***The Official 8800 GTX/GTS Overclocking Thread***

[Ronin]

I've now gotten the card stable at 685/2240, 55C under load, no special cooling.

 

[nib95]

Originally posted by: thilan29

Originally posted by: redbox

Originally posted by: redbox
Please can we create a poll for this thread? It makes it so much easier for a member to quickly look at the thread and see how the majority of the cards are clocking to. That way you don't need to look through pages of scores to see a treand.

Just set up the question: How high does your GTX core clock? And then have the answers be x or y or z. Something like that would work real well.

Just a helpfull suggestion

redbox

Any word on this? Does anyone think it would be a good idea?

Couldn't hurt.

What different speeds should I provide in the poll?

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: nib95

Originally posted by: thilan29

Originally posted by: redbox

Originally posted by: redbox
Please can we create a poll for this thread? It makes it so much easier for a member to quickly look at the thread and see how the majority of the cards are clocking to. That way you don't need to look through pages of scores to see a treand.

Just set up the question: How high does your GTX core clock? And then have the answers be x or y or z. Something like that would work real well.

Just a helpfull suggestion

redbox

Any word on this? Does anyone think it would be a good idea?

Couldn't hurt.

What different speeds should I provide in the poll?

First of all, you have to make 2 poll questions, one for GTS and one for GTX, I would say start with 20MHz increments (over stock) for the first 100-200 or so then have a few with 50MHz increments then have an over xxxMHZ option

 

[jim1976]

Got my GTX@650/1000 for starters w/o issues.. 12K in 3dmark06.. I won't try higher with stock cooling I will wait for my gpu block first..

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: jim1976
Got my GTX@650/1000 for starters w/o issues.. 12K in 3dmark06.. I won't try higher with stock cooling I will wait for my gpu block first..

Which block are you getting?

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: Elfear

Originally posted by: jim1976
Got my GTX@650/1000 for starters w/o issues.. 12K in 3dmark06.. I won't try higher with stock cooling I will wait for my gpu block first..

Which block are you getting?

A custom made from a friend that made all my previous blocks.. I'm happy with his work
Should arrive in the week along with my cpu block..

 

[lopri]

Here is the tick box in the Control Panel.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9535/g80ocei2.png

I'm getting 650/1000, which is somewhat short of my expectation but I have no problem with regard to the performance.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: lopri
Here is the tick box in the Control Panel.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9535/g80ocei2.png

I'm getting 650/1000, which is somewhat short of my expectation but I have no problem with regard to the performance.

You unsatisfied arrogant son of a..

LOL ... I know.. I myself opened the pandora's box too

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
After seeing the GTX in action, im saving a few more bucks for that 8800GTX. Will take time, but in the end, it will all be worth the wait and effort.

God.. im still blown away by those benchmarks..

Its like the new R300.

edit - 8800GTX SLi, literally kills anything on the market. We are talking about playing oblivion using maxed out sliders, 2560x1600 4xAA (maybe 8 or 16 xCSAA), 16xAF with playable fps.. :Q

Since GTX's can't clock so high over stock....What I'd like to see is GTO performance at GTX levels.. anyone seen such a comparison? That would make many peoples decision. I'm not sure the extra $250 is justified assuming clocking both to thier highest capable.

 

[acole1]

my 3dmark06 scores @ default settings seem low for my 8800GTS at about 6100...

i havn't tried OCing it yet but i think it's system related. how much would ram speed affect the score?

 

[gramboh]

Originally posted by: Ronin
I've now gotten the card stable at 685/2240, 55C under load, no special cooling.

Wow nice, what cooling solution? How much increase over stock does this get you?

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: lopri
Here is the tick box in the Control Panel.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9535/g80ocei2.png

I'm getting 650/1000, which is somewhat short of my expectation but I have no problem with regard to the performance.

That's not in the 97.02 drivers with nTune though... Once I cleaned the old drivers I had from my system, installed the 97.02's, applied coolbits, and installed nTune I didn't have that screen anymore.

If you apply coolbits in the 97.02's, and don't install nTune, the driver takes you to an nTune download page with you click on the overclock option.

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: nitromullet
That's not in the 97.02 drivers with nTune though... Once I cleaned the old drivers I had from my system, installed the 97.02's, applied coolbits, and installed nTune I didn't have that screen anymore.

