Glad you could join us, can't wait for you to add to our results!
That said...
Really should have gone for more vram /\
Dammit balla, I was wondering why my 780's score was only 3080 until I saw there you were a full 100 MHz ahead.
Glad you could join us, can't wait for you to add to our results!
That said...
Really should have gone for more vram /\
I don't think I could have been much clearer. EVGA has stated (on the Classified) that the use of an unofficial BIOS in place of the LN2 BIOS would not void the warranty. Now if there was evidence of an obscene amount of voltage being pushed through the card and that caused it to fail, who is to say what they would do. But a custom BIOS in and of itself would not void the warranty.What's the difference between voiding the warranty through improper use (i.e. hilariously high voltages for TSMC 22nm) and voiding the warranty through improper use (i.e. custom vBIOS)?
EVGA has stated (on the Classified) that the use of an unofficial BIOS in place of the LN2 BIOS would not void the warranty. Now if there was evidence of an obscene amount of voltage being pushed through the card and that caused it to fail, who is to say what they would do. But a custom BIOS in and of itself would not void the warranty.
Balla: Is your 780 the EVGA GTX780 Classified?
Look at a powertune+power limit problem on overclocking a custom 290x card(that still have the reference PCB): http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...B-Graphics-Card-Review/Overclocking-and-Concl
Quickly read the single page you pointed to.
What problem...??
The reviewer had no complaints..
The card is throttling even though it has enough cooling so power tune is keeping it from sustaining boost.
Well the reviewer didnt post the OCed temps so it is hard to know if it was throttling even though it had more temp headroom.
And it still averaged at 1214 from a set speed of 1225, which is not bad.
Maybe this is a stock Bios/PCB issue which can be overcome with the custom PCB version or modified BIOS.
I am not too worried about it as this happened at 1225 Mhz.
Considering what the few owners of the 290X have posted, 1200 is around the max OC possible on reference PCB. Some fluctuation above 1200 Mhz doesnt bother me as the card might be at its limit.
That looks like powertune working as it should, throttling the card to keep power consumption in check
If I'm going to spend $559, I might as well save up another $20 and get the EVGA GTX780 Classified for $579!
Silicon prevents cards from reaching good clocks.
It's not like you can throw down 600w into the card with 1.5v for daily.
If the cards are hitting a limit at 350+w consumption from powertune how much higher do you honestly except them to go if allowed to use 550? Another 15-25 MHz? The power scaling is going to become obscene for the performance gains at those consumption/voltage levels.