 11 and general gaming stability until I find the clocks I'm happy with. I'm gonna keep mine on Air as I love how sexy this card looks, especialy through my side window. I'll post up a picture when I get the chance

Symbiosis · *Last edited by Symbiosis; 05-16-2012 at 12:36.*

I've finally got round to installing my 690 into my new rig so here's a quick pic of the installation. I've not had much time to push the card but it was a great feeling to play Battlefield 3 with everything on max and not dipping below 60 FPS :-)

Click the thumbnail for the orginal

Veteran · *Last edited by Veteran; 05-16-2012 at 19:41.*

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Originally Posted by Symbiosis

I've finally got round to installing my 690 into my new rig so here's a quick pic of the installation. I've not had much time to push the card but it was a great feeling to play Battlefield 3 with everything on max and not dipping below 60 FPS :-)

Click the thumbnail for the orginal

Nice one mate,congratulations,rig looks nice and tidy,i see you have a gigabyte card,run some benchmarks when you have the time please

Denial · 05-17-2012, 02:59 | posts: 6,374 | Location: Above Earth in a Big Rocket Ship

Got my EVGA 690 today - here is what I get after 20 minutes of unigine

http://i.imgur.com/pGpGt.jpg

Fun times.

Agent-A01 · 05-17-2012, 03:17 | posts: 5,706 | Location: USA

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Originally Posted by Denial

Got my EVGA 690 today - here is what I get after 20 minutes of unigine

http://i.imgur.com/pGpGt.jpg

Fun times.

yes, good fps. nice.

PowerK · 05-17-2012, 03:21 | posts: 286

Got my two ASUS 690 for Quad SLI today. Unfortunately, I won't be able to set it up until this weekend.
Fun times from this weekend !

Veteran · 05-17-2012, 09:13 | posts: 7,503 | Location: United kingdom

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Originally Posted by Denial

Got my EVGA 690 today - here is what I get after 20 minutes of unigine

http://i.imgur.com/pGpGt.jpg

Fun times.

WTF....what driver are you using?

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2012, 10:09 | posts: 10,039 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by Denial

Got my EVGA 690 today - here is what I get after 20 minutes of unigine

http://i.imgur.com/pGpGt.jpg

Fun times.

That is an issue caused by overclocked VRAM from my own experience. If you're using a Memory Clock Offset in EVGA Precision X or MSI Afterburner then you need to dial it down a bit until the artifacts go away. With SLI, it's possible that one card's memory can handle the overclock fine but the other can't (since they aren't all made equal alas) so you need to compromise by lowering the settings or (I think you can do this) set each GPU's memory clocks to different values.

If you're not overclocking the memory then it may be that you have a card with faulty VRAM.

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2012, 10:16 | posts: 10,039 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by Veteran

i also noticed that even when i have the same core as other people,there mhz on the core goes higher

That is normal behaviour for GPU Boost, Veteran, as I understand it.

I have two GTX 680s and I'm using the exact same +150 MHz core clock on both yet my Point of View card will run happily at 1,287 MHz for hours one end in demanding games but the new Zotac will only run at a max. of 1,260 MHz. Obviously my first card is a better overclocker but other people with GTX 680's with a base of 1,156 MHz (+150 MHz) will see different results too; some may see lower numbers and a lucky few may see higher ones. There's no such thing as two equal GK104 chips.

jesteves · **Memory**: CORSAIR 6GB 7-8-7-20

Hi,

I just started with my 690 from Gigabyte (it's a beast).
I'm overclocking for now using this settings i see above.
I'm using the 301.34 drivers.

But i have one small problem: low scores on 3dmark 2011,
because, even i have installed physx, and in GPUz it's says is active, i think 3dmark is not using physx...
In the nvidia control panel i have the physx option on auto, and
it uses the 690 A gpu. Is this the correct option ?

What could be the problem ?

Thanks.

PT=135+
Core=130+
Memory=500+
Pcb1=1186 max when bench
pcb2=1176max when bench
FAN = auto
temps never go above 70º (3 hours BF3 multiplayer)

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2012, 10:47 | posts: 10,039 | Location: England

@ jesteves - What scores are you getting in 3DMark11?

Your setup is similar to mine though I have GTX 680 SLI rather than a sexy GTX 690. I score ~X6850 and ~P15250 in 3DMark11 with a core offset of +150 MHz and a memory offset of +300 MHz.

As for the SLI setup. The left-hand setting should be set to Maximise Performance and the right-hand one for PhysX is best left on Auto.