If you apply coolbits in the 97.02's, and don't install nTune, the driver takes you to an nTune download page with you click on the overclock option.

It's probably because I'm on NF 680i.

Originally posted by: jim1976
You unsatisfied arrogant son of a..

LOL ... I know.. I myself opened the pandora's box too

Actually I'm more than satisfied! Normally I get pissed off If I don't get the OC that I originally aimed for, but not this time. I've tried to reach lowest possible FPS in Oblivion (1920x1200), and the lowest I could get was 36FPS. Before with X1950XTX, I managed to reach 14FPS and 8FPS with 7900GTO. This card is literally 3 times faster than previous gen in Oblivion. All this while with the flawless AF which gives no fuzzy texture whatsoever. I'm seeing errors in self-shadows, though.

Ran 3DMark05 for fun and got the following. LinkBoost enabled.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1751/05cdh7.png

I've once seen 296FPS in game test 3. :shocked: Simply amazing.

 

[nitromullet]

It's probably because I'm on NF 680i.

You get the EVGA board?

 

[lopri]

yes

 

[tylerw13]

i have gotten mine to 650/1050 now but if i go any higher then i get problems and artifacts...then lockups....i hope my new gfg water cooled gets better overclocking....although i do get a 12000 in 06....with only 3.2 gig overclock on my processor...so i feel its pretty good

 

[Skyguy]

So can the GTS approach stock GTX speeds? Is the GTX "worth" the extra $200? I was thinking of putting that money into a new case or toward a new higher-rez/larger monitor...... still debating whether to go GTS or GTX......

 

[the Chase]

Originally posted by: Skyguy
So can the GTS approach stock GTX speeds? Is the GTX "worth" the extra $200? I was thinking of putting that money into a new case or toward a new higher-rez/larger monitor...... still debating whether to go GTS or GTX......

Same boat here- I went with the eVGA GTS so if I'm not quite happy with the performance I get in the games/res. I play in I'm going to step up to the GTX model or maybe a GDDR4? refresh if they are out in time. (90 days).

 

[imported_Shaq]

I got my GTS at 650/1850 stable with Atitool. It has a better artifact tester than ntune does right now. Hopefully it will get better with the next release. If I go .5 Mhz over 660 it locks up but runs fine at 659.9Mhz. LOL I wonder if there is a safety feature built in the GTS that won't allow any higher OC?

 

[skrewler2]

I dunno, everytime I try the "find optimal settings" button it crashes my PC. Latest ForceWare and nTune.. this is with the 680i mobo and XFX 8800GTX.. it's fast enough as it is anyways, but kind of annoying.

By crash PC, I don't get any BSOD or Reboot.. the screen goes blank and is unresponsive, numlock/capslock don't work etc.

 

[imported_Shaq]

Originally posted by: skrewler2
I dunno, everytime I try the "find optimal settings" button it crashes my PC. Latest ForceWare and nTune.. this is with the 680i mobo and XFX 8800GTX.. it's fast enough as it is anyways, but kind of annoying.

By crash PC, I don't get any BSOD or Reboot.. the screen goes blank and is unresponsive, numlock/capslock don't work etc.

Yeah, the detect optimal doesn't work for anyone apparantly. Must be a bad version of ntune. Try getting atitool and you can up the memory and core gradually and use the artifact testing tool within atitool.

Skyguy:

The AT article showed the OC GTS faster than stock at Oblivion, but slower in Fear. So it will depend on the game I guess. Probably the more shaders the worse off the GTS will do due to the less shader processors.

 

[nitromullet]

It's probably because I'm on NF 680i.

I don't think that's why though...

Here is an image from AT's review of the 680i mobo:

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/chipsets/nvidia/nforce600intel/ntunergpu.png

That's what it looks like for me also.

Not sure why you get the old style coolbits OC'ing options with the 97.02's, since they are supposed to require nTune for OC'ing...

 

[lopri]

I have no idea why I've got a different looking OC screen? There is nothing unusual with my setup..

 

[the Chase]

Good comparisons of OC'ed performance gains. http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_8800_gtx_gts_overclocking/

 

[imported_Shaq]

Very good review by FS. An Oc'd GTS trails a stock GTX by less than 10% overall for 30% less cost! I got an even better OC when I increased the fan speed a bit. I'm up to 660/1910(955)!